# Know of any timeline components? (plugins, flash. etc) i.e. plotting time (horizontally) versus reso

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 1, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/know-of-any-timeline-components-plugins-flash-etc-i-e-plotting-time-horizontally-versus-reso/144690 "2008-08-01T07:44:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/know-of-any-timeline-components-plugins-flash-etc-i-e-plotting-time-horizontally-versus-reso/144690/1 "2008-08-01T07:44:30Z")

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Hi,

I want to create a Rails application that summarises resource leave &  
project phases. I basically want time horizontally (choose day-by-day,  
week-by-week, etc resolution), and projects/resources horizontally. I  
want  
all phase of a project to be on the same horizontal row (i.e. not a  
Gantt  
chart which typically has a row per task).

Is there any existing HTML, Rails, Flash (with xml integration)  
components  
someone knows of that can do this nicely? i.e. similar to how  
[www.fusioncharts.com](http://www.fusioncharts.com) works for graphs.

Thanks

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/know-of-any-timeline-components-plugins-flash-etc-i-e-plotting-time-horizontally-versus-reso/144690/2 "2008-08-01T13:21:52Z")

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here’s a link to a rough idea of what I’m after (link to image) -  
[http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11381&d=1217589102](http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11381&d=1217589102)

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Greg H. \<

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/know-of-any-timeline-components-plugins-flash-etc-i-e-plotting-time-horizontally-versus-reso/144690/3 "2008-08-01T15:41:22Z")

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Haven’t used it, but I was looking for something like that and this  
one is tempting:

[http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/](http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/)  
[http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/similetimelinerailshelper](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/similetimelinerailshelper)

On Aug 1, 7:21 am, “Greg H.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/know-of-any-timeline-components-plugins-flash-etc-i-e-plotting-time-horizontally-versus-reso/144690/4 "2008-08-02T07:00:59Z")

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Harold, this looks really promising. I’ll look into this.  
Tim - I don’t want a Gantt chart as multiple tasks are typically on  
different rows. Also prefer not to need internet access to Google  
during  
development (i.e. network connectivity)

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/know-of-any-timeline-components-plugins-flash-etc-i-e-plotting-time-horizontally-versus-reso/144690/5 "2008-08-01T16:40:01Z")

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On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Greg H. \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> > week-by-week, etc resolution), and projects/resources horizontally. I want

You’re looking to create a Gantt Chart.

[http://www.google.com/search?q=rails+gantt+chart](http://www.google.com/search?q=rails+gantt+chart)

You may be able to accomplish this using the Google Charts API and a  
horizontal stacked bar chart

[http://code.google.com/p/google-charts-on-rails/](http://code.google.com/p/google-charts-on-rails/)

> **[Charts  |  Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/chart?csw=1&hl=bn)**
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–  
Tim