as.gantt: Create a gantt object.

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Create a gantt object.

Description

This creates a gantt object.

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

Value

A gantt object; for details, see read.gantt().

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

See Also

Other things related to gantt data: gantt-class, ganttAddTask(), gantt, plot,gantt-method, read.gantt(), summary,gantt-method

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
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
startWriting <- leave - 36 * month
endWriting <- leave
g <- as.gantt(key=1:8, c("Academic",
              "Term 1 classes",
              "Term 2 classes",
              "Qualifying Examination",
              "Research",
              "Proposal Defence",
              "Thesis Work",
              "Paper/Thesis Writing"),
              c(startT1, startT1, startT2, startQE, startProposal, startProposal,
                startThesisWork, startWriting),
              c(startT1, endT1, endT2, endQE, startProposal, endProposal,
                endThesisWork, endWriting),
              done=rep(0, 7))
plot(g, xlim=c(arrive, leave),
     ylabel=list(font=c(2,rep(1,3),2), justification=c(0,rep(1,3),0)))

plan documentation built on Aug. 19, 2023, 5:10 p.m.