Difference between pages "Editing Task Links with the Project-View Properties Form for OnePager Express for Version 6.1" and "Using Rows and Swimlanes for OnePager Version 7.1"

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==Overview==
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==Using Multiple Level Rows and Swimlanes==
  
This article covers the '''Global editing''' of '''Task Links'''. As with all '''global editing''', the OnePager Express 6.1 '''Template''' and the '''Project-View Properties''' form ('''PVP''') are involved.   
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This article introduces you to OnePager’s '''multiple level rows''' and '''swimlane''' management features. Using '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' is a common way to organize your chart so that task bars and milestone symbols in the '''rows''' can be '''grouped''' together in an organized fashion like a '''work breakdown structure'''.   
  
1) As mentioned elsewhere with respect to OnePager Express 6.1’s '''Task Links '''feature, the '''Template '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab is almost identical to the same tab in the '''PVP '''form.  This article covers the '''global editing''' capabilities available in the '''PVP '''form.  Please see the section on the '''Template '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab at this reference:  [[Template Only Features for Version 6.1 (OnePager Express)#Task Links Tab | Template Only Features-OnePager Express – Task Links Tab]]. <!--24.1.2-61.-->
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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.
  
2) In the discussion that follows on '''global editing''' using the '''PVP '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab it is assumed that '''Data-driven Tasks '''are '''imported'''.  For more information on the rules governing the '''importing Data-driven Task Links''' please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express]]. <!--19.1.3.2-61.-->
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===Multiple Swimlane Level Feature===
  
3) The '''Task Links '''tab of the '''PVP '''form (See the illustration below) provides the settings for both '''Data-driven '''and manual '''Task Links'''.  Only the '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only) '''control sub-group is specifically used for '''editing''' manual '''Task '''Links.  Pleases see the article at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Express]] <!--19.4.2-61--> for more information on '''Horizontal Anchors''' for manual '''Task Links'''.
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OnePager supports three (3) '''swimlane levels''' versus the one (1) '''swimlane level''' supported in previous versionsAn example of a chart with three '''swimlane levels''' is shown below:
  
==Task Link Editing with the Project-View Properties Form==
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1) The '''PVP''' form’s '''Task Links '''tab with all '''Data-driven Task Links '''previously imported looks like this:
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Supporting the new '''multiple swimlane level''' feature is a redesigned '''Template Properties''' and ''' Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab as shown below:
  
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2) There are three major control groups in this tab:
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===Schedule Presentation Considerations===
  
:(1) '''Show task Links Checkbox''': The '''Show task links''' checkbox is the '''“master”''' switch in the '''Task Links '''tab of the '''PVP '''form for turning the '''Task Links '''feature '''ON''' and '''OFF'''.
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It is always important to give consideration to your schedule presentation's '''goals and objectives''' and select the chart organization that best meets these. If you are anticipating using one or more '''swimlane levels''' in a OnePager chart, the organization and structure of the selected '''swimlane levels''' and the information they are to present are key decisions.  It may be that no '''swimlane levels''' are need in the chart at all or that just one or two meets your '''goal and objectives'''.  Once the desired chart organization is determined, the steps below are provided as guidelines for creating the most beneficial chart. The steps follow the organization of the '''Template Properties''' form and the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab such that you can start establishing your settings in the top control group and work your way through them from top to bottom left to right.
  
::a) When the checkbox is unchecked or '''OFF''', '''Task Links '''can neither be '''imported '''('''Data-driven Task Links''') nor '''created '''(manual '''Task Links''')''' '''nor '''shown''' if they are already '''imported '''or created.
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==Creating Charts Using Rows and Swimlanes==
  
::b) When the checkbox is checked or '''ON''', '''Data-driven Task Links '''can be '''imported''' and '''shown''' and manual '''Task Links '''can be '''created''', '''edited''', and '''deleted'''.
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As the '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab above illustrates, there is a step-wise approach to constructing an informative and useful OnePager chart.  The general methodology is for you to create or modify the chart by making setting determinations based upon the '''goals and objectives''' you intend to meet with your schedule conversation:
  
