Question: How to use Milestones feature #168

anku2019 · 2019-08-19T00:10:52Z

I am trying to use the new Milestone field to show the milestones as well in the gantt chart but not sure how to use it.

helen508light · 2019-08-19T10:26:46Z

There are the example and explanation in sample report
https://store.office.com/addinsinstallpage.aspx?rs=en-US&assetid=WA104380765
Use it's dataset as an example

add some field to Milestone bucket(some rows contain string indicating the milestone type, some are empty)
For the empty Milestone rows bars will be rendered as for regular task,
For completed Milestone rows - as a rectangle\circle\diamond with vertical line and color
You can change color and shape for each Milestone type from formatting options
Row with completed Milestone field must contain Duration = 0, Name and StartDate

aribosa · 2019-09-05T18:57:25Z

Helen, first of all I appreciate your time.

I have 2 issues:
The Keymilestone formatting menu seems to be empty, no matter if I added values in the milestone field (the milestones appear in the Gantt but nothing in formatting)
In addition, it's possible to eliminate the vertical dashed lines that appear when we add milestones.?

Again, thank you!

helen508light · 2019-09-09T11:58:50Z

Looks like an issue. Could you provide a report to reproduce this? There or by email to pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

There is no formatting setting to eliminate vertical milestone line for now.
You can eliminate it just by changing source code(delete usage of createMilestoneLine method if u want not to use vertical lines always (for milestones and "Today line") or delete rows 2831-2842 if u want not to use it for milestones except of "Today line" )

aribosa · 2019-09-26T18:31:34Z

Looks like an issue. Could you provide a report to reproduce this? There or by email to pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

There is no formatting setting to eliminate vertical milestone line for now.
You can eliminate it just by changing source code(delete usage of createMilestoneLine method if u want not to use vertical lines always (for milestones and "Today line") or delete rows 2831-2842 if u want not to use it for milestones except of "Today line" )

Hi Helen, thank you for your support. Unfortunately, I'm not a Visual Developer and I can't edit the source code.. It's any way to get a .pbix file for this visual that excludes those rows you mentioned?

Thank you!

helen508light · 2019-09-30T11:52:05Z

Could you please provide the report to reproduce first issue? We hadn't faced with this problem yet. U may caught some specific issue
About vertical dashed lines: we can't provide any unplanned features without a release. Therefore, there are only 2 ways: you can adjust the visual by your needs or wait for one of the next releases.

EricChristoph · 2019-10-04T09:52:45Z

When I open the visual I do not see any Milestones bucket in the fields area; is there a different version?
I'd like to help with this, but have never worked on an open source project before and am not sure how to get started,

helen508light · 2019-10-10T14:17:25Z

@EricChristoph
If u use Desktop, visual version may be cached-> so, u may try old one.
Please clear the cache or use Gantt in the web version.

jacob1801 · 2020-03-10T14:27:27Z

Hi, is it possible to remove the day lines for Milestones?
For when you have a lot of activities with milestones its hard to see anything for all the lines.

helen508light · 2020-03-13T14:23:58Z

@jacob1801
thank you for feedback
It's not possible now, i will add it to our backlog

jamesg1138 · 2020-04-29T16:13:16Z

I have the same 2 issues

Vertical lines wipe out the visualisation when there are many milestones. Whilst the milestones look fine when scrolling through the pages vertically, the lines persist even when the tasks are off screen. This needs a fix. My workaround is to use a slicer to filter on the individual Parent - not great but at least it provides a cleaner visual for Tasks solely under the Parent
Task Name does not display for Milestones. This can be replicated in the Sample report - simply add "Task Name" to the 'Resource' field. "Task Name" correctly shows to the right hand side of each task (Plumbing, Roof) but not against any Milestone

srikanthmalli · 2020-06-03T01:06:38Z

I found another issue, when I use group tasks on, collapsing children and parent level (eg Painting and Roof in above screenshot) bar doesn't show up. When group tasks is off, parent level shows bar with milestones, but issue is seems like duplicated rows on children - one row with bar other with milestone

helen508light · 2020-06-04T15:56:39Z

@jamesg1138 Resource Name does not display for Milestones by design

helen508light · 2020-06-04T15:58:34Z

@srikanthmalli please sent a .pbix report to reproduce it

jamesg1138 · 2020-06-04T17:11:07Z

@jamesg1138 Resource Name does not display for Milestones by design

@helen508light Sorry. To clarify I meant "Task Name" does not Display for Milestones. Task name displays for normal tasks. Look at the 2 milestones below - yellow circle and pink diamond. Is this by design or is this an error?

