Hi Josh,
Word tree isn't going to replace the org chart. There's no way to make the
org chart display horizontally, but you can use the allowCollapse option
and the collapse() method to make the fan-out of your chart more manageable.
Jon
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:22 AM, Josh Beagley <joshua.beag...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I actually have been using the Org Chart all along,
> but I was wondering if Word Tree was going to replace Org Chart. I
> remember reading that Org Chart was either going away or being overhauled,
> so I'm anxious to see what happens.
>
> In my scenario, I'm using Org Chart to show people, who they supervise and
> who supervises them. It's pretty simple I think. Some people supervise 15
> people, some people are new they don't supervise anyone. So my problem is,
> the chart ends up being like 15,000 pixels wide because each person's
> bubble won't align underneath another person's bubble. I'll have to post a
> screenshot. But what that means is, everyone (we're talking 100-150
> people) gets their own column in the chart. Therefore, it's so wide that
> it's not really "presentable." I don't think it's a bug, but it would
> certainly make a huge difference if it could be worked out somehow. Picky
> picky, I know.
>
> But anyway, thanks for the message. I'll toy with Word Tree and we'll see
> what happens.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
> On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:34:20 PM UTC-5, orw...@google.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi Josh, there are no promises in life, but you're safe.
>>
>> ("static boss" is a great concept. Very Big Brotherish.)
>>
>> And just FYI, we already have org charts:
>> https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/orgchart
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Josh Beagley <joshua....@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So I'm trying my hand at explicit Word Trees to make an org chart, and
>>> I'm wanting to use IDs which are already in my database. They don't begin
>>> with 0, and several numbers are missing since people have left.
>>>
>>> The following *works by default*:
>>>
>>> nodeListData.addRow([0, 'Boss', -1, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([1, 'Child 1', 0, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([2, 'Child 2', 0, 1, 'black']);
>>>
>>> This *does not work*: (some kind of "Tu" error)
>>>
>>> nodeListData.addRow([500, 'Boss', -1, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([550, 'Child 1', 500, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([600, 'Child 2', 500, 1, 'black']);
>>>
>>> This *does appear to work*:
>>>
>>> nodeListData.addRow([0, 'Unknown', -1, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([500, 'Boss', 0, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([550, 'Child 1', 500, 1, 'black']);
>>> nodeListData.addRow([600, 'Child 2', 500, 1, 'black']);
>>>
>>> In the last example, I basically added a "static boss" that even the
>>> highest ranking boss would belong to, this way we always have a zero (0)
>>> ID. It seems that as long as I have a 0 ID, I can skip any other number.
>>> Am I safe to continue using it like this or will I run into troubles later
>>> on?
>>>
>>> Thanks! - Josh
>>>
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