ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Multi-Color Gantt Chart




This example demonstrates a multi-color gantt chart with milestone symbols.

The bars in this chart come from a multi-color box-whisker layer created using XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer2. The scatter symbols come from scatter layers created using XYChart.addScatterLayer.

In this example, a data series is used to specify the task number of the bars. This allows multiple bars to associated with the same task. The task numbers act as the x coordinates of the bars and are set to the box-whisker layer using Layer.setXData. Another data series is used to specify the colors of the bars. This allows the bars to have different colors.

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/colorgantt". The MFC version of the code is in "mfcdemo/mfcdemo". The Qt Widgets version of the code is in "qtdemo/qtdemo". The QML/Qt Quick version of the code is in "qmldemo/qmldemo".
#include "chartdir.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // The tasks for the gantt chart const char* labels[] = {"Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture", "Project Planning", "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", "Testing and QA", "User Documentation"}; const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels)); // The task index, start date, end date and color for each bar double taskNo[] = {0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8}; const int taskNo_size = (int)(sizeof(taskNo)/sizeof(*taskNo)); double startDate[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 16), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4), Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 30), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 13), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 20), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 27), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 25), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 1), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 18 ), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8)}; const int startDate_size = (int)(sizeof(startDate)/sizeof(*startDate)); double endDate[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 30), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 18), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 13), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 27), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 11), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 18 ), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 22), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 1), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 22)}; const int endDate_size = (int)(sizeof(endDate)/sizeof(*endDate)); int colors[] = {0x00cc00, 0x00cc00, 0x00cc00, 0x0000cc, 0x0000cc, 0xcc0000, 0xcc0000, 0x0000cc, 0xcc0000, 0xcc0000, 0x00cc00, 0xcc0000}; const int colors_size = (int)(sizeof(colors)/sizeof(*colors)); // Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 325 pixels. Set background color to light red // (0xffcccc), with 1 pixel 3D border effect. XYChart* c = new XYChart(620, 325, 0xffcccc, 0x000000, 1); // Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on // a dark red (800000) background c->addTitle("Mutli-Color Gantt Chart Demo", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15, 0xffffff )->setBackground(0x800000); // Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey // background. Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey // (c0c0c0). Set vertical major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width c->setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, 0xffffff, 0xeeeeee, Chart::LineColor, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0 )->setGridWidth(2, 1, 1, 1); // swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart c->swapXY(); // Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2018 to Nov 22, 2018, with ticks every 7 // days (1 week) c->yAxis()->setDateScale(Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 16), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 22), 86400 * 7); // Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format. // Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character // of format string). c->yAxis()->setMultiFormat(Chart::StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=Arial Bold*>{value|mmm d}", Chart::StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}"); // Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top) c->setYAxisOnRight(); // Set the labels on the x axis c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, labels_size)); // Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards. c->xAxis()->setReverse(); // Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5); // Add some symbols to the chart to represent milestones. The symbols are added using scatter // layers. We need to specify the task index, date, name, symbol shape, size and color. double mileStone1Task[] = {1}; double mileStone1Date[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 13)}; c->addScatterLayer(DoubleArray(mileStone1Task, 1), DoubleArray(mileStone1Date, 1), "Milestone 1", Chart::Cross2Shape(), 13, 0xffff00); double mileStone2Task[] = {3}; double mileStone2Date[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4)}; c->addScatterLayer(DoubleArray(mileStone2Task, 1), DoubleArray(mileStone2Date, 1), "Milestone 2", Chart::StarShape(5), 15, 0xff00ff); double mileStone3Task[] = {5}; double mileStone3Date[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8)}; c->addScatterLayer(DoubleArray(mileStone3Task, 1), DoubleArray(mileStone3Date, 1), "Milestone 3", Chart::TriangleSymbol, 13, 0xff9933); // Add a multi-color box-whisker layer to represent the gantt bars BoxWhiskerLayer* layer = c->addBoxWhiskerLayer2(DoubleArray(startDate, startDate_size), DoubleArray(endDate, endDate_size), DoubleArray(), DoubleArray(), DoubleArray(), IntArray( colors, colors_size)); layer->setXData(DoubleArray(taskNo, taskNo_size)); layer->setBorderColor(Chart::SameAsMainColor); // Divide the plot area height ( = 200 in this chart) by the number of tasks to get the height // of each slot. Use 80% of that as the bar height. layer->setDataWidth((int)(200 * 0.8 / labels_size)); // Add a legend box at (140, 265) - bottom of the plot area. Use 8pt Arial Bold as the font with // auto-grid layout. Set the width to the same width as the plot area. Set the backgorund to // grey (dddddd). LegendBox* legendBox = c->addLegend2(140, 265, Chart::AutoGrid, "Arial Bold", 8); legendBox->setWidth(461); legendBox->setBackground(0xdddddd); // The keys for the scatter layers (milestone symbols) will automatically be added to the legend // box. We just need to add keys to show the meanings of the bar colors. legendBox->addKey("Market Team", 0x00cc00); legendBox->addKey("Planning Team", 0x0000cc); legendBox->addKey("Development Team", 0xcc0000); // Output the chart c->makeChart("colorgantt.png"); //free up resources delete c; return 0; }