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View FileMaker Data in Gantt Chart using Google Charts

Justification of Topic:

How to view FileMaker records in Gantt Chart using Google Charts.

Introduction:
FileMaker provided an inbuilt chart tool to display FileMaker data in various types of Charts. However, we can choose any one of the built-in charts only. In some cases, we need to display FileMaker data in the Gantt chart and that facility not available in FileMaker. To handle this kind of situation, we have found a workaround. We can display FileMaker Data in Gantt Chart using Google Charts.
To view the FileMaker data in Gantt Chart using Google Charts, as a first step, We need to format the FileMaker data and add the formatted data into the HTML code which has been generated and stored in the calculation. Using this we can show FileMaker records in the Gantt chart.

Step 1: Format the FileMaker data like below.

  • The above example represents the 4 FileMaker records.In these records
    1. 1. The first column represents “Task Id”,
      2. The second column represents “Task description”,
      3. The third column represents “Start Date”,
      4. The fourth column represents “End date”,
      5. The fifth column represents “Duration”,
      6. The sixth column represents “Percentage Completed”
      7. The seventh column represents “Dependencies”

    In the above columns if we are not having any values then put them as “null”.

Step 2: Insert a web viewer in layout

  • First, we have to generate HTML code for the Gantt Chart and store it in the database.
  • In that HTML code, we have replaced the formatted FileMaker data under the “data.addRows(“ as per the given image below.
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  • In the FileMaker database we have created a layout to display the records in Gantt Chart using the web viewer.
  • In the web viewer, we called the HTML code. it will display the records in Gantt Chart as per the given image below.
  • If we hover over the Gantt chart Bars then it will display the related information like below.

Conclusion:

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