Creating a NEW Chart via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro for Version 7.0
Contents
Overview
1) The purpose of these articles is to acquaint you with the new pull features of OnePager Pro (OPP) and Express (OPX).
2) There are eight (8) articles in this series, four (4) providing examples of the pull feature for OPP and four (4) for OPX.
3) Please see the links at the end of this article to access the rest of the series.
4) Creating a NEW chart via pull is not the main reason why OnePager has pull operations.
5) This workflow is most useful only when you want to fill an empty Chart Editor by making a new chart. The real power of the pull operation is to let you do repeated snapshot REPLACE and snapshot add operations on an open chart. In other words, the pull operation’s main purpose is to let you update the on-screen chart as you edit its source plan.
6) The pull update operation is discussed in other articles in this series.
What is a Pull Operation?
1) A pull operation starts in the Chart Editor. That is, you already have OnePager running and decide to update the open chart or (rarely) create a new chart. In contrast, a push operation begins in the OnePager Pro Start from which you make a new chart or update an existing chart.
2) We added the pull operation because we found that our users were often creating a chart, finding something in the source plan that they needed to change, going back to the source plan, making the change, and then re-launching OnePager to update the chart.
3) The pull update lets you open a chart and update it repeatedly as you edit its source plan. After each set of changes to the source plan(s), you can quickly see the effect on the screen by using OnePager’s new Data tab to pull the source plan changes into the chart.
4) You’ll see this more when you read the articles REPLACING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.14.1-70 and ADDING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro. 7.15.1-70
5) The example below illustrates creating a new chart.
Example
1) Let’s suppose you have a Microsoft Project source plan that you want to present to two different audiences – Your Project Management Office (PMO) and your customer. However, before the presentation you want to quickly examine the two charts made by OnePager side-by-side.
2) In preparation, you flag the rows to be shown to the PMO using Microsoft Project’s Flag20 field and put a Yes in the appropriate rows. You also decide to use Flag10 to show those rows that you want to show to the customer. You use both the Flag20 and Flag10 fields in the source plan as shown below:
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Prepare First Chart
3) For the sake of this example, let's first use the OnePager Pro desktop application to access the Microsoft Project source plan using the Flag20 field shown above.
4) After the steps covered above are completed, OnePager generates a chart with the title shown below, using the Flag20 field, and designating the snapshot with the date shown. The resulting chart looks like the following:
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5) Since we are using the desktop application of OPP, it was not necessary to launch Microsoft Project first. As long as you’ve properly prepared your Microsoft Project source plan just launching OPP from the desktop icon is basically all that is necessary to utilize the new pull feature.
6) At this point it is recommended that you save this first chart for access later.
Prepare a Second Chart
7) There are two ways of creating the second chart from the same Microsoft Project source plan:
- (1) After saving the first chart, close the OPP desktop application and repeat the above process by opening the second chart and then using the Flag10 field to select the tasks.
- (2) Remain in the current OPP Chart Editor window and create a second new chart from there.
8) Here we demonstrates the second (2) method as it is more efficient.
9) With the above chart saved and visible in the Chart Editor window, click on the File tab and then click the New… tab on the page that appears:
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10) When you click the New… button as shown above, OnePager displays the OnePager choices (OPC) form. You can now use the form to create the chart for the customer by giving the new chart a new name, specifying that the flag field to be used is Flag10, and specifying the appropriate snapshot date as shown in the sequence below:
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11) When the source plan is selected, the OPC form expands and provide you with the ability to uniquely name the new chart, specify the flag field to use, and specify the snapshot date as we have done in the illustration below:
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12) With the new settings confirmed in the OPC form, click the Create new chart and OnePager uses your new settings to create the second chart and display it as shown below:
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13) In this example, we used the OPP desktop application to create two charts from the same Microsoft Project source plan but using different flag fields. Now that the second chart is created, we recommend that it too be saved for future access.
Compare Results, Edit, Copy to PowerPoint
14) Once you are satisfied with your charts you can save them, copy them into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, or share time in other ways.
15) The pull feature is an easy, fast, and convenient way to create multiple charts which makes you more efficient.
Related Links
Creating a NEW Chart via Pull Operation - OnePager Express 7.13.2-70
REPLACING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.14.1-70
REPLACING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Express 7.14.2-70
ADDING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.15.1-70
ADDING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Express 7.15.2-70
Custom Update (Replacing) of a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.16.1-70
Custom Update (Replacing) of a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Express 7.16.2-70
Using the OnePager "Data" Tab's "Selected file(s)" Button 7.17.1-70
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