:(2) '''Default Task-Link Formatting''':  This control group defines the properties of '''Task Links''' in the project view with respect to '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', '''Font properties''', and '''Horizontal''' and '''Vertical Anchors '''(i.e., '''Begin''' and '''End points''' on '''predecessor '''and '''successor '''tasks respectively).
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:1) Determine carefully how the chart is going to look - '''swimlane levels''', '''text columns''', the '''collection''' of task bars into chart '''rows''', and the '''grouping of rows''' into the chart's '''swimlane levels'''.
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:2) Determine how '''source plan''' tasks are going to be '''collected''' and '''sorted''' into chart '''rows'''. This determination includes determining if only one task bar occupies a chart '''row''' or if multiple task bars occupy a single '''row'''.
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:3) Determine how chart's '''rows''' are going to be '''grouped''' into '''swimlane levels'''.
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:4) Determine how many '''text columns''' are needed to adequately provide  information from the '''source plan''' for the audience without making the chart too busy.
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:5) Determine how '''row and swimlane borders''' are going to be '''formatted'''.
  
:(3) '''Data-Driven Task Links''': This control group provides controls for the '''import''' of '''Data-driven Task Links''', controls for the '''Task Link Filter rules '''feature, and a '''Where Are My Links? '''button to access the form of the same name. For more information on the utilization of these controls please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express for Version 6.1| Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express]]. <!--19.1.3.2-61.-->
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The five step process suggested above can be iterative as OnePager assists you in these steps because you can always go back to the '''Chart Properties''' form after a chart creation iteration, reassess your settings, and make changes so the chart communicates with respect to your '''goals and objectives'''. The discussion that follows is divided into five (5) sub-sections, one each for the steps listed above.
  
===Default Task-Link Formatting Control Group===
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===Step 1 - Determine Carefully How the Chart Should Look===
  
====Line Style Sub-Group Controls====
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In majority of schedule presentation situations when you anticipate using '''multiple swimlane levels''', the organization of the '''swimlane levels''' and their associated '''source plan''' fields you are going to use are straight forward. When this is not the case, it is recommended that consideration be given to reviewing the '''goals and objectives''' of the schedule conversation where the chart is used and the information needs of audience members.  Every schedule presentation situation is different so our suggestion is to spend some time in '''Step 1''' to layout how you are going to address the remaining steps. Adding '''swimlane levels''' can make the chart look busy and distract from the intended theme.  Too few '''swimlane levels''' can cloud the message you are trying to communicate. The same logic applies to the determination of how many '''text columns''' to include in the chart.
  
3) There are four (4) controls in the '''Line Style''' sub-group as follows:
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Since there are three (3) '''swimlane levels''' available, they appear in the chart from left to right as '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', and '''Left#3''' as shown in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab above. The '''highest swimlane level''' in a chart is the '''left-most swimlane level''' and successively '''lower swimlane levels''' appear going to the right. This means that you are encouraged to place the '''highest organizational level''' of the chart in the '''left-most swimlane level''' and so on.  It can be useful to think of the '''multiple swimlane levels''' in the context of your project's '''Work Breakdown Structure'''. Doing so avoids repeating '''swimlane level cells''' within a '''lower swimlane level cell''' which can make the chart confusing and distract from it communication value. It is also recommended that you use as few '''swimlane levels''' as possible consistent with your schedule conversation message and the makeup of the audience.
  
:a) '''Color''': The standard OnePager Express '''Color Chooser '''is used to assist you with the selection of the global '''connection line color''' to apply to all '''Task Links'''.
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After making these decisions, OnePager keeps track and provides consistent charts whenever you update your '''source plan''' and create an additional or modified snapshot.
  
::i) The '''Color Chooser '''is shown below:
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===Step 2 – Collect Source Plan Tasks into OnePager Chart Rows===
  
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'''Collecting source plan''' tasks into '''rows''' in the chart is usually done by selecting the '''Gantt chart layout''' where each chart '''row''' contains one task bar. You have the option to use the '''Timeline''' layout where multiple task bars occupy one '''row''' in the chart.
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::ii) Access the '''Color Chooser '''by clicking on the dropdown button next to the '''color '''window.
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====Task Layout Sub-Control Group====
::iii) To access additional '''Color Palettes''' or to '''edit '''a '''Color Palette''' please see the article at:  [[Creating and Saving Color Palettes for Version 6.1 | Creating and Saving Color Palettes]]. <!--25.0.1-61.-->
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:b) '''Width''':  You can increase or decrease the '''width''' of the '''connection line''' using this control.  The default setting is 2 pixels. 
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The controls for making these settings are found in the '''Template Properties''' form or '''Chart Properties''' form at the '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab's '''Rows''' control group's '''Task Layout''' sub-control group shown below:
  
