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==Overview==

Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the feature's function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that import from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, and Oracle Primavera P6.

When you are moving task bars/milestone symbols to different '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''', you can end up with '''unoccupied rows''' that you can '''hide''', if desired.   '''Rows''' can become '''empty''' for other reasons such as a change made to the chart's '''Date Range''' (i.e., the chart's '''Start Date''' and '''Finish Date''') or because a new snapshot is not '''importing''' one or more '''task bars/milestone symbols''' that were present in previous snapshots.  OnePager provides the option for you to manually '''hide rows''' in the chart or to specify '''automatic hiding of rows''' through controls in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form as explained in this article.

As the example, this article uses the OnePager Pro chart below as the starting point for the discussions of manual '''row hiding''' and '''automatic row hiding''' provided in the sub-sections that follow:

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===Manually Hiding Empty Rows===

In the examples that follow, four task bars are hidden:

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To use the '''manual row hiding''' feature, click the '''Hide''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab, which is '''enabled''' when the chart has '''empty rows''', as shown below: 

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Clicking the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab's '''Hide Rows''' button accesses the '''Row hiding choices''' form shown here:

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The '''Row hiding choices''' form shown above shows that four (4) '''Interior rows are empty''' and can be '''hidden'''.   '''Interior rows''' are '''rows''' that neither are the '''top most rows''' in the chart nor the '''bottom most rows''' in the chart.  '''Top''' and '''Bottom''' value boxes shown in the '''Row hiding choices''' form shown above, count consecutive '''empty rows''' from the '''top of the graph''' and the '''bottom of the graph''' respectively.

Clicking the '''OK''' button on the '''Row hiding choices''' form '''hides''' the '''empty row''' as is done in the illustration below:

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In the above illustration, please note that when '''rows are hidden''' that make up a '''swimlane''', that the '''swimlane''' too is '''hidden'''.

===Automatically Hiding Empty Rows===

You also have the option to set up and use the '''row hiding''' feature in an '''automatic mode'''.  That is, you can establish a set of '''options''' in the '''Template Properties''' form before charts are created to '''automatically hide empty rows''' under the conditions you wish.  Additionally, you can use the same controls found in the '''Chart Properties''' form to set or alter these '''options''' after charts are created.  Since the controls for '''automatically hiding rows''' are the same for both the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms, the example below uses the '''Chart Properties''' form.

===Setting Up the Chart Properties Form's Advance Tab's Row Hiding Options===

The controls for setting up the '''automatic row hiding options''' are found in the  '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Advanced''' tabs at the '''Row hiding options''' button shown below:

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Accessing the '''Row Hiding Options''' form requires clicking the '''Row hiding options''' button as shown above.

===Row Hiding Options===

There are four (4) '''Row hiding options''' available singly or in combination as discussed in the following sub-sections:

====Look at current snapshot only====

When the '''Look at current snapshot only''' checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager looks only at the '''current snapshot''' to determine which '''rows are empty'''.  When the '''Look at current snapshot only''' checkbox is '''OFF''', OnePager looks at '''all snapshots''' before deciding that a '''row is empty'''.   In either case, please note that any '''rows''' that are '''hidden''' are '''hidden''' in '''all snapshots'''.

====Hide newly-empty rows on import====

When the '''Hide newly-empty rows on import''' checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager '''automatically hides''' any '''rows''' that become '''empty''' when you '''add or update a snapshot'''.    This can happen when a task bar or milestone symbol is present in some '''snapshots''' but is missing from the '''snapshot''' that is currently being '''updating'''.    Please keep in mind, however, that the '''hidden rows''' are now being '''hidden''' in '''all snapshots''' and not just in the '''snapshot''' being '''updated'''.

====Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones====

When this checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager '''automatically unhides''' task bars/milestone symbols, '''rows''', and '''swimlanes''' that were '''hidden''' in previous '''snapshots''' if any of the tasks/milestones in the '''source plan''' are '''flagged''' for '''import''' on the '''current snapshot'''.   This assures that in '''new snapshots''' all previously '''hidden''' task bars/milestone symbols and their previously '''hidden rows and swimlanes''' are visible.   If the '''Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones''' checkbox is checked '''OFF''', OnePager continues to '''hide''' previously '''hidden rows and swimlanes''' as the '''new snapshot''' is created.  The default setting for the '''Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones''' checkbox is checked '''ON'''.

====Hide rows when dates are outside the date range====

When the '''Hide rows when dates are outside the date range''' option is checked '''ON''', clicking the '''Hide''' button '''hides rows''' that appear '''empty''' because the '''source plan''' task/milestones occupying those '''rows''' are outside the '''start-end dates''' for the chart .

For more information on '''setting and changing the date range of the chart''', please see the article at:  [[Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager]] <!--22.3.1-71-->

When the '''Hide rows when dates are outside the date range''' option is checked '''ON''', OnePager knows that you want '''rows''' where '''source plan''' tasks/milestones are not within the '''start-end dates''' range of the chart to be '''hidden''' when you click the '''Hide''' button on the ribbon. As with the '''Look at current snapshot only''' row '''hiding''' action, the '''row hiding'''  for this option does not occur until you click the '''Hide''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab.

==Finding Hidden Rows==

If '''rows and/or swimlanes''' are '''hidden''', for any reason, they can be found by using the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' feature accessed from the '''Show/Hide''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab as shown below for the example used in this article:  

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When the “Where’s My Stuff?!” is clicked, the form is accessed showing which '''task names''' are '''hidden''' and the reasons for being '''hid''' as shown below:

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The '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form shown above, indicates that four (4) tasks are '''hidden''' in the chart and that their respective '''rows''' are '''hidden''' as well.  The '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form keeps track of all covered items that are '''hidden''' by indicating the '''task name''' from the '''source plan''' and the reason that the '''items''' are '''hidden''' by indicating a red X in the column appropriate for the '''task name'''.

For more information on the use of the '''Where's My Stuff?!''' feature and form, please see the article at:  [[Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!" for Version 7.1 | Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"]] <!--9.4.1-71-->

==Related Links==

[[Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!" for Version 7.1 | Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"]] <!--9.4.1-71-->

[[Advanced Tab for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Advanced Tab for OnePager]] <!--21.13.1-71-->

[[Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager]] <!--22.3.1-71-->

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