RT::Extension::JSGantt3pm

Overview

This extension uses the Starts and Due dates, along with ticket dependencies, to produce Gantt charts.

Installation

"perl Makefile.PL"

"make"

"make install"

May need root permissions

Create or edit a file in /etc/request-tracker5/RT_SiteConfig.d

If you are using RT 4.2 or greater, add this line:

    Plugin('RT::Extension::JSGantt');

For RT 4.0, add this line:

    Set(@Plugins, qw(RT::Extension::JSGantt));

or add "RT::Extension::JSGantt" to your existing @Plugins line.

Clear your mason cache

    rm -rf /var/cache/request-tracker5/mason_data/obj

Restart your webserver

Configuration

    Set(
        %JSGanttOptions,
        DefaultFormat => 'day', # or week or month or quarter
        ShowOwner     => 1,
        ShowProgress  => 1,
        ShowDuration  => 1,
        # Configurable JSGantt options
        # https://code.google.com/p/jsgantt/wiki/Documentation#4._Instantiate_JSGantt_using_()
        # CaptionType       => 'Resource',
        # ShowStartDate     => 1,
        # ShowEndDate       => 1,
        # DateInputFormat   => 'mm/dd/yyyy',
        # DateDisplayFormat => 'mm/dd/yyyy',
        # FormatArr         => q|'day','week','month','quarter'|,
        # define your own color scheme:
        # ColorScheme => ['ff0000', 'ffff00', 'ff00ff', '00ff00', '00ffff', '0000ff'],
        # we color owners consistently by default, you can disable it via:
        # ColorSchemeByOwner => 0,
        # you can specify colors to use, unspecified owners will be
        # assigned to some color automatically:
        # ColorSchemeByOwner => { root => 'ff0000', foo => '00ff00' },
        # if can't find both start and end dates, use this color
        NullDatesColor => 333,
        # to calculate day length
        WorkingHoursPerDay => 8,
        # used to set start/end if one exists but the other does not
        DefaultDays => 7,
    );

Methods

Upgrading

    Set(
        %JSGanttOptions,
        ...
        # DateDisplayFormat => 'dd/mm/yyyy',
        ...
    );

License and copyright

This software is Copyright (c) 2014-2020 by Best Practical Solutions

This is free software, licensed under:

  The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991