:c) '''Dash Type''':  There are five (5) '''dash types''' available for '''connection lines'''. These five '''dash types''' are the same as used for '''baseline''', '''deadline''', '''endpoints connection lines''', and '''borders'''.
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::i) The '''Dash Type '''dropdown looks like this:
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For more information on '''Collecting Tasks into Rows''', please see these articles at: [[Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows for Version 7.1 | Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows]] <!--12.01.1-71-->
  
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====Row Border Formatting...====
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::ii) As an example, a project view with '''Data-driven Task Links '''configured with the '''Dash dot dot''' '''Dash Type''' looks like this with the '''connection line width’s ''' increased:
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The '''Row Border Formatting...''' button accesses the '''Row Formatting''' form as shown below:
  
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:d) '''Corner Radii''': You also have options when specifying '''Corner radius''' of a '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' regardless of the '''connection line option''' selected.
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'''Row borders''' can be set at this point. However, we recommend setting '''row and swimlane level borders''' in '''Step 5''' discussed below. For more information on '''Row borders''', please see the article at: [[Row and Swimlane Borders for Version 7.1 | Row and Swimlane Borders]] <!--12.04.1-71-->
  
::i) The '''Corner radius''' is a parameter denoting the number of pixels that are used to make the '''connection line’s''' '''90 degree bends'''. 
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====Row Sorting Sub-Control Group====
::ii) The '''higher''' the pixel count the '''more rounded''' the '''connection''' '''line''' '''bend''' appears.
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::iii) Below is an example of a '''Corner Radius''' of 4:
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Once the selection between '''Gantt chart''' and '''Timeline''' layout is made, you have additional controls over how '''rows''' are '''sorted'''. Most OnePager Pro users select the option to '''Sort rows like Project''' to maintain correspondence with their '''source plan''' organization.  Most OnePager Express users select the option to '''Sort rows like Excel''' for the same reason. Selecting the '''Sort on field:''' allows you to select a '''source plan''' field upon which to base the '''sorting of rows''' in the chart.  
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::iv) For comparison, below is an illustration with a manual '''Task Link '''with a '''Corner Radius '''of 10:
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'''Rows''' are '''sorted''' chart-wise if there are no '''swimlane levels''' present. When one or more '''swimlane levels''' are present in the chart, '''rows are sorted''' '''within''' the lowest swimlane level only'''.  There are implications on '''sorting rows within the lowest swimlane level''' when there are task bars containing '''duplicate source plan field values''' in the set to be '''sorted'''.
  
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For more information on '''collecting and sorting source plan tasks into OnePager chart rows''', please see the article at:  [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.1 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-71-->
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====Arrow Style Sub-Control Group====
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After task bar '''collection''' into chart '''rows''' and the '''sorting of rows''' are determined, you can move on to determine how chart '''rows''' should be '''grouped''' into '''swimlane levels'''.
  
:4) There are four (4) controls in the '''Arrow Style''' sub-control group.
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===Step 3 – Group Chart Rows into Swimlane Levels===
  
:a) '''Begin and End Types''':  In OnePager Express 6.1 there are five (5) enhanced '''Arrow Styles'''.
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When the decision is made to incorporate '''swimlane levels''' in the chart as well as the number of '''swimlane levels''', you can use the '''Swimlanes''' control group in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab to implement these decisions. The '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab's '''Swimlanes''' control group is shown below:
  
::i) The '''Arrow Style Begin Type '''dropdown is shown below:
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====Swimlane Level Sub-Tabs====
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::ii) The default setting for the '''Begin Type''' is '''None''' and the default setting for the '''End Type '''is '''Arrow'''.
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Each '''sub-tab''' shown above as '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', and '''Left#3''' are identical in terms of their controls. Checking the '''Group by''' checkbox '''ON''' in the '''sub-tab enables''' the '''swimlane level''' and the other controls in the '''sub-tab'''. Use the window dropdown next to the '''Group by''' checkbox to implement your '''swimlane level''' decision with respect to how the chart's '''rows''' are '''grouped''' with respect to the '''source plan''' field to be used.
::iii) The project view illustration above shows the '''Arrow''' '''End Type'''.
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:b) '''Begin Size and End Size''':  You can '''edit''' the '''size''' of the '''Begin '''and '''End Type '''changing the value in the adjacent window. '''Begin '''and '''End Size '''is measured in pixels. The larger the value the larger size of the '''Begin''' or '''End Type'''.
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For more information on '''grouping chart rows into swimlane levels''', please see the article at[[Grouping Rows into Swimlanes for Version 7.1 | Grouping Rows into Swimlanes]] <!--12.18.1-71-->
  
