Resources
The Gantt allows you to assign resources to tasks. A resource is optional metadata that can be associated with a Gantt task.
The resources are set through the Resources configuration method.
When setting resources from a remote endpoint, the Gantt expects the data items to have the following signature: { id: 0, name: "Resource 1", color: "green", format: "p0" }. In case the ResourceViewModel is different and requires mapping, use a custom DataSource to configure the mapping:
@(Html.Kendo().Gantt<TaskViewModel, DependencyViewModel>() .Name("gantt") .Resources(r => r .Field("resources") .DataColorField("MyColorField") .DataTextField("MyNameField") .DataSource(d => d .Custom() .Schema(s => s .Model(m => m.Id("MyIDField")) .Data("Data") ) .Transport(t => { t.Read("ReadResources", "Gantt"); }) ) ) )Assignments
An assignment is a one-to-one mapping between a Gantt task and a Gantt resource containing the number of units for which a resource is assigned to a task.
The assignments are set through the Assignments configuration method.
The following example demonstrates how to set resources in the Gantt and how to map them to tasks by setting assignments.
@(Html.Kendo().Gantt<TaskViewModel, DependencyViewModel>() .Name("gantt") .Columns(columns => { columns.Bound(c => c.Title).Editable(true).Sortable(true); columns.Resources("resources").Editable(true).Title("Assigned Resources"); }) .Views(views => { views.DayView(); views.WeekView(); views.MonthView(monthView => monthView.Selected(true)); }) .Height(700) .ShowWorkHours(false) .ShowWorkDays(false) .Snap(false) .DataSource(d => d .Model(m => { m.Id(f => f.TaskID); m.ParentId(f => f.ParentID); m.Field(f => f.Expanded).DefaultValue(true); }) .Read("ReadTasks", "Gantt") .Destroy("DestroyTask", "Gantt") .Update(update => update.Action("UpdateTask", "Gantt").Data("onUpdateCreate")) .Create(create => create.Action("CreateTask", "Gantt").Data("onUpdateCreate")) ) .DependenciesDataSource(d => d .Model(m => { m.Id(f => f.DependencyID); m.PredecessorId(f => f.PredecessorID); m.SuccessorId(f => f.SuccessorID); }) .Read("ReadDependencies", "Gantt") .Create("CreateDependency", "Gantt") .Destroy("DestroyDependency", "Gantt") ) .Resources(r => r .Field("resources") .DataColorField("Color") .DataTextField("Name") .DataSource(d => d .Custom() .Schema(s => s .Model(m => m.Id("ID")) .Data("Data") ) .Transport(t => { t.Read("ReadResources", "Gantt"); }) ) ) .Assignments<ResourceAssignmentViewModel>(a => a .DataTaskIdField("TaskID") .DataResourceIdField("ResourceID") .DataValueField("Units") .DataSource(d => d .Model(m => { m.Id(f => f.ID); }) .Read("ReadAssignments", "Gantt") .Create("CreateAssignment", "Gantt") .Destroy("DestroyAssignment", "Gantt") .Update("UpdateAssignment", "Gantt") ) ) ) <script> // Send the dates for the newly creted/updated tasks as UTC strings function onUpdateCreate(e) { e.End = e.End.toISOString(); e.Start = e.Start.toISOString(); } </script>For a complete example on using resources in the Gantt, refer to the Resources demo.