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Gantt diagrams
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart, first developed by Karol Adamiecki in 1896, and independently by Henry Gantt in the 1910s, that illustrates a project schedule and the amount of time it would take for any one project to finish. Gantt charts illustrate number of days between the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project.
A note to users
Gannt Charts will record each scheduled task as one continuous bar that extends from the left to the right. The x axis represents time and the y records the different tasks and the order in which they are to be completed.
It is important to remember that when a date, day or collection of dates specific to a task are "excluded", the Gannt Chart will accomodate those changes by extending an equal number of day, towards the right, not by creating a gap inside the task.
As shown here 
However, if the excluded date/s is between two tasks that are set to start consecutively, the excluded dates will be skipped graphically and left blank, and the following task will begin after the end of the excluded date/s.
As shown here 
A Gantt chart is useful for tracking the amount of time it would take before a project is finished, but it can also be used to graphically represent "non-working days, with a few tweaks.
Mermaid can render Gantt diagrams as SVG, PNG or a MarkDown link that can be pasted into docs.
gantt
title A Gantt Diagram
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section Section
A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d
Another task :after a1 , 20d
section Another
Task in sec :2014-01-12 , 12d
another task : 24d
gantt
title A Gantt Diagram
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section Section
A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d
Another task :after a1 , 20d
section Another
Task in sec :2014-01-12 , 12d
another task : 24d
Syntax
gantt
dateFormat :YYYY-MM-DD
title :Adding GANTT diagram functionality to mermaid
excludes :excludes the named dates/days from being included in a charted task..
(Accepts specific dates in YYYY-MM-DD format, days of the week ("sunday") or "weekends", but not the word "weekdays".)
section A section
Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task : des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
section Critical tasks
Completed task in the critical line :crit, done, 2014-01-06,24h
Implement parser and jison :crit, done, after des1, 2d
Create tests for parser :crit, active, 3d
Future task in critical line :crit, 5d
Create tests for renderer :2d
Add to mermaid :1d
section Documentation
Describe gantt syntax :active, a1, after des1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page :after a1 , 20h
Add another diagram to demo page :doc1, after a1 , 48h
section Last section
Describe gantt syntax :after doc1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page :20h
Add another diagram to demo page :48h
gantt
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
title Adding GANTT diagram functionality to mermaid
section A section
Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task : des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
section Critical tasks
Completed task in the critical line :crit, done, 2014-01-06,24h
Implement parser and jison :crit, done, after des1, 2d
Create tests for parser :crit, active, 3d
Future task in critical line :crit, 5d
Create tests for renderer :2d
Add to mermaid :1d
section Documentation
Describe gantt syntax :active, a1, after des1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page :after a1 , 20h
Add another diagram to demo page :doc1, after a1 , 48h
section Last section
Describe gantt syntax :after doc1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page :20h
Add another diagram to demo page :48h
It is possible to set multiple depenendenies separated by space:
gantt
apple :a, 2017-07-20, 1w
banana :crit, b, 2017-07-23, 1d
cherry :active, c, after b a, 1d
gantt
apple :a, 2017-07-20, 1w
banana :crit, b, 2017-07-23, 1d
cherry :active, c, after b a, 1d
Title
Tbd
Sections statements
Tbd
Setting dates
dateFormat defines the format of the date input of your gantt elements. How these dates are represented in the rendered chart output are defined by axisFormat.
Input date format
The default input date format is YYYY-MM-DD. You can define your custom dateFormat.
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
The following formating options are supported:
Input Example Description:
YYYY 2014 4 digit year
YY 14 2 digit year
Q 1..4 Quarter of year. Sets month to first month in quarter.
M MM 1..12 Month number
MMM MMMM January..Dec Month name in locale set by moment.locale()
D DD 1..31 Day of month
Do 1st..31st Day of month with ordinal
DDD DDDD 1..365 Day of year
X 1410715640.579 Unix timestamp
x 1410715640579 Unix ms timestamp
H HH 0..23 24 hour time
h hh 1..12 12 hour time used with a A.
a A am pm Post or ante meridiem
m mm 0..59 Minutes
s ss 0..59 Seconds
S 0..9 Tenths of a second
SS 0..99 Hundreds of a second
SSS 0..999 Thousandths of a second
Z ZZ +12:00 Offset from UTC as +-HH:mm, +-HHmm, or Z
More info in: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/
Output date format on the axis
The default output date format is YYYY-MM-DD. You can define your custom axisFormat, like 2020-Q1 for the first quarter of the year 2020.
axisFormat %Y-%m-%d
The following formating strings are supported:
%a - abbreviated weekday name.