::i) '''Caution:''' You can override OnePager 6.1’s determination of '''Begin''' and '''End Type Arrow Styles''' by making your own selections in the dropdown windows shown in the above form.
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====Swimlane Formatting...====
::ii) '''Caution: '''This is not recommended for '''Data-driven Task Links''' because the end result of the '''edit '''is to potentially alter the '''look''' of the '''Dependency relationship '''between task/milestones and thereby appear to violate the integrity of your '''source plan '''data.
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====Font Sub-Control Group====
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You can  now use the '''Swimlane Formatting...''' button to access the '''Swimlane Formatting - Left#n''' form to make settings pertaining to '''swimlane level heading cell labeling''', '''swimlane level cell labeling''',  and '''swimlane level border''' settings as shown below:
  
5) You can '''edit''' the '''Font properties''' associated with '''Task Links''' in the '''Font '''sub-control group.
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:a) Clicking the '''Font''' dropdown accesses the standard OnePager Express 6.1 '''Font properties '''form as shown below:
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Note in the illustration above that the form's title includes the '''swimlane level number'''. The '''Column Heading''' control group in the above form contains all the controls for OnePager to set the '''swimlane level heading cell's label''' or for you to select the '''text content''' for this location in the chart. Additionally, all the '''text formatting''' controls are provided in this sub-group. The '''Swimlane Text''' control group shown above in the middle section of the form, contains all the controls for setting the '''swimlane level cell's labels''' within the '''swimlane level'''.
  
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The '''Label by:''' checkbox must be checked '''ON''' for the '''swimlane level''' to be '''shown''' in the chart and for the other controls in this control group to be '''enabled'''. As with the '''Column Heading''' control group, the '''Swimlane Text''' control group contains all the '''text formatting''' controls for the '''text content''' of '''swimlane level cells for level n''' in the chart.
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:b) The '''Font properties '''form is used throughout OnePager Express 6.1 for '''editing''' the '''font properties''' of all text elements within OnePager 6.1.
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The '''Swimlane Borders''' control group in the bottom section of the this form has all the controls for managing the '''borders''' associated with the '''swimlane level''' selected. However, we recommend setting '''row and swimlane level borders''' in '''Step 5''' discussed below.
  
:c) The '''Font Properties form''', shown above, has six (6) controls:
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For more information on '''formatting swimlane components''', please see the article at: [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.1 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-71-->
  
::i) '''Font Dropdown''':  The '''Font Dropdown '''button''' '''provides a list of '''fonts '''available on your computer.
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====Swimlane Sorting Sub-Control Group====
::ii) '''Color''':  The '''Color Dropdown '''button provides access to the standard OnePager Express 6.1 '''Color Chooser''' as discussed above.  In this context, the '''Color Chooser '''is used to select the '''color globally''' for any text associated with either '''Data-driven '''or manual '''Task Link'''.
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::iii) '''Size''': The '''Size''' selector establishes the '''font size''' of any text '''globally '''associated with either '''Data-driven''' or manual '''Task Links'''.
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::iv) '''B''', ''I'', U: These three buttons control the '''formatting '''of text with respect to the '''font '''displaying '''Bold''', ''Italics'', or Underline''' text'''.
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:d) When you complete the '''editing '''of the '''text''' with the '''Font properties '''form, click the '''OK '''button to apply the '''edits'''.
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'''Swimlane sorting'''  is done within '''swimlane levels''' involving all the '''rows''' found in the '''swimlane level'''. There are two '''swimlane level sorting''' options for OnePager Pro: (1) '''Sort swimlanes like Project''' or (2) '''Sort on field'''.  For OnePager Express the '''swimlane level sorting''' options are: (1) '''Sort swimlanes like Excel''' or (2) '''Sort on field'''. Most OnePager Pro users select the option to '''Sort swimlanes like Project''' to maintain correspondence with their '''source plan''' organization. OnePager Express users select the option to '''Sort swimlanes like Excel''' for the same reason. Selecting the '''Sort on field:''' allows you to select a '''source plan''' field upon which to base the '''sorting of swimlane levels''' in the chart.  The options for '''sorting swimlane levels''' is only available if the '''swimlane level''' is '''showing''' in the chart.
  
