teleperiod

period picker on a time line with working hours

Technical overview

The calendar is created in SVG using d3 js toolkit. This can be added in any web page and allow to retreive the periods of the selection in a javascript object. It lazy load events and working hours while browsing on dates.

Installation as a bower componenent:

bower install teleperiod

An angular version is available: angular-teleperiod

Features

• Select one period on a calendar view
• Display mutiple timelines for references (ex: other pepoles availability, scolar vacations periods ...)
• Get the duration of the selection period according to working schedule and special events

Usage

Add to page teleperiod.min.js and teleperiod.min.css

create a svg placeholder in page:

    <div class="row">
        <svg id="teleperiod_placeholder"></svg>
    </div>

Initialize teleperiod object with options:

    var teleperiod = new Teleperiod({
        object: d3.select('#teleperiod_placeholder'),
        workingtimes: function(interval) {
        
        },
        events: function(interval) {
        
        },
        onUpdated: function(selection) {
        
        }
    });

Availables options:

Property	Description
object	a D3 html element, it will be used as placeholder to load the graph. This option is mandatory
workingtimes	A function called to load the working times on the specified interval. The function must return a Q promise. This option is mandatory
events	A function called to load some events on the specified interval. The function must return a Q promise. This option is mandatory
onUpdated	A function called when the selection is modified, the selection is given as a parameter. This option is mandatory
focusDate	A Date object, the graph will be open at this date, if not set, the default value is the current date
selectedEvents	array of events UID, on loaded, the events will be converted to a modifiable selection
dateLocale	A string to represent the locale used in dates functions, default is 'FR_fr'
width	An integer for the graph width, default is the size of parent container

Add some bottom timeline references using the timeline object:

    var timeline = new Timeline('My timeline', function(interval) {
    
    });
    
    teleperiod.addTimeLine(timeline);

Draw the widget:

    teleperiod.draw();

Set a selected period for modifications:

    teleperiod.setSelection(
        new Date(2015, 1, 10, 0, 0, 0),
        new Date(2015, 1, 11, 0, 0, 0)
    );

Usage exemples

Room reservations, vacation periods request, resources management ...