Gantt Chart Help

[sprasad]

I have this data from AzureDevOps(VSTS)- having the relationship as: Release>Epic>Feature.
I am using Gantt Chart by MAQSoftware custom visual.
Even though for GT-Release1 the Start and End date is 01-01-19 to 28-02-19 in the Gantt chart it shows the Start data from 01-01-19 to 31-03-2019. Any idea?

ReleaseID	ReleaseTitle	ReleaseStartDate	ReleaseTargetDate	EpicID	EpicTitle	FeatureTitle	EpicStartDate	EpicTargetDate	FeatureID	FeatureStartDate	FeatureTargetdate
42368	GT-Release1	01-01-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42369	GT-Epic1	GT-Feature1	01-01-19 0:00	31-01-19 0:00	42379	01-01-19 0:00	15-01-19 0:00
42368	GT-Release1	01-01-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42369	GT-Epic1	GT-Feature2	01-01-19 0:00	31-01-19 0:00	42380	16-01-19 0:00	31-01-19 0:00
42368	GT-Release1	01-01-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42374	GT_Epic2	GT-Feature3	01-02-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42383	01-02-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00
42368	GT-Release1	01-01-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42377	GT-Epic3	GT-Feature4	15-02-19 0:00	31-03-19 0:00	42386	15-02-19 0:00	31-03-19 0:00
42373	GT_Release2	01-03-19 0:00	30-04-19 0:00	42389	GT-Epic4	GT-Feature5	01-03-19 0:00	31-03-19 0:00	42390	01-03-19 0:00	31-03-19 0:00
42373	GT_Release2	01-03-19 0:00	30-04-19 0:00	42393	GT-Epic5	GT-Feature6	15-04-19 0:00	15-05-19 0:00	42394	15-04-19 0:00	15-05-19 0:00
42375	GT-Release3	01-05-19 0:00	30-06-19 0:00	42397	GT-Epic6	GT-Feature7	01-05-19 0:00	30-06-19 0:00	42398	01-05-19 0:00	30-06-19 0:00
42401	OC-Release1	01-01-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42403	OC-Epic1	OC-Feature1	01-01-19 0:00	31-01-19 0:00	42407	01-01-19 0:00	31-01-19 0:00
42401	OC-Release1	01-01-19 0:00	28-02-19 0:00	42413	OC-Epic2	OC-Feature2	01-02-19 0:00	15-03-19 0:00	42414	01-02-19 0:00	15-03-19 0:00
42417	OC-Release2	01-03-19 0:00	30-04-19 0:00	42419	OC-Epic3	OC-Feature3	01-03-19 0:00	31-03-19 0:00	42422	01-03-19 0:00	31-03-19 0:00
42417	OC-Release2	01-03-19 0:00	30-04-19 0:00	42427	OC-EPic4	Oc-Feature4	01-04-19 0:00	31-05-19 0:00	42428	01-04-19 0:00	31-05-19 0:00
42431	Oc-Release3	01-05-19 0:00	30-06-19 0:00	42432	OC-Epic5	OC-Feature5	01-05-19 0:00	30-06-19 0:00	42433	01-05-19 0:00	30-06-19 0:00

If I have some Epics that is spread across multiple product Releases, then how should I represent that?

Any idea or help would be really appreciated.

[v-jiascu-msft]

Hi @sprasad ,

The dates are good. Please refer to the snapshot below.

Does it mean an Epics has many releases? Maybe you should consider the Epics as the parent task. Please also try the Gantt Chart released by MS.

Best Regards,

[sprasad]

Dale,

Release is a parent item and then Epic as child and then Feature as the sub child.

Let us take this scenarion: From the table Release ID - 42368 is spanning from 01-01-19 TO 28-02-19, but one of the Feature (4) in row4 is spanning from 15-02-19 TO 31-03-19. Now in the Gantt chart the Release dates gets extended as 01-01-19 TO 31-03-19, I am expecting that the Release will maintain its original duration i.e from 01-01-19 TO 28-02-19

I also tried the Gantt Chart from Microsoft, but the problem there is it shows the bars only for last child items which is Feature in my case. It should show the bars for Release and Epic as wel.

Regards