Conditional Formatting Actions for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0

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Summary of Conditional Formatting Rule Actions

The purpose of this article is to summarize the discussion on telling OnePager what actions to take when a rule does apply.

For this purpose, there are six (6) fields that you can set to format the tasks/milestones. These fields are described in the table below, which gives the name of the field, a description of the allowable options, and how you specify the formatting action to take:

Conditional Formatting Feature Description Instructions
Color If the condition is true, apply the selected fill color to the task/milestone. If the condition is not true, retain the default color for the task/milestone. Click the color dropdown to pop up the color palette.
Task Bar Shape If the condition is true, use the selected shape to represent the task. If the condition is not true, the task retains its default shape. Click the task shape dropdown to pop up the task shape list.
Milestone Shape If the condition is true, use the selected shape to represent the milestone. If the condition is not true, the milestone retails its default shape. Click the milestone shape dropdown to pop up the milestone shape list.
Height The height of the task/milestone in the rule is expressed as a percentage of row height. If the condition is true, resize the task/milestone to the specified height. If the condition is not true, the task/milestone retains the global default height. Any positive number can be used.
Border The border properties of the task/milestone in the rule can be changed to the values specified in the Border style rules form. If the condition is true, use the border properties specified in the Border style rules form. If the condition is not true, use the default border properties for the task/milestone. Click the border dropdown to pop up the border list. You can set the border’s color, width, and style (solid, dash, dot, etc.)
Label Font The task/milestone’s label font can be changed to the value specified in font selector. If the condition is true, use the label font specified. If the condition is not true, use the default label font. Clicking the font cell pops up the font selector. You can set the font face, color, size, and style (bold, italic, underline)

Priority

1) The next to last column on the far right in the Conditional Formatting Rules window is the Priority column.

2) The Priority column controls the sequence in which the rules get applied. OnePager automatically assigns increasing numbers to the Priority column as rules are defined.

3) If several rules are in competition to set a particular formatting property, the rule with the lowest Priority number has priority over all the others.

4) You can change the values in the Priority column at any time after the rule is completely defined, and any numeric value is acceptable.

Legend Text

The last column to the right is the Legend Text column. Whenever the result of a Conditional Import set of rules results in a Legend entry being created, you can provide the text for that Legend entry by providing appropriate text in the Legend Text column for the applicable rule.

No Action Taken

When defining rules, any action field (e.g., color, task bar shape, milestone shape, borders, etc.) that is left blank is interpreted by OnePager as a no action, which amounts to retaining the default setting for that property. If you want to change an action into a no action, just check the use default checkbox for the grid cell in question.

Number of Rules

You can apply the approach described above to define as many rules as required. When you are finished, click the OK button in the Conditional Formatting Rules form which returns you to your starting place in the Task Bar tab or the Milestones tab. Click the Apply button and or OK buttons in the Project-View Properties (PVP) form to have OnePager apply the rules to the project view. For the Template Properties form, click the Save and Use button to have OnePager applies these rules to any project view that is made from the Template.

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