Creating a simple Gantt for a dashboard using Interval Match

There is no native Gantt chart in QlikView. A simple one can be created using a bar chart with bar offset, or a more advanced one can be created by using extension objects (there are some examples of this available online).

In this example, we will use a native QlikView straight table to represent a simple Gantt for use in a dashboard.

Getting ready

Load the following script:

Project: Load * Inline [ ProjectID, ProjectName, StartDate, EndDate 1, First Project, 2013-01-01, 2013-06-30 2, Second Project, 2013-02-01, 2013-07-31 3, Third Project, 2013-03-01, 2013-05-31 4, Fourth Project, 2013-04-01, 2013-08-31 5, Fifth Project, 2013-05-01, 2013-10-31 ]; Let vMinDate=Floor(MakeDate(2013)); Let ...

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