Change Options on Timeline

Scheduler Javascript
#1

Hello -

I am trying to manipulate a list of Options that I receive from a datasource before displaying them on a timeline (in order to add parent sections such as departments, which aren’t evident from the database).

I’ve tried it a few different approaches, and I can’t seem to get it to work properly.

This is generally what I’m trying to do:


scheduler.attachEvent("beforeRender", function (){
	//get resources from connector
	server_resources = scheduler.serverList ("resource");
	
	//manipulate the list, in this case grouping everything under one department
	combined_resources = [{key:"Production Dept",label:"Production Dept", children:server_resources}];
	
	//update the information for the timeline
	scheduler.updateCollection("resource",combined_resources);
});


//create timeline

	scheduler.createTimelineView({
		name: "timeline",
		dx: 100, //width of section names
		x_unit: "day",
		x_date: "<span class=hover><a jump_to='%j-%m-%Y 00:00' href='#'>%l, %j %M</a></span>",
		x_step:1,
		x_size:7,
		x_start: 0,
		x_length: 7,
		y_unit: scheduler.serverList ("resource"),
		y_property:"unit",
		render: "bar",
		event_dy:"full",
		resize_events:true,
	});

	scheduler.date.timeline_start = scheduler.date.week_start;

The result of this code is that the list remains the same, without the department being shown.

Thank you.

#2

Hi,
scheduler do not have ‘beforeRender’ event, try onXLE or onOptionsLoad event (note that onOptionsLoad can be also triggered by scheduler.updateCollection)

[code]scheduler.attachEvent(“onXLE”, function (){
//get resources from connector
var server_resources = scheduler.serverList (“resource”).slice();//.slice to make a copy of collection, instead of getting a link

//manipulate the list, in this case grouping everything under one department
var combined_resources = [{key:“Production Dept”,label:“Production Dept”, children:server_resources}];

//update the information for the timeline
scheduler.updateCollection(“resource”,combined_resources);
});[/code]

#3

Not only did that do that trick, but I was messing myself up - in all the copying & pasting, I forgot to change timeline render to “table”. Ugh!

Thanks