====Horizontal Anchor Sub-Controls Group for Manual Task Links Only====
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When one or more '''swimlane levels''' are present in the chart, '''rows are sorted''' '''within''' each '''swimlane level''' where '''sorting''' is to be performed by OnePager. Care should be exercised when '''sorting swimlane levels''' where there are '''multiple swimlane levels''' present in the chart.
  
6) The '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only)''' sub-control group applies only to manual '''Task Links''' and is discussed at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Express]]. <!--19.4.2-61.-->
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For more information on '''sorting swimlane levels''', please see the article at: [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.1 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-71-->
  
====Vertical Anchor Sub-Control Group for All Task Links====
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===Step 4 – Determine Text Column Needs===
  
7) For both manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''', you have control over where the '''Task Link Vertical Anchors''' connect to the task/milestone.
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There are five (5) optional '''Text Columns''' that you can place to the right of any '''shown swimlane levels''' and to the left of the '''graph'''. Their purpose is to highlight information pertinent to '''rows''' in the '''graph''' and the task bars and/or milestone symbols in the chart's '''rows'''. A typical example for the content of two '''text columns''' is to show task bar '''start date''' and '''finish date''' as illustrated in the partial chart below:
  
:a) There are four (4) '''Vertical Anchor point''' options each for the '''Predecessor''' and '''Successor''' tasks''' '''as follows:
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::i) '''Top''':  The '''Task Link connection line''' '''anchors''' at the '''Top''' of the task/milestone and '''departs vertically '''or '''horizontally''' from the '''Top'''.
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The controls for managing '''text columns''' are found in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab at the '''Text Columns''' control group shown here:
  
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::ii) '''Middle''': The '''Task Link''' '''connection line anchors''' at the '''vertical center''' of the task/milestone and '''departs horizontally''' or '''vertically '''from the '''middle'''. 
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Each '''sub-tab''' shown above as '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', '''Left#3''', '''Left#4''', and '''Left#5''' are identical in terms of their controls. Checking the '''Display data from''' checkbox '''ON''' in the '''sub-tab enables''' the '''text column''' and the other controls in the '''sub-tab'''. Use the window dropdown next to the '''Display data from''' checkbox to implement your '''text column''' decisions with respect to the '''source plan''' data for the task bar or milestone symbol that are displayed.
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::iii) '''Bottom''':  The '''Task Link connection line anchors''' at the '''bottom '''of the task or '''departs vertically''' or '''horizontally '''from the '''bottom'''.
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====Text Column Formatting...====
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::iv) '''Auto''': The '''Auto''' '''option''' is the '''default''' option employed by OnePager 6.1 so that it can initially make decisions on how best to '''vertically position''' the '''Begin point''' and '''End point shapes''' of the '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' routing through the project view.  The '''Task Link’s Dependency Type''' is preserved.
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You can now use the '''Text Column Formatting...''' button to access the '''Text Column Formatting - Left#n''' form to make settings pertaining to '''text column heading cell labeling''' and '''text column cell labeling''' settings as shown below:
  
:b) The controls just below the four radio buttons in the illustrations above apply to the '''Vertical Anchors '''for '''End points''' on '''successor '''tasks.
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===Data-Driven Task Links Control Group===
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Note in the illustration above that the form's title includes the '''text column number'''. The '''Column Heading''' control group in the above form contains all the controls for OnePager to set the '''text column heading cell's label''' or for you to select the '''text content''' for this location in the chart.  Additionally, all the '''text formatting''' controls are provided in this sub-group. The '''Column Text''' control group shown above in the bottom section of the form contains all the controls for setting the '''text columns cell's labels''' within the '''text column'''. As with the '''Column Heading''' control group, the '''Column Text''' control group contains all the '''text formatting''' controls for the '''text content''' of '''text column cells for level n''' in the chart.
  
8) The '''Data Driven Task Links''' control group in the '''Task Links''' tab of the '''PVP '''form provides a means for '''importing Data-driven Task Links''' after the project view is created.
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There are no '''border controls''' in this form as '''text columns''' are considered part of a chart's '''row''' and the controls for '''row borders''' are contained in the '''Rows''' control group of the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab.
  
