as.gantt: Read a gantt data file

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Description

Read a data file containing gantt information.

Usage

as.gantt(key, description, start, end, done, neededBy)

Arguments

key	integer key for task, normally 1 for the first task, 2 for the second, etc.
description	character string describing the task (brief)
start	start date for task (POSIXt or character string that converts to POSIXt with as.POSIXct
end	end date for task (POSIXt or character string that converts to POSIXt with as.POSIXct
done	percentage completion for the task
neededBy	optional key for a dependent task

Details

Creates a gantt object. See documentation for read.gantt, which uses as.gantt.

Value

An object of type "gantt"; for details, see read.gantt.

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

See Also

read.gantt, summary.gantt and plot.gantt

Examples

library(plan)
arrive <- as.POSIXct("2012-09-05")
month <- 28 * 86400
year <- 12 * month
leave <- arrive + 4 * year
startT1 <- arrive
endT1 <- startT1 + 4 * month
startT2 <- endT1 + 1
endT2 <- startT2 + 4 * month
startT3 <- arrive + 12 * month
endT3 <- startT3 + 4 * month
startQE <- arrive + 9 * month
endQE <- arrive + 12 * month
QEabsoluteEnd <- arrive + 15 * month
startProposal <- arrive + 15 * month # for example
endProposal <- arrive + 20 * month
startThesisWork <- arrive + 2 * month # assumes no thesis work until 2 months in
endThesisWork <- leave - 4 * month
startThesisWriteup <- leave - 4 * month
endThesisWriteup <- leave
g <- as.gantt(key=1:7, c("Term 1 classes",
              "Term 2 classes",
              "Qualifying Examination",
              "Term 3 classes",
              "Proposal Defence",
              "Thesis Work",
              "Thesis Writing/Defence"),
              c(startT1, startT2, startQE, startT3, startProposal,
                startThesisWork, startThesisWriteup),
              c(endT1, endT2, endQE, endT3, endProposal,
                endThesisWork, endThesisWriteup),
              done=rep(0, 7))
plot(g, xlim=c(arrive, leave))

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