Swim lanes
23 Jan 201714 minutes to read
Swim lanes are a horizontal categorization of issues in the Kanban control which brings transparency to the workflow. This can be enabled by mapping the swimlaneKey to appropriate column name in the e-data-source.bind.
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<template>
<div>
<ej-kanban id="Kanban" e-data-source.bind="KanbanData" e-key-field="Status" e-fields.bind="Field">
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Backlog" e-key="Open"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Done" e-key="Close"></ej-kanban-column>
</ej-kanban>
</div>
</template>export class Kanban {
constructor() {
this.KanbanData = [
{ Id: 1, Status: "Open", Summary: "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Analyze,Customer", Estimate: 3.5, Assignee: "Nancy Davloio", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/1.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 2, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Improve application performance", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "Normal", Tags: "Improvement", Estimate: 6, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 3, Status: "Open", Summary: "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", Type: "Others", Priority: "Critical", Tags: "Meeting", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 4, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "IE", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 5, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Customer", Estimate: "3.5", Assignee: "Steven walker", ImgUrl:"/images/kanban/5.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 6, Status: "Close", Summary: "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", Type: "Others", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Meeting", Estimate: 2, Assignee: "Michael Suyama", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/6.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 7, Status: "Validate", Summary: "Validate new requirements", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Validation", Estimate: 1.5, Assignee: "Robert King", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/7.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 8, Status: "Close", Summary: "Login page validation", Type: "Story", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Validation,Fix", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Laura Callahan", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/8.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 9, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Fix,Safari", Estimate: 1.5, Assignee: "Nancy Davloio", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/1.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 10, Status: "Close", Summary: "Test the application in the IE browser.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Testing,IE", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 11, Status: "Validate", Summary: "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", Type: "Story", Priority: "High", Tags: "Validation,Fix", Estimate: 1, Assignee: "Steven walker", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/5.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 12, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Check Login page validation.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Testing", Estimate: 0.5, Assignee: "Michael Suyama", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/6.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 13, Status: "Open", Summary: "API improvements.", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "High", Tags: "Grid,API", Estimate: 3.5, Assignee: "Robert King", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/7.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 14, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Add responsive support to application", Type: "Epic", Priority: "Critical", Tags: "Responsive", Estimate: 6, Assignee: "Laura Callahan", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/8.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 15, Status: "Open", Summary: "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", Type: "Story", Priority: "High", Tags: "Database,SQL", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 16, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Fix cannot open user’s default database SQL error.", Priority: "Critical", Type: "Bug", Tags: "Database,Sql2008", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 17, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in data binding.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Normal", Tags: "Databinding", Estimate: "3.5", Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 18, Status: "Close", Summary: "Analyze SQL server 2008 connection.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Grid,Sql", Estimate: 2, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 19, Status: "Validate", Summary: "Validate databinding issues.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Validation", Estimate: 1.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 20, Status: "Close", Summary: "Analyze grid control.", Type: "Story", Priority: "High", Tags: "Analyze", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 5 }];
this.Field = { primaryKey: 'Id', content: 'Summary', swimlaneKey: 'Assignee', imageUrl: 'ImgUrl'};
}
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.
Drag And Drop between swim lanes
You can set ‘allowDragAndDrop’ property of ‘e-swimlane-settings.bind’ as true to enable Drag and Drop between the swim lanes.
If a card is to be dragged in the same swim lane, only a droppable target cell is added to the dotted line border. If a card is dragged from one swim lane to another, all the Kanban cells will be added to the dotted line borders, except the dragged card cell.
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<template>
<div>
<ej-kanban id="Kanban" e-data-source.bind="KanbanData" e-key-field="Status" e-fields.bind="Field" e-swimlane-settings.bind="swimlane">
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Backlog" e-key="Open"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Done" e-key="Close"></ej-kanban-column>
</ej-kanban>
</div>
</template>export class Kanban {
constructor() {
this.KanbanData = [
{ Id: 1, Status: "Open", Summary: "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Analyze,Customer", Estimate: 3.5, Assignee: "Nancy Davloio", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/1.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 2, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Improve application performance", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "Normal", Tags: "Improvement", Estimate: 6, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 3, Status: "Open", Summary: "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", Type: "Others", Priority: "Critical", Tags: "Meeting", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 4, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "IE", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 5, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Customer", Estimate: "3.5", Assignee: "Steven walker", ImgUrl:"/images/kanban/5.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 6, Status: "Close", Summary: "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get the login page requirements.", Type: "Others", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Meeting", Estimate: 2, Assignee: "Michael Suyama", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/6.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 7, Status: "Validate", Summary: "Validate new requirements", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Validation", Estimate: 1.5, Assignee: "Robert King", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/7.