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==About Template Properties Form Only Features==

Because the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms are similar, this article only covers the areas of the '''Template Properties''' form that are different from the '''Chart Properties''' form.   

The primary focus of this article is on OnePager Express ('''OPX''') '''Template Properties''' form.  Since OnePager Bundle can be accessed and launched directly from Microsoft Excel '''Add-in''' and once OnePager Bundle '''Add-in''' is active you can directly access the OnePager Bundle '''Add-in Template Properties''' form for Microsoft Excel.   Additionally, launching OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and selecting a Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' requires that a Microsoft Excel '''Template Properties''' form be selected to '''create''', '''update''', or '''open''' a chart.

For more information on '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms, please see the articles at: 

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You should familiarize yourself with the '''Chart Properties''' form before reading this article.  

For more information on the '''Chart Properties''' form, please see the article at:   

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==A Few Words On Template Properties Forms==

===Permanent Template Properties Forms===

Chronicle Graphics, Inc. ships OnePager Express ('''OPX''') with one pre-defined '''permanent Template Properties''' form that you cannot accidentally '''delete'''.  

The '''permanent Template Properties''' form has the word '''Permanent''' in its name.  The '''permanent Template Properties''' form cannot be modified hence all the control features on each tab are '''disabled'''.

===Metric Versus Non-Metric===

Within a '''Template Properties''' form there are settings which are '''distance measures''' that must be considered when building the chart.  These include the '''height''' of individual '''rows''', the '''height''' of the '''percent-complete bar''' within a task bar, and the like. 

OnePager supports two measurement conventions:  (1) English ('''inches''') and (2) Metric ('''centimeters''').  For convenience, you can identify a '''Metric''' based '''Template''' form because the word '''(metric)''' is included in the title.  And these two sets of '''Template Properties''' forms are separated by default into '''English''' and a '''Metric sub-folder''' of the default '''Templates''' folder.

==Template Properties Form's Main Tab==

The '''Main''' tab of the '''Template Properties''' form differs slightly from the '''Chart Properties''' form.   The '''Template Properties''' form does not have entry controls for the '''Start date''', '''End date''', '''Title''', because '''dates''' are systematically produced by OnePager based on the earliest '''start date''' and '''latest finish dates''' in your '''source plan''' data.  The '''Title''' is something you designate as you '''create the new''' chart with the OnePager choices ('''OPC''') form.

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The '''Colors''' control group provides access to the '''Color Palette''' controls for '''creating''' and '''editing Color Palettes'''.  Additionally, the '''Colors''' control group contains all the controls for setting the '''Chart Background''' and access to the '''Set line properties''' form and its sub-tabs through the '''Borders and frames properties''' button shown here:

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The controls for '''Row Borders''' can be found in the '''Template Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab at each of the three '''sub-tabs''' in the '''Swimlanes''' control group.  For more information on '''Row Borders''', please see the article at: 

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The '''Task Selection''' control group provides a convenient place in the '''Template Properties''' form for you to preset the method you want to use for '''importing''' task/milestone information from your Microsoft Excel '''source plan'''.

==Template Properties Form's Time Axis Tab==

The '''Time Axis''' tab provides additional '''Time Axis creation''' and '''editing''' capabilities and to '''centralize all time axis''' related controls at one '''Template Properties''' form tab. 

The same intent is true for the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Time Axis''' tab.  The '''Time Axis''' tab for the OnePager Express '''Template Properties''' form is shown below:.

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The controls in the '''Time Axis''' tab are identical to those in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Time Axis''' tab.  For more information on the '''Time Axis''' tab, please see the article at  

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==Template Properties Form's Rows/Swimlanes Tab==

The '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab provides additional '''Rows/Swimlanes creation''' and '''editing''' capabilities and '''centralizes all rows and swimlanes''' related controls at one '''Template Properties''' form tab.  The '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab also provides controls for '''creating''' and '''managing Conditional Formatting Rules''' for '''Swimlanes''' and '''Text Columns & Rows'''.  The same intent is true for the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab.  The '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab for the OnePager Express '''Template Properties''' form is shown below:

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For more information on the '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab, please see the articles at: 

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==Template Properties Form's Task Links Tab==

The '''Task Links''' tab is new in OnePager Express provides the capability to preset properties for '''Data-Driven''' and manual '''Task Links''' before a chart is created.

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Of importance is the '''Show task links''' checkbox in the '''Default Task-Link Formatting''' control group at the top of the form shown above.  This checkbox acts as a '''Master Switch''' enabling the '''Task Links''' feature in OnePager Express.

The '''Import predecessors''' checkbox is unchecked or '''OFF''' in OnePager Express distributed '''Template Properties''' forms.  This avoids an initial cluttering of the chart if there are a large number of '''dependencies imported''' from the Microsoft Excel '''source plan'''.  This approach also gives you full control over the '''Task Link import''' process from the chart.  The controls in the '''Task Links''' tab are identical to those in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Links''' tab.

For more information on the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Links''' tab, please see the article at: 

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==Template Properties Form's Advanced Template Tab==

The '''Advanced''' tab is shown below.  Most of these parameters in the '''Template Properties''' form are identical to those appearing in the '''Chart Properties''' form. 

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===Lock Background Checkbox Not Available===

In the '''Template Properties Form’s Advanced''' tab there is no '''Lock background''' checkbox in the '''Display options''' group.  This is an option available '''after''' the chart is '''created'''.

