Add connectors to project gantt chart

Question

I was wondering if there is a way to add connectors to a Project Gantt chart dynamically . I don't find any parameter for a connector in the query . Please advice.

Answer 1

Hi Deeptha,
There is currently no way to add connectors to your Gantt chart via the SQL query parameters. This is something that we may look to support in a future release, but for now you would need to customise the #DATA# component of your chart XML to incorporate <connector> and <connector_style> tags, as you can see in the following example taken from AnyChart's online documentation:
<anygantt>
  <styles>
    <connector_styles>
      <connector_style name="critical">
        <line enabled="true" type="Solid" color="DarkRed" thickness="1" />
      </connector_style>
      <connector_style name="normal">
        <line enabled="true" type="Solid" color="Green" thickness="1" />
      </connector_style>
    </connector_styles>
  </styles>
  <project_chart>
    <tasks>
      <task id="1" name="Task 1" actual_start="2008.07.11" actual_end="2008.07.12" />
      <task id="2" name="Task 2" actual_start="2008.07.11" actual_end="2008.07.13" />
      <task id="3" name="Task 3" actual_start="2008.07.12" actual_end="2008.07.16" />
      <task id="4" name="Task 4" actual_start="2008.07.05" actual_end="2008.07.10" />
      <task id="5" name="Task 5" actual_start="2008.07.07" actual_end="2008.07.12" />
      <task id="6" name="Task 6" actual_start="2008.07.14" actual_end="2008.07.19" />
      <task id="7" name="Task 7" actual_start="2008.07.05" actual_end="2008.07.10" />
      <task id="8" name="Task 8" actual_start="2008.07.3" actual_end="2008.07.10" />
    </tasks>
    <connectors>
      <connector from="1" to="2" type="StartStart" style="critical" />
      <connector from="3" to="4" type="StartFinish" style="normal" />
      <connector from="5" to="6" type="FinishStart" style="critical" />
      <connector from="7" to="8" type="FinishFinish" style="normal" />
    </connectors>
  </project_chart>
</anygantt>You might find it helpful to refer to a Resource Gantt example where I'm customising the #DATA# - you would need to do something similar for a Project gantt: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=36648:60. I would also recommend referring to AnyChart's chapter on this topic, here: http://anychart.com/products/anygantt/docs/users-guide/index.html?connector-style.html#overview. From the navigation tree, select "Appearance and Styles" and review the section called Connector Style.
Regards,
Hilary