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Categorised and Labelled Activities

Gantt charts were originally devised as a graphical way to show the relationship between activites in a project plan, and have been made very popular by tools such as MS Project. The chart shows time progressing from left to right, with each activity drawn as a colored bar, and generally labelled with its name.

This example is very similar to the first chart, but labels the activities rather than the axis. The activities have been classified depending on status, and are drawn with the earliest at the top of the chart.

SharpPlot sp = new SharpPlot;

sp.Heading = "Work in Progress";
sp.HeadingStyle = HeadingStyles.Right;
todo = new string[]{"Clear ground","Dig drains","Lay foundations","Concrete floors"};
startwk = new int[] {24,28,34,50};
endwk = new int[] {30,36,48,54};
ydata = new int[] {4,3,2,1};
status = new string[]{"Done","Done","Progressing","Not started"};
sp.SetValueFont("Arial",8,FontStyle.Bold);
sp.SetValueTags(todo);
sp.GanttChartStyle = GanttChartStyles.ValueTags;
sp.YAxisStyle = YAxisStyles.ForceZero|YAxisStyles.GridLines|YAxisStyles.NoLabels;
sp.SetXTickMarks(5);
sp.SplitBy(status);
sp.DrawGanttChart(ydata,startwk,endwk);

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