===Configuring Multi-Project Imports===

One key difference between the '''Template Properties''' form and '''Chart Properties''' form is the ability to use the '''Template''' to configure a '''multi-project''' import.  
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Additional information is available on creating '''Multi-Project''' charts at:  

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===Merge Tasks On Snapshot Replacement===

Checking this checkbox to '''ON''' puts any charts created with this '''Template Properties''' form into the '''Multi-File-Multi-Project Mode'''.  This mode is specifically designed to support users who want to create '''Multi-Project''' charts from several independent Microsoft Excel '''source plans'''.  It allows OnePager to recognize data as coming from more than one unique file and combine that into your OnePager chart, hence the '''merge''' reference.  This is an '''advanced feature''' and when used, OnePager needs you to create a '''Task ID''' column with '''uniquely numbered task bars and milestone symbols''' that can be '''imported''' from the various Microsoft Excel '''source plans'''.  This is necessary so that OnePager uniquely recognize each '''row''' in each separate file.

A simple example shows how this checkbox works.   Suppose that the first Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' contains tasks A, B, and C and that the second '''source plan''' contains tasks D, E, and F.  After making a new chart from the first '''source plan''', you open the second Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' and '''update''' the chart in '''Replace Snapshot''' mode.  If the checkbox is checked '''ON''', the chart now contains task shapes A, B, C, D, E, and F.   If the checkbox is not checked, or '''OFF''', the chart now contains only task shapes D, E, and F.  Once you adopted this scheme for the chart being '''created''', it is '''not possible to update''' the chart in the future in the default '''Single-File-Single-Project Mode.-->

==Template Properties Form's Field Mappings Tab==

The new '''Field Mappings '''tab in the '''Template Properties''' form for OnePager Express looks like this:

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===Basic and Date Mappings===

OnePager uses '''source fields''' for many purposes : (1) displaying task names, (2) displaying '''start dates''', (3) assigning '''colors''' to tasks, and (4) grouping '''rows''' into '''swimlanes'''.  The use of a '''source field''' for a purpose is called a '''field mapping'''.  The eight (8) dropdown lists above are a set of important '''field mappings''' that are collected in the '''Field Mappings''' tab page.  The other '''field mappings''' are on the '''Rows/Swimlanes''', '''Task Bars''', and '''Milestones''' form tab pages.  

Some '''field mappings''' (e.g. '''percent-complete''') appear both here and on other '''Template Properties''' form tab pages.  This  '''Field Mappings''' tab in the '''Template Properties''' form is also available in the '''Chart Properties''' form. Each dropdown list contains the '''source fields''' that have the correct data type(s) for the  purpose.   For example, in the '''Basic Mappings''' group, the '''Task label''' field dropdown contains only text fields from Microsoft Excel.   And the dropdown lists in the '''Date Mappings''' group contain only Microsoft Excel date fields.  

These mappings are useful if your standard field usage differs and you want to avoid having to constantly make the changes on the second page of OnePager choices ('''OPC''') form shown below: 

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For more detailed information on the '''Field Mappings''' feature, please see this section in the article at:  

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===Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Identity Mapping===

The '''Task/Milestone Identity Mapping''' control group lets you select a Microsoft Excel field that can be used to '''uniquely identify''' each task shape.  '''Uniquely identifying each task bar or milestone symbol''' is always important when you plan to '''update''' your chart later on, but you normally do not need to change this '''field mapping''' because the default mapping works just fine.  OnePager uses the '''Unique Id''' field to identify each task in the '''source plan''', enabling preservation of each task bar’s '''color''', '''labeling''', and '''vertical location''' as you '''import new''' or '''modified data''' in '''later updates''' of the chart.

For '''source plans''' that are Microsoft Excel files, the default mapping is to the Microsoft Excel '''Task ID''' field.  If you opt to change the '''Task ID''' mapping away from these reliable defaults, make sure that the new '''source''' field has a '''unique value''' for each task shape or milestone shape.  Keep in mind that once you '''create''' a chart with a '''Task ID''' mapping, it is '''nearly impossible to change''' your mind about how task bars are to be identified.   Change this mapping away from the '''default only''' if you have a good reason to do so and are sure that the field contains no '''duplicate values'''.  To map an alternate '''Task ID''' field, use the dropdown menu shown in the illustration below:

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When  changing to an alternate '''Task ID''' field, OnePager Express displays a warning message as follows:

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For more information on the '''Task/Milestone Identity Mapping''' feature, please see this section in the article at:  

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===Field Splitting Feature===

The '''Field Splitting''' control group lets you '''split each task''' into a '''set of nearly-duplicate task shapes''' based upon a '''comma-separated''' list of values in some '''source''' field.   For example, you could '''split a task''' that had three '''Resources''' assigned to it into '''three almost-identical task shapes''' that differ only in their value of '''Resource'''.  Once you '''create''' a chart with '''field splitting''' turned '''On''', it is '''impossible to change''' your mind and go back to '''unsplit''' task shapes for that chart or change to a '''different field for the splitting'''.

For more information on '''Field Splitting and Parsing Columns''', pleas see the article at:   

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==Related Links==

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| [[Templates versus Charts for Version 7.2 | Templates versus Charts]] <!--4.0.1.3-72-->
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| [[Basic Workflows for Version 7.2 (Portal) | Basic Workflows (Portal)]] <!--7.0.1-72-->
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| [[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.2 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)]] <!--12.0.1-72-->
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| [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 7.2 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] <!--21.0.1-72-->
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