:a) After the project view is created, but before '''Data-driven Task '''Links are '''imported''', the checkbox within the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group has the label of '''Import and show links''' as shown below:
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:b) After checking the '''Import and show links''' checkbox, making the appropriate settings in the '''from''' and '''using windows''', and clicking either '''Apply '''or '''OK '''in the '''PVP '''form, all '''Data-driven Task Links '''are '''imported '''and '''shown'''.   
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:d) With all '''Data-driven Task Links imported''' the '''Filter Links '''sub-control group’s radio buttons are '''enabled '''allowing you to '''Show all Data-driven Task Links '''or use the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form to control which '''Task Links '''are ''' shown ''' or '''hidden'''.
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:g) Clicking the '''Where Are My Links?''' button accesses the '''Where Are My Links?''' form that displays entries for all '''Task Links''' in the snapshot and their status with respect to being '''shown '''or hidden as illustrated below:
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To '''show a swimlane level's borders''', check the '''Show Borders''' checkbox '''ON'''. This '''enables''' all the controls in the form. These controls include using the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''' form to select the '''color''' for the '''swimlane level borders''', the '''width''' control for the thickness of the '''swimlane level borders''', and the '''Dash-type''' which has five (5) options. These controls apply to both the '''top and bottom swimlane level borders''''''Caution:''' Be aware that '''swimlane level borders''' may be shared with other '''swimlane level borders''' and with '''row borders''' as mentioned above.
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Using Multiple Level Rows and Swimlanes

This article introduces you to OnePager’s multiple level rows and swimlane management features. Using rows and swimlanes is a common way to organize your chart so that task bars and milestone symbols in the rows can be grouped together in an organized fashion like a work breakdown structure.

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.

Multiple Swimlane Level Feature

OnePager supports three (3) swimlane levels versus the one (1) swimlane level supported in previous versions. An example of a chart with three swimlane levels is shown below:

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Supporting the new multiple swimlane level feature is a redesigned Template Properties and Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab as shown below:

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Schedule Presentation Considerations

It is always important to give consideration to your schedule presentation's goals and objectives and select the chart organization that best meets these. If you are anticipating using one or more swimlane levels in a OnePager chart, the organization and structure of the selected swimlane levels and the information they are to present are key decisions. It may be that no swimlane levels are need in the chart at all or that just one or two meets your goal and objectives. Once the desired chart organization is determined, the steps below are provided as guidelines for creating the most beneficial chart. The steps follow the organization of the Template Properties form and the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab such that you can start establishing your settings in the top control group and work your way through them from top to bottom left to right.

Creating Charts Using Rows and Swimlanes

As the Rows/Swimlanes tab above illustrates, there is a step-wise approach to constructing an informative and useful OnePager chart. The general methodology is for you to create or modify the chart by making setting determinations based upon the goals and objectives you intend to meet with your schedule conversation:

1) Determine carefully how the chart is going to look - swimlane levels, text columns, the collection of task bars into chart rows, and the grouping of rows into the chart's swimlane levels.
2) Determine how source plan tasks are going to be collected and sorted into chart rows. This determination includes determining if only one task bar occupies a chart row or if multiple task bars occupy a single row.
3) Determine how chart's rows are going to be grouped into swimlane levels.
4) Determine how many text columns are needed to adequately provide information from the source plan for the audience without making the chart too busy.
5) Determine how row and swimlane borders are going to be formatted.

The five step process suggested above can be iterative as OnePager assists you in these steps because you can always go back to the Chart Properties form after a chart creation iteration, reassess your settings, and make changes so the chart communicates with respect to your goals and objectives. The discussion that follows is divided into five (5) sub-sections, one each for the steps listed above.

Step 1 - Determine Carefully How the Chart Should Look

In majority of schedule presentation situations when you anticipate using multiple swimlane levels, the organization of the swimlane levels and their associated source plan fields you are going to use are straight forward. When this is not the case, it is recommended that consideration be given to reviewing the goals and objectives of the schedule conversation where the chart is used and the information needs of audience members. Every schedule presentation situation is different so our suggestion is to spend some time in Step 1 to layout how you are going to address the remaining steps. Adding swimlane levels can make the chart look busy and distract from the intended theme. Too few swimlane levels can cloud the message you are trying to communicate. The same logic applies to the determination of how many text columns to include in the chart.

Since there are three (3) swimlane levels available, they appear in the chart from left to right as Left#1, Left#2, and Left#3 as shown in the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab above. The highest swimlane level in a chart is the left-most swimlane level and successively lower swimlane levels appear going to the right. This means that you are encouraged to place the highest organizational level of the chart in the left-most swimlane level and so on. It can be useful to think of the multiple swimlane levels in the context of your project's Work Breakdown Structure. Doing so avoids repeating swimlane level cells within a lower swimlane level cell which can make the chart confusing and distract from it communication value. It is also recommended that you use as few swimlane levels as possible consistent with your schedule conversation message and the makeup of the audience.

