{"id":1164,"date":"2021-03-25T22:26:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2021-10-14T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T05:45:11","slug":"free-gantt-style-timelines-based-on-time-hours-with-sparkline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/misc\/free-gantt-style-timelines-based-on-time-hours-with-sparkline.html","title":{"rendered":"Free Gantt Charts Based on Time\/Hours with Sparkline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wanted to show the timeline of a disaster recovery plan on a Gantt style chart to make it look better than a boring list of tasks with start and end times, but I could not find any tool dealing with hours throughout a single day\/24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gantt software such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ganttproject.biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GanttProject<\/a> also offer too many features that I don&#8217;t need just for a simple report. I decided to go for Sparkline function in Google Sheets: it is free, and remains quite easy even though it doesn&#8217;t work out of the box for hourly timelines. It is also available on Excel obviously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Sparkline? Basically, Sparkline is a chart you embed in a single Excel (or other spreadsheet like Google Sheets) cell that gives you a trend. Bars chart are perfect for Gantt style timelines.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"\/uploads\/Google_sheet_gantt_timeline-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/uploads\/Google_sheet_gantt_timeline-1.png\" alt=\"Google sheet gantt charts with Sparklines\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There is no min, and max works only for numbers in bars charts, this is why I created the 2 columns Start delay and Duration in minutes. Basic formulas based on the project and task start and end times fill them automatically<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"powershell\" class=\"language-powershell\">=HOUR(D5-$D$3)*60+MINUTE(D5-$D$3); Start delay\n=HOUR(E5-D5)*60+MINUTE(E5-D5); Duration<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Sparkline cells are built from these 2 values; The first bar is white to start the coloured bar at the right place. Max value is the actual project duration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"powershell\" class=\"language-powershell\">=SPARKLINE(F5:G5,{\"charttype\",\"bar\";\"color1\",\"white\";\"color2\",\"#199698\";\"max\",$G$3})<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to show the timeline of a disaster recovery plan on a Gantt style chart to make it look better than a boring list of tasks with start and end times, but I could not find any tool dealing with hours throughout a single day\/24 hours. 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