Planned vs Actual

The Planned vs Actual functionality of the Gantt allows you to compare actual start and end dates to originaly planned dates. If the actual completion date of a task matches the planned end time date, the default task appearance is used. In the scenarios listed below, when there is a difference between an actual and a planned date, the Gantt visualizes it by changing the appearance of the task:

• The actual end date of the task is before the planned end date - the task is colored green.
• The actual end date of the task is after the planned end date - a hatched bar that marks the delay is rendered in the task.
• The actual start date of the task is after the planned end date - the task is colored red.

For a full example of the Planned vs Actual functionality, refer to the Planned vs Actual (Demo).

Configuration

The example below demonstrates how to configure the Gantt to display planned and actual dates.

@(Html.Kendo().Gantt<TaskViewModel, DependencyViewModel>()
    .Name("gantt")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(c => c.Title).Title("Task").Editable(true).Sortable(true).Width(200);
        columns.Bound(c => c.Start).Title("Actual Start Date").Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}").Width(85);
        columns.Bound(c => c.End).Title("Actual End Date").Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}").Width(85);
        columns.Bound(c => c.PlannedStart).Title("Planned Start Date").Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}").Width(85);
        columns.Bound(c => c.PlannedEnd).Title("Planned End Date").Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}").Width(85);
    })
    .Views(views =>
    {
        views.DayView();
        views.WeekView(weekView => weekView.Selected(true));
        views.MonthView();
    })
    .ShowPlannedTasks(true)
    .Toolbar(t => t.Add().Name("plannedTasks"))
    .Editable(e => e.PlannedTasks(true))
    .Resizable(true)
    .Snap(false)
    .DataSource(d => d
        .Model(m =>
        {
            m.Id(f => f.TaskID);
            m.ParentId(f => f.ParentID);
            m.OrderId(f => f.OrderId);
            m.Field(f => f.Expanded).DefaultValue(true);
            m.Field(f => f.PlannedStart);
            m.Field(f => f.PlannedEnd);
        })
        .Read("Planned_Vs_Actual_Read_Tasks", "Gantt")
    )
    .DependenciesDataSource(d => d
        .Model(m =>
        {
            m.Id(f => f.DependencyID);
            m.PredecessorId(f => f.PredecessorID);
            m.SuccessorId(f => f.SuccessorID);
            m.Type(f => f.Type);
        })
        .Read("Planned_Vs_Actual_Read_Dependencies", "Gantt")
        .Create("Planned_Vs_Actual_Create_Dependency", "Gantt")
        .Destroy("Planned_Vs_Actual_Destroy_Dependency", "Gantt")
    )
)

The plannedTasks tool set in the Toolbar configuration enables a switch in the toolbar of the Gantt that allows toggling the Planned vs Actual functionality.

The ShowPlannedTasks configuration controls whether planned dates will be shown initially.

Through the Editable configuration, you can allow or prevent editing of planned tasks.

See Also

• Planned vs Actual (Demo)
• Using the API of the Gantt HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC (Demo)
• Client-Side API