org-gantt

An emacs package to create gantt chart using pgfgantt LaTeX-package on org-mode.

Basic implementation is came from https://github.com/swillner/org-gantt.

Customize Variables

• org-gantt-weekstart (number)

  Day number of start of week. 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. Default is Sunday ("0").

• org-gantt-weekstart-style (string)

  Style of line for start of week. Default is black line ("{black}").

• org-gantt-weekday-style (string)

  Style of line for except start of week. Default is dashed line ("{dashed}").

• org-gantt-weekend (numbers in list)

  Day numbers for weekend. 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. Default is Saturday and Sunday ("0 6").

• org-gantt-holiday-list (string in list)

  List of holiday in string. String format is "YYYY-MM-DD". Default is "2020-01-01".

• org-gantt-holiday-vrule (string)

  Style of holidays include weekend. Default is "red!15".

• org-gantt-title (string)

  Header format for title. Default is "year, month=name, day".

• org-gantt-comp-title (string)

  Header format for compressed title. Default is "year, month".

Properties in org file

• ID (string)

  Identifier for current headline. It should be unique in org file. If this is not defined, org-gantt generates temporary id. It is used for LINKED-TO property.

• HIDE (t or nil)

  This is used for hiding current headline.

• LINKED-TO (ides in list)

  Headlines which dependant on current headline. This can include multiple ides.

• scheduled (time stamp)

  Start date of current headline. org-gantt only takes date and ignores time.

• deadline (time stamp)

  End date of current headline. org-gantt only takes date and ignores time.

• EFFORT (time duration)

  Duration of current headline requires. org-gantt ignores time smaller than a day. It can usg following keyword. (d day, w week, m month)

• tags

  • milestone

    Current headline will be milestone. It does not occupy a line and only occupies a day.

Properties in org-gantt-chart

• id

  If this property is defined, the gantt chart displays only this headline including its children. If this property is not defined, entire headline will be shown in the gantt chart.

• today

  This property shows today mark. If this property is set as t, org-gantt shows today mark in today. If this property is set as YYYY-MM-DD, org-gantt shows today mark in YYYY-MM-DD.

• start-date

  This property limits start date of the gantt chart. If this property is not set, org-gantt set this property as the earliest date in the headlines.

• end-date

  This property limits end date of the gantt chart. If this property is not set, org-gantt set this property as the latest date in the headlines.

• tikz-scale

  Scale factor for the output image.

• tikz-options

  Options fot tikz. org-gantt bypasses this property to tikz.

• compress

  If this property is defined, compressed style of title is shown. Otherwise normal style of title is shown.

• parameters

  Option for ganttchart. org-gantt bypasses this property to ganttchart.

• file This property defines output format. If this property is set as an image file, org-gantt generates an image file and displays in org file. If this property is not set, latex string is updated in org file. And it can be converted to pdf file later.

How to calculate start and end date in the gantt chart

Type of Headline

• Parent

Parent is the headline without any tags and includes other headlines. Its scheduled, deadline and EFFORT are ignored. Its start and end date are calculated with following rules.

• Children

Child is the headline without any tags and does not include other headline. Its scheduled, deadline and EFFORT are optional. If these are defined, org-gantt will use them without any change. If these are missing, org-gantt will calculate them with following rules.

• Milestone

Milestone is the headline which has milestone in its tags. It should have scheduled and deadline with same date. org-gantt will not change its start and end date.

Rules of Calculation

• Parent's start and end date will be minimum period which includes all period of its children.
• Child's start date will be next day of the latest end date of headlines which point to this headline.
• Child's end date will be previous day of the eariest start date of headline which this headline point to.
• If start date is not working day, it will be previous date.
• If end date is not working day, it will be next date.