Difference between revisions of "Custom Update (Replacing) of a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro for Version 7.0"

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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 other articles in the series.

What is a Pull Operation?

1) A Pull operation starts in the Chart Editor.

a) That is, you already have OnePager running and decide to update the open chart or (rarely) create a new chart.

b) 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 OnePager 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.

4) After each set of changes to the source plan(s), you can quickly see the effect on the screen by using OnePager’s Data tab to Pull the source plan changes into the chart.

5) You’ll see this more when you read these articles: Creating a NEW Chart via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.13.1-70, 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.

Example

1) The Custom Update… feature provides you more flexibility when doing a snapshot replacement.

2) Instead of automatically updating the snapshot in view by Pulling in the updated Microsoft Project source plan, OnePager presents you with the standard OnePager choices (OPC) form from which you can either confirm settings (See: REPLACING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.14.1-70) or change snapshot settings as needed.

3) For this example, let’s suppose you have a Microsoft Project source plan for which you have already created a snapshot for a particular date, say, 8/1/2019. However, on 8/30/2019 you receive updated information that updates your plan accordingly. You now want to update the chart’s snapshot for 8/30/2019 to reflect the new information.

4) This example is performed for you in article REPLACING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.14.1-70 so we won’t repeat it here.

5) In this case, you want to create a chart for 8/30/2019 that includes all tasks from the Microsoft Project source plan as a way of checking the entire project plan. Upon your review you may or may not want to save the results as a Custom Update…

6) Since the Microsoft Project source plan was updated and now reflects the latest information for 8/30/2019 we just need to use the Pull operation to bring in the updated Microsoft Project source plan data and replace the snapshot.

Launching OnePager Pro from Microsoft Project

7) First, update the Microsoft Project source plan with the updated data you want to replace in the snapshot.

8) Launch OPP Add-in and when the OnePager Pro Start form appears, click the OPEN button which, in our example, provides a dropdown menu with the name of the chart you wish to update by replacement.

9) In this case it’s BlueGrass Project Plan Report -Pro - PMO as shown below:

10) The OPP Add-in application places the selected chart in the Chart Editor (Chart Editor) window.

a) This is the chart and snapshot we want to replace.

b) To proceed with the replacement click the Data tab on the ribbon.

11) The Chart Editor looks like this:

Use the Microsoft Project Source Plan to Do a Custom Update

12) To perform the Custom Update… replacement, click the Custom Update… button on the Data tab as shown below:

13) Taking this action accesses the OPC form as shown above.

a) Note that the OPC form is set up to use the Flag20 field for task selection, to do a replacement of the snapshot taken at 8/1/2019, and to replace only dates.

b) For this example, we want to change the Task Selection control to Select all tasks. When you make these changes the OPC form looks like this:

14) When you click the Next> button, the second page of the OPC form appears as shown below.

a) You confirms the field mapping settings or make changes to field mapping settings.

b) Using the Custom Update… button opens up a great range of flexibility when making snapshot replacements or adds.

15) For chart with multiple snapshots it is important to make sure that you have selected the correct snapshot to display in the Chart Editor window before clicking the Custom Update… button. OnePager knows which snapshot is being displayed and replaces the visible snapshot with data from the parent Microsoft Project source plan. Navigating between snapshots in a multiple snapshot chart can be done prior to the above action by using the View tab on the ribbon as shown here:

16) The replaced snapshot for the Custom Update… settings given above are a chart BlueGrass 2J-303-PMO for 12/1/2015 is shown below in this 3 page print preview:

17) Since we are using the OPP desktop application for this example, 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 operation for snapshot replacement.

Preparing a Second Chart for a Custom Update

14) There are two ways of updating 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 Flag10 to select the tasks.

(2) Remain in the current OPP desktop application window and update the second chart from there.

14) Since the methodology for preparing a second chart is demonstrated in other articles of this series we dispenses with the demonstration.

Compare Results, Edit, Copy to PowerPoint

15) Once you are satisfied with your charts you can save them, copy them into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, or share time in other ways.

16) The pull operation using the Custom Update… feature is an easy, fast, and flexible way to create multiple charts.

Related Links

Creating a NEW Chart via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro 7.13.1-70

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 Express 7.16.2-70

Using the OnePager "Data" Tab's "Selected file(s)" Button 7.17.1-70

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