srikanthmalli · 2020-06-09T00:41:57Z

@srikanthmalli please sent a .pbix report to reproduce it

@helen508light
Hi, please find the attached pbix. I also see another issue in the attached pbix. When I collapse W12345, I can see the milestone at the parent level for the 1st time. When I expand and collapse after 1st time I don't see the milestone but when I expend the second bar W12346 and collapse I can see the milestone for the 1st bar W12345. I don't see the milestone for 2nd bar W12346 at all when collapsed.

GANTT.zip

helen508light · 2020-06-22T07:21:02Z

@jamesg1138 Resource Name does not display for Milestones by design

@helen508light Sorry. To clarify I meant "Task Name" does not Display for Milestones. Task name displays for normal tasks. Look at the 2 milestones below - yellow circle and pink diamond. Is this by design or is this an error?

it is by design

helen508light · 2020-06-22T08:21:27Z

@srikanthmalli please sent a .pbix report to reproduce it

@helen508light
Hi, please find the attached pbix. I also see another issue in the attached pbix. When I collapse W12345, I can see the milestone at the parent level for the 1st time. When I expand and collapse after 1st time I don't see the milestone but when I expend the second bar W12346 and collapse I can see the milestone for the 1st bar W12345. I don't see the milestone for 2nd bar W12346 at all when collapsed.

GANTT.zip

Thank you for feedback. We'll add it to visual's backlog

srikanthmalli · 2020-06-23T16:22:56Z

@srikanthmalli please sent a .pbix report to reproduce it

@helen508light
Hi, please find the attached pbix. I also see another issue in the attached pbix. When I collapse W12345, I can see the milestone at the parent level for the 1st time. When I expand and collapse after 1st time I don't see the milestone but when I expend the second bar W12346 and collapse I can see the milestone for the 1st bar W12345. I don't see the milestone for 2nd bar W12346 at all when collapsed.

GANTT.zip

Thank you for feedback. We'll add it to visual's backlog

Thanks. Do you have any idea when it will be fixed?

srikanthmalli · 2020-09-29T17:25:11Z

@srikanthmalli please sent a .pbix report to reproduce it

@helen508light
Hi, please find the attached pbix. I also see another issue in the attached pbix. When I collapse W12345, I can see the milestone at the parent level for the 1st time. When I expand and collapse after 1st time I don't see the milestone but when I expend the second bar W12346 and collapse I can see the milestone for the 1st bar W12345. I don't see the milestone for 2nd bar W12346 at all when collapsed.

GANTT.zip

Thank you for feedback. We'll add it to visual's backlog

Thanks. Do you have any idea when it will be fixed?

Hi, do you have any update on group tasks issue? I also noticed whenever I refresh the dashboard, milestones colors and icons are resetting to default rhombus and default color - blue. Is there any way can we preserve the colors and milestone shapes?

helen508light · 2020-12-02T19:12:09Z

@srikanthmalli
Do your milestones have the same name? And do you use grouping?
Issue may be related for enumerateMilestones, getUniqueMilestones methods, if you use grouping for updateCommonMilestones
https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-visuals-gantt/blob/master/src/gantt.ts#L778
https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-visuals-gantt/blob/master/src/gantt.ts#L1488

This issue is in our backlog, but it does not has high priority

NTG001 · 2021-09-16T14:09:12Z

Looks like an issue. Could you provide a report to reproduce this? There or by email to pbicvsupport@microsoft.com
There is no formatting setting to eliminate vertical milestone line for now.
You can eliminate it just by changing source code(delete usage of createMilestoneLine method if u want not to use vertical lines always (for milestones and "Today line") or delete rows 2831-2842 if u want not to use it for milestones except of "Today line" )

Hi Helen, thank you for your support. Unfortunately, I'm not a Visual Developer and I can't edit the source code.. It's any way to get a .pbix file for this visual that excludes those rows you mentioned?

Thank you!

Hey, I made some changes and removed the grey lines. See here:

#250 (comment)

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How can I add option to remove the grey dotted lines that come with milestones in the Power Bi Gantt 2.2.3 #250

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