After making these decisions, OnePager keeps track and provides consistent charts whenever you update your source plan and create an additional or modified snapshot.

Step 2 – Collect Source Plan Tasks into OnePager Chart Rows

Collecting source plan tasks into rows in the chart is usually done by selecting the Gantt chart layout where each chart row contains one task bar. You have the option to use the Timeline layout where multiple task bars occupy one row in the chart.

Task Layout Sub-Control Group

The controls for making these settings are found in the Template Properties form or Chart Properties form at the Rows/Swimlanes tab's Rows control group's Task Layout sub-control group shown below:

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For more information on Collecting Tasks into Rows, please see these articles at: Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows

Row Border Formatting...

The Row Border Formatting... button accesses the Row Formatting form as shown below:

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Row borders can be set at this point. However, we recommend setting row and swimlane level borders in Step 5 discussed below. For more information on Row borders, please see the article at: Row and Swimlane Borders

Row Sorting Sub-Control Group

Once the selection between Gantt chart and Timeline layout is made, you have additional controls over how rows are sorted. Most OnePager Pro users select the option to Sort rows like Project to maintain correspondence with their source plan organization. Most OnePager Express users select the option to Sort rows like Excel for the same reason. Selecting the Sort on field: allows you to select a source plan field upon which to base the sorting of rows in the chart.

Rows are sorted chart-wise if there are no swimlane levels present. When one or more swimlane levels are present in the chart, rows are sorted within the lowest swimlane level only. There are implications on sorting rows within the lowest swimlane level when there are task bars containing duplicate source plan field values in the set to be sorted.

For more information on collecting and sorting source plan tasks into OnePager chart rows, please see the article at: Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels

After task bar collection into chart rows and the sorting of rows are determined, you can move on to determine how chart rows should be grouped into swimlane levels.

Step 3 – Group Chart Rows into Swimlane Levels

When the decision is made to incorporate swimlane levels in the chart as well as the number of swimlane levels, you can use the Swimlanes control group in the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab to implement these decisions. The Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab's Swimlanes control group is shown below:

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Swimlane Level Sub-Tabs

Each sub-tab shown above as Left#1, Left#2, and Left#3 are identical in terms of their controls. Checking the Group by checkbox ON in the sub-tab enables the swimlane level and the other controls in the sub-tab. Use the window dropdown next to the Group by checkbox to implement your swimlane level decision with respect to how the chart's rows are grouped with respect to the source plan field to be used.

For more information on grouping chart rows into swimlane levels, please see the article at: Grouping Rows into Swimlanes

Swimlane Formatting...

You can now use the Swimlane Formatting... button to access the Swimlane Formatting - Left#n form to make settings pertaining to swimlane level heading cell labeling, swimlane level cell labeling, and swimlane level border settings as shown below:

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Note in the illustration above that the form's title includes the swimlane level number. The Column Heading control group in the above form contains all the controls for OnePager to set the swimlane level heading cell's label or for you to select the text content for this location in the chart. Additionally, all the text formatting controls are provided in this sub-group. The Swimlane Text control group shown above in the middle section of the form, contains all the controls for setting the swimlane level cell's labels within the swimlane level.

The Label by: checkbox must be checked ON for the swimlane level to be shown in the chart and for the other controls in this control group to be enabled. As with the Column Heading control group, the Swimlane Text control group contains all the text formatting controls for the text content of swimlane level cells for level n in the chart.

The Swimlane Borders control group in the bottom section of the this form has all the controls for managing the borders associated with the swimlane level selected. However, we recommend setting row and swimlane level borders in Step 5 discussed below.

For more information on formatting swimlane components, please see the article at: Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels

Swimlane Sorting Sub-Control Group

Swimlane sorting is done within swimlane levels involving all the rows found in the swimlane level. There are two swimlane level sorting options for OnePager Pro: (1) Sort swimlanes like Project or (2) Sort on field. For OnePager Express the swimlane level sorting options are: (1) Sort swimlanes like Excel or (2) Sort on field. Most OnePager Pro users select the option to Sort swimlanes like Project to maintain correspondence with their source plan organization. OnePager Express users select the option to Sort swimlanes like Excel for the same reason. Selecting the Sort on field: allows you to select a source plan field upon which to base the sorting of swimlane levels in the chart. The options for sorting swimlane levels is only available if the swimlane level is showing in the chart.