%A - full weekday name.
%b - abbreviated month name.
%B - full month name.
%c - date and time, as "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y".
%d - zero-padded day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
%e - space-padded day of the month as a decimal number [ 1,31]; equivalent to %_d.
%H - hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
%I - hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
%j - day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].
%m - month as a decimal number [01,12].
%M - minute as a decimal number [00,59].
%L - milliseconds as a decimal number [000, 999].
%p - either AM or PM.
%S - second as a decimal number [00,61].
%U - week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53].
%w - weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6].
%W - week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53].
%x - date, as "%m/%d/%Y".
%X - time, as "%H:%M:%S".
%y - year without century as a decimal number [00,99].
%Y - year with century as a decimal number.
%Z - time zone offset, such as "-0700".
%% - a literal "%" character.
More info in: https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Time-Formatting
Comments
Comments can be entered within a gantt chart, which will be ignored by the parser. Comments need to be on their own line, and must be prefaced with %% (double percent signs). Any text after the start of the comment to the next newline will be treated as a comment, including any diagram syntax
gantt
title A Gantt Diagram
%% this is a comment
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section Section
A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d
Another task :after a1 , 20d
section Another
Task in sec :2014-01-12 , 12d
another task : 24d
Styling
Styling of the a gantt diagram is done by defining a number of css classes. During rendering these classes are extracted from the
Classes used
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| actor | Style for the actor box at the top of the diagram. |
| text.actor | Styles for text in the actor box at the top of the diagram. |
| actor-line | The vertical line for an actor. |
| messageLine0 | Styles for the solid message line. |
| messageLine1 | Styles for the dotted message line. |
| messageText | Defines styles for the text on the message arrows. |
| labelBox | Defines styles label to left in a loop. |
| labelText | Styles for the text in label for loops. |
| loopText | Styles for the text in the loop box. |
| loopLine | Defines styles for the lines in the loop box. |
| note | Styles for the note box. |
| noteText | Styles for the text on in the note boxes. |
Sample stylesheet
.grid .tick {
stroke: lightgrey;
opacity: 0.3;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.grid path {
stroke-width: 0;
}
#tag {
color: white;
background: #FA283D;
width: 150px;
position: absolute;
display: none;
padding:3px 6px;
margin-left: -80px;
font-size: 11px;
}
#tag:before {
border: solid transparent;
content: ' ';
height: 0;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -5px;
position: absolute;
width: 0;
border-width: 10px;
border-bottom-color: #FA283D;
top: -20px;
}
.taskText {
fill:white;
text-anchor:middle;
}
.taskTextOutsideRight {
fill:black;
text-anchor:start;
}
.taskTextOutsideLeft {
fill:black;
text-anchor:end;
}
Configuration
Is it possible to adjust the margins for rendering the gantt diagram.
This is done by defining the ganttConfig part of the configuration object.
How to use the CLI is described in the mermaidCLI page.
mermaid.ganttConfig can be set to a JSON string with config parameters or the corresponding object.
mermaid.ganttConfig = {
titleTopMargin:25,
barHeight:20,
barGap:4,
topPadding:75,
sidePadding:75
}
Possible configration params:
| Param | Descriotion | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| mirrorActor | Turns on/off the rendering of actors below the diagram as well as above it | false |
| bottomMarginAdj | Adjusts how far down the graph ended. Wide borders styles with css could generate unwantewd clipping which is why this config param exists. | 1 |
Interaction
It is possible to bind a click event to a task, the click can lead to either a javascript callback or to a link which will be opened in the current browser tab. Note: This functionality is disabled when using securityLevel='strict' and enabled when using securityLevel='loose'.
click taskId call callback(arguments)
click taskId href URL
- taskId is the id of the task
- callback is the name of a javascript function defined on the page displaying the graph, the function will be called with the taskId as the parameter if no other arguments are specified..
Beginners tip, a full example using interactive links in an html context:
<body>
<div class="mermaid">
gantt
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section Clickable
Visit mermaidjs :active, cl1, 2014-01-07, 3d
Print arguments :cl2, after cl1, 3d
Print task :cl3, after cl2, 3d
click cl1 href "https://mermaidjs.github.io/"
click cl2 call printArguments("test1", "test2", test3)
click cl3 call printTask()
</div>
<script>
var printArguments = function(arg1, arg2, arg3) {
alert('printArguments called with arguments: ' + arg1 + ', ' + arg2 + ', ' + arg3);
}
var printTask = function(taskId) {
alert('taskId: ' + taskId);
}
var config = {
startOnLoad:true,
securityLevel:'loose',
};
mermaid.initialize(config);
</script>
</body>