Difference between revisions of "Making Each Row into a Swimlane for Version 7.2"

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Overview

Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the features, function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that import from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project for the Web, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, and Wrike.

There may be several good reasons to convert rows into swimlanes. This may be to provide additional emphasis for the rows or to provide a swimlane level cell that can be edited with a different label. The command, Make each row into a swimlane, resides in the swimlane level right-click context menu shown below:

In order to use the swimlane level right-click context menu, the chart must have at least one swimlane level defined and showing in the chart and the selected swimlane of interest must have a least two rows.

The Make each row into a swimlane command is only enabled when the swimlane level right-click context menu is accessed in the right-most swimlane level defined and showing in the chart as illustrated below where the Left#1 swimlane level is defined and shown:

As an example, after using the Make each row into a swimlane in the illustration above, the resulting chart portion is reconfigured as shown below:

In using the swimlane level right-click context menus shown in the example above, it is important to place the mouse cursor in the desired selection area before performing the right-click. To be able to use the swimlane level right-click context menu, at least one swimlane level must be defined and showing in the chart. The Make each row into a swimlane command is only enabled when the swimlane level right-click context menu is accessed from a right-most swimlane level defined and shown in the chart with at least two rows.

The swimlane level right-click context menus can be used after selecting multiple swimlane level cells in several right-most swimlane level cells. Once the new swimlane level cell labels are created, they can be edited like any other swimlane level cell labels.

For more information on editing the properties of swimlanes, please see the article at:

Making rows into swimlanes creates maverick swimlanes. As mentioned above, attempting to use the Make each row into a swimlane command from other than the right-most swimlane level defined and showing in the chart disables the command as shown below:

If the selected right-most swimlane level has only one member row, the Make each row into a swimlane command is disabled as shown here:

This article describes the use of the Make each row into a swimlane command for the situations where one or multiple right-most swimlane level cell are selected.

Making Each Row into a Swimlane from a Single Swimlane with Multiple Rows

In each of the sub-sections below the usual BlueGrass chart is shown with three swimlane levels defined and showing in the chart and two text columns for each row. In the simplest case, we can convert a right-most swimlane with multiple rows into new swimlanes as shown in the sequence below:

1) Right-click in the desired right-most swimlane level cell to access the swimlane level right-click context menu as shown here:

2) When the Make each row into a swimlane command is clicked, the four rows in the single selected Left#3 swimlane level cells are converted into four new Left#3 swimlane level cells as shown here:

In the case illustrated above, the new swimlanes become members of the associated Left#1 and Left#2 swimlane level cells. Each new swimlane level cells at the Left#3 swimlane level takes their swimlane level cell labels from the label of the original selected single Left#3 swimlane level cell’s label.

Making Each Row into a Swimlane from Multiple Swimlanes with Multiple Rows

OnePager supports the selection and conversion of multiple right-most swimlane level cells with multiple rows into swimlanes using the Make each row into a swimlane command found in the swimlane level right-click content menu. For selecting multiple right-most swimlane level cells, the swimlanes selected must have two or more rows. If a selected right-most swimlane level cell is selected having only one row along with a right-most swimlane level cells with multiple rows, the selected right-most swimlane level cell having only one row is ignored when the Make each row into a swimlane command is clicked.

When, under any circumstances, you select a right-most swimlane level cell with only one row, the Make each row into a swimlane command is disabled because the selected row in the right-most swimlane level cell is already a swimlane. Selection of right-most swimlane level cells can be done using the CTL+Left-Click method to select individual right-most swimlane level cells one at a time or the SHIFT+Left-Click method to select a sequence of adjacent right-most swimlane level cells.

Multiple Right-Most Swimlane Level Cells Selected with the CTL+Left-Click Method

If the CTL+Left-Click is used to select individual right-most swimlane level cells, the selected swimlanes look like this example:

In the illustration above, either right-most swimlane level cell highlighted can be right-clicked to access the swimlane level right-click context menu as shown here where the Prime Left#3 swimlane level cell is right-clicked:

When the Make each row into a swimlane command is clicked, the chart is reconfigured as shown below:

Above the two sets of selected Left#3 swimlane level cells are converted to individual Left#3 swimlane level cells with labels taken from the original Left#3 swimlane level cell’s label.

Example Where a Selected Right-Most Swimlane Level Cell Has Only One Row

Suppose we change the example above by selecting the Team 1 Left#3 swimlane level cell which is a member of the Phase I and Development Left#1 and Left#2 swimlane level cells along with the original Prime Left#3 swimlane level cell as shown here:

The next step to make all these rows into swimlanes is to access the swimlane level right-click context menu which, for this example, is done by right-clicking in the Team 1 Left#3 swimlane level cell to get the results shown below:

Since the selected Team 1 Left#3 swimlane level cell has only one row, the Make each row into a swimlane command is disabled. As the alternative, if we right-click in the Prime Left#3 swimlane level cell, which as four rows, we access the swimlane level right-click context menu where the Make each row into a swimlane command is enabled as shown here:

When the Make each row into a swimlane command is clicked in the above illustration, the reconfigured chart looks like this:

In the above illustration, the Prime Left#3 swimlane level cell is converted into four Prime Left#3 swimlane level cells of one row each and the Team 1 Left#3 swimlane level cell is ignored.

Multiple Right-Most Swimlane Level Cells Selected with the SHIFT+Left-Click Method

If the SHIFT+Left-Click is used to select a sequence of adjacent right-most swimlane level cells, the selected swimlanes look like this example:

In the illustration above, any of the three right-most swimlane level cell highlighted containing more than one row can be right-clicked to access the swimlane level right-click context menu as shown here:

When the Make each row into a swimlane command is clicked, the chart is reconfigured as shown below:

In the example illustrated above, three of the four Left#3 swimlane level cells selected using the SHIFT+Left-Click method were converted to single row Left#3 swimlane level. The selected Left#3 swimlane level cell with only one row (Team 1), although selected, is ignored in the operation because its row also holds the status of swimlane.

Changes to the Chart When Making Each Row into a Swimlane

From the illustrations and examples provided in the article, converting rows into swimlanes at the right-most swimlane level has minimal impact on the height of the individual converted right-most swimlane level cells and the participating rows. When there are two or more swimlane levels defined and showing in the chart, converting a right-most swimlane level cell with more than one row into several swimlanes has no impact of the height of the parent swimlane level cells.

Converting any number of right-most swimlane level cells with more than one row into swimlanes has no impact on the document height of the chart. All converted swimlanes are considered mavericks.

Once the Make each row into a swimlane command is completed, the resulting converted swimlanes can be edited with respect to their swimlane level cell properties, their position in the chart, and the properties of the row and any task bars/milestone symbols occupying the rows.

For more information on editing the properties of swimlanes, please see the article at:

Applying the swimlane level right-click context menu’s Merge swimlanes command to selected converted rows that are now swimlane, may not result in restoring the chart to its original configuration due to these converted rows becoming mavericks.

For more information on the Merge swimlanes command, please see the article at:

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