When one or more swimlane levels are present in the chart, rows are sorted within each swimlane level where sorting is to be performed by OnePager. Care should be exercised when sorting swimlane levels where there are multiple swimlane levels present in the chart.

For more information on sorting swimlane levels, please see the article at: Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels

Step 4 – Determine Text Column Needs

There are five (5) optional Text Columns that you can place to the right of any shown swimlane levels and to the left of the graph. Their purpose is to highlight information pertinent to rows in the graph and the task bars and/or milestone symbols in the chart's rows. A typical example for the content of two text columns is to show task bar start date and finish date as illustrated in the partial chart below:

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The controls for managing text columns are found in the Template Properties and Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab at the Text Columns control group shown here:

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Text Columns Sub-Tabs

Each sub-tab shown above as Left#1, Left#2, Left#3, Left#4, and Left#5 are identical in terms of their controls. Checking the Display data from checkbox ON in the sub-tab enables the text column and the other controls in the sub-tab. Use the window dropdown next to the Display data from checkbox to implement your text column decisions with respect to the source plan data for the task bar or milestone symbol that are displayed.

For more information on text columns, please see the article at: Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels

Text Column Formatting...

You can now use the Text Column Formatting... button to access the Text Column Formatting - Left#n form to make settings pertaining to text column heading cell labeling and text column cell labeling settings as shown below:

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Note in the illustration above that the form's title includes the text column number. The Column Heading control group in the above form contains all the controls for OnePager to set the text column heading cell's label or for you to select the text content for this location in the chart. Additionally, all the text formatting controls are provided in this sub-group. The Column Text control group shown above in the bottom section of the form contains all the controls for setting the text columns cell's labels within the text column. As with the Column Heading control group, the Column Text control group contains all the text formatting controls for the text content of text column cells for level n in the chart.

There are no border controls in this form as text columns are considered part of a chart's row and the controls for row borders are contained in the Rows control group of the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab.

For more information on formatting text columns, please see these articles at: Snapshot-Dependent Text Columns for OnePager

Text Type Formatting for Date and Numeric Formats

When a text column's designated source plan field is a date type field, the Text Columns sub-group in the main form has an additional sub-group added for you to edit the date field as it appears in the text column cells. This is shown in the illustration below:

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When a text column's designated source plan field is a numeric type field, the Text Columns sub-group in the main form has an additional sub-group added for you to edit the numeric field as it appears in the text column cells. This is shown in the illustration below:

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Step 5 – Formatting Row and Swimlane Level Borders

As the final step in preparing your schedule discussion presentation chart with rows and swimlane levels is to choose row and swimlane borders.

Formatting Row Borders

To format row borders click the Row Borders Formatting... button in the Rows control group of the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab to access the Row borders form again shown here:

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To show all row borders including the borders in text columns, check the Show Row Borders checkbox ON. This enables all the controls in the form. These controls include using the OnePager standard Color Chooser form to select the color for the row borders, the width control for the thickness of the row borders, and the Dash-type which has five (5) options. These controls apply to both the top and bottom row borders. Be aware that row borders may be shared with swimlane level borders whose controls are discussed shortly.

Formatting Swimlane Level Borders

Swimlane border controls are provided for each swimlane level showing in the chart up to three (3). This means that there are three (3) Swimlane Formatting... forms available, one for each possible swimlane level shown. When the Swimlane Formatting... button is clicked, the associated Swimlane Formatting... form is accessed as shown below:

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To show a swimlane level's borders, check the Show Borders checkbox ON. This enables all the controls in the form. These controls include using the OnePager standard Color Chooser form to select the color for the swimlane level borders, the width control for the thickness of the swimlane level borders, and the Dash-type which has five (5) options. These controls apply to both the top and bottom swimlane level borders. Caution: Be aware that swimlane level borders may be shared with other swimlane level borders and with row borders as mentioned above.

For more information on managing swimlane level borders, please see the article at: Row and Swimlane Borders

Other Borders in the Chart

The Inner Frame border and the Outer Frame border of the chart are managed by the controls in the Template Properties and Chart Properties form's Main tab's Borders, frames, and time cursor properties button which accesses the Set line properties form shown here:

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For more information on managing Inner and Outer chart borders, please see the article at: Main Tab

Related Links

About OnePager's Rows and Swimlanes

Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows

Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels

Row and Swimlane Borders

Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels

Snapshot-Dependent Text Columns for OnePager

Resizing the Width of Text Columns and Swimlanes

Grouping Rows into Swimlanes

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