Activity Planner Using SAP OpenUI5 Application Framework

Abstract

Aims/Objectives: To design a calendar component for scheduling activities which reduces the space required for representation. Design a Gantt chart with hierarchical activities which gives better visualization and understanding. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Computer Engineering, Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India, between July 2016 and June 2017. Methodology: We studied different calendar components available in the market including Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Google Calendar and identified drawbacks of them and then develop a generalized calendar control which schedules activities in the calendar and also develop the Gantt chart for activities by using the SAP OpenUI5 application framework. Also the classroom scheduling algorithm is included to schedule the activities on the activity planner. The proposed algorithm reduces the time for scheduling by taking the number of rooms in the classroom scheduling algorithm as constant, and only taking the number of activities as the input to the algorithm. Results: Proposed calendar component schedules activities by using the classroom shceduling algorithm. Also using the OpenUI5 framework, calendar component ca ne designed which provides elegant and user friendly interface. Also the Gantt chart is designed with hierarchy of events which makes easy understanding of activities. Conclusion: Our work makes the use of SAP OpenUI5 application framework for the use of calendar component and the Gantt chart component. This calendar supports the scheduling of the resources and the different views.