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 8, Status: "Close", Summary: "Login page validation", Type: "Story", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Validation,Fix", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Laura Callahan", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/8.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 9, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in Safari browser.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Fix,Safari", Estimate: 1.5, Assignee: "Nancy Davloio", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/1.png", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 10, Status: "Close", Summary: "Test the application in the IE browser.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Testing,IE", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 11, Status: "Validate", Summary: "Validate the issues reported by the customer.", Type: "Story", Priority: "High", Tags: "Validation,Fix", Estimate: 1, Assignee: "Steven walker", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/5.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 12, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Check Login page validation.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Testing", Estimate: 0.5, Assignee: "Michael Suyama", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/6.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 13, Status: "Open", Summary: "API improvements.", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "High", Tags: "Grid,API", Estimate: 3.5, Assignee: "Robert King", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/7.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 14, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Add responsive support to application", Type: "Epic", Priority: "Critical", Tags: "Responsive", Estimate: 6, Assignee: "Laura Callahan", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/8.png", RankId: 3 },
{ Id: 15, Status: "Open", Summary: "Show the retrieved data from the server in grid control.", Type: "Story", Priority: "High", Tags: "Database,SQL", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 16, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Fix cannot open user’s default database SQL error.", Priority: "Critical", Type: "Bug", Tags: "Database,Sql2008", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 17, Status: "Testing", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in data binding.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Normal", Tags: "Databinding", Estimate: "3.5", Assignee: "Janet Leverling", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/3.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 18, Status: "Close", Summary: "Analyze SQL server 2008 connection.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "Grid,Sql", Estimate: 2, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 4 },
{ Id: 19, Status: "Validate", Summary: "Validate databinding issues.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Validation", Estimate: 1.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 20, Status: "Close", Summary: "Analyze grid control.", Type: "Story", Priority: "High", Tags: "Analyze", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: "Margaret hamilt", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/4.png", RankId: 5 }];
this.Field = { primaryKey: 'Id', content: 'Summary', swimlaneKey: 'Assignee', imageUrl: 'ImgUrl'};
this.swimlane={ allowDragAndDrop: true};
}
}The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.
Unassigned swim lane group
Unassigned swim lane feature provides option to group some common swim lane key values as separate swim lane group. You can enable and disable this behavior using the property enable.
User can use default common key values or user defined key values.
• Using default values
• Using user defined values
NOTE
By default, given common keys are grouped under the swim lane name “Unassigned”, user can customize the name using localization.
Using default values
By default, the swim lane keys of card which is having null, undefined, empty string (“”) values will be grouped as unassigned category when enable property is set as true.
Default values in the keys collection are null, undefined, empty string (“”).
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<template>
<div>
<ej-kanban id="Default" e-data-source.bind="KanbanData" e-key-field="Status" e-fields.bind="Field" e-allow-title="true" e-allow-selection="false">
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Backlog" e-key="Open"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Done" e-key="Close"></ej-kanban-column>
</ej-kanban>
</div>
</template>export class Kanban {
constructor() {
this.KanbanData = [{ Id: 1, Status: "Open", Summary: "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Analyze, Customer", Estimate: 3.5, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 2, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Improve application performance", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "Normal", Tags: "Improvement", Estimate: 6, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 3, Status: "Open", Summary: "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", Type: "Others", Priority: "Critical", Tags: "Meeting", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: undefined, RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 4, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "IE", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: null, RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 5, Status: "Close", Summary: "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Customer", Estimate: "3.5", Assignee: "", RankId: 1 }];
this.Field = { primaryKey: 'Id', content: 'Summary', swimlaneKey: 'Assignee', imageUrl: 'ImgUrl'};
}
}The output of the above code example.
Using user defined values
You can override default values for unassigned swim lane group using the property keys.
The following code example describes the above behavior.
<template>
<div>
<ej-kanban id="Kanban" e-data-source.bind="KanbanData" e-key-field="Status" e-fields.bind="Field" e-allow-title="true" e-allow-selection="false" e-swimlane-settings.bind="swimlaneSettings">
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Backlog" e-key="Open"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="In Progress" e-key="InProgress"></ej-kanban-column>
<ej-kanban-column e-header-text="Done" e-key="Close"></ej-kanban-column>
</ej-kanban>
</div>
</template>export class Kanban {
constructor() {
this.KanbanData = [{ Id: 1, Status: "Open", Summary: "Analyze the new requirements gathered from the customer.", Type: "Story", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Analyze,Customer", Estimate: 3.5, Assignee: "Nancy Davloio", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/1.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 2, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Improve application performance", Type: "Improvement", Priority: "Normal", Tags: "Improvement", Estimate: 6, Assignee: "Andrew Fuller", ImgUrl: "/images/kanban/2.png", RankId: 1 },
{ Id: 3, Status: "Open", Summary: "Arrange a web meeting with the customer to get new requirements.", Type: "Others", Priority: "Critical", Tags: "Meeting", Estimate: 5.5, Assignee: "", RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 4, Status: "InProgress", Summary: "Fix the issues reported in the IE browser.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Release Breaker", Tags: "IE", Estimate: 2.5, Assignee: null, RankId: 2 },
{ Id: 5, Status: "Close", Summary: "Fix the issues reported by the customer.", Type: "Bug", Priority: "Low", Tags: "Customer", Estimate: "3.5", Assignee: "", RankId: 1 }];
this.Field = { primaryKey: 'Id', content: 'Summary', swimlaneKey: 'Assignee', imageUrl: 'ImgUrl'};
this.swimlaneSettings = {
unassignedGroup: {
keys: ["Andrew Fuller", "", "null"]
}
};
}
}The output of the above code example.
