Gantt Charts in R

How to make a gantt charts in R with Plotly

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Gantt Chart

library(plotly)

# Read in data
df <- read.csv("https://cdn.rawgit.com/plotly/datasets/master/GanttChart-updated.csv", stringsAsFactors = F)

# Convert to dates
df$Start <- as.Date(df$Start, format = "%m/%d/%Y")

# Sample client name
client = "Sample Client"

# Choose colors based on number of resources
cols <- RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(length(unique(df$Resource)), name = "Set3")
df$color <- factor(df$Resource, labels = cols)

# Initialize empty plot
fig <- plot_ly()

# Each task is a separate trace
# Each trace is essentially a thick line plot
# x-axis ticks are dates and handled automatically

for(i in 1:(nrow(df) - 1)){
 fig <- add_trace(fig,
                 x = c(df$Start[i], df$Start[i] + df$Duration[i]),  # x0, x1
                 y = c(i, i),  # y0, y1
                 mode = "lines",
                 line = list(color = df$color[i], width = 20),
                 showlegend = F,
                 hoverinfo = "text",

                 # Create custom hover text

                 text = paste("Task: ", df$Task[i], "<br>",
                              "Duration: ", df$Duration[i], "days<br>",
                              "Resource: ", df$Resource[i]),

                  evaluate = T  # needed to avoid lazy loading
  )
}

fig

Alter Layout

# Add information to plot and make the chart more presentable

fig <- layout(fig,

            # Axis options:
            # 1. Remove gridlines
            # 2. Customize y-axis tick labels and show task names instead of numbers

            xaxis = list(showgrid = F, tickfont = list(color = "#e6e6e6")),

            yaxis = list(showgrid = F, tickfont = list(color = "#e6e6e6"),
                         tickmode = "array", tickvals = 1:nrow(df), ticktext = unique(df$Task),
                         domain = c(0, 0.9)),

            plot_bgcolor = "#333333",  # Chart area color
            paper_bgcolor = "#333333") # Axis area color


fig

Add Annotations

# Add total duration and total resources used
# x and y coordinates are based on a domain of [0,1] and not
# actual x-axis and y-axis values
a <- list(xref = "paper",
          yref = "paper",
          x = 0.80,
          y = 0.1,
          text = paste0("Total Duration: ", sum(df$Duration), " days<br>",
                        "Total Resources: ", length(unique(df$Resource)), "<br>"),
          font = list(color = '#264E86', size = 12),
          ax = 0,
          ay = 0,
          align = "left",
          showarrow = FALSE)

# Add client name and title on top
b <- list(xref = "paper",
          yref = "paper",
          x = 0.1,
          y = 1,
          xanchor = "left",
          text = paste0("Gantt Chart: ", client),
          font = list(color = '#264E86', size = 20, family = "Times New Roman"),
          ax = 0,
          ay = 0,
          align = "left",
          showarrow = FALSE)


fig <- fig %>% layout(annotations = a) 
fig <- fig %>% layout(annotations = b)

fig

for more information please refer to http://moderndata.plot.ly/gantt-charts-in-r-using-plotly/

What About Dash?

Dash for R is an open-source framework for building analytical applications, with no Javascript required, and it is tightly integrated with the Plotly graphing library.

Learn about how to install Dash for R at https://dashr.plot.ly/installation.

Everywhere in this page that you see fig, you can display the same figure in a Dash for R application by passing it to the figure argument of the Graph component from the built-in dashCoreComponents package like this:

library(plotly)

fig <- plot_ly() 
# fig <- fig %>% add_trace( ... )
# fig <- fig %>% layout( ... ) 

library(dash)
library(dashCoreComponents)
library(dashHtmlComponents)

app <- Dash$new()
app$layout(
    htmlDiv(
        list(
            dccGraph(figure=fig) 
        )
     )
)

app$run_server(debug=TRUE, dev_tools_hot_reload=FALSE)