View source for Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!" for Version 7.0

==About Where's My Stuff?!==

'''Where’s My Stuff?!''' is a OnePager feature that helps you '''locate task bars/milestone symbols''' that cannot be easily seen in the '''graph''' for various reasons.  Additionally, the feature helps you understand '''why''' task bars/milestone symbols are not appearing and provides you a means to '''repair''' the chart so that task bars/milestone symbols become visible again. When you are trying to locate a task bar/milestone symbol and do not wish to cause all '''hidden''' task bars/milestone symbols, and '''rows''',  to be made visible, go the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab and click on the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown as shown below:

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Clicking the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' command accesses the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form shown below.  This form provides you with the name of each task bar/milestone symbol that is not showing and a check ('''X''') in the column(s) appropriate for '''why''' the task bar/milestone symbol is not visible:

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===Why a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol is not Visible===

The '''grid''' above shows a red '''X''' in the column representing the reason that the task bar/milestone symbol, designated in the '''grid row''' of the '''Task name''' column, is not visible. There are nine (9) reasons that a task bar/milestone symbol, '''row''', or '''swimlane level''' can not immediately be visible in the chart:

:*  '''Hidden Tasks/Milestones'''.  The task bar/milestone symbol is '''hidden''' (e.g., manually''' hidden''', incorporated into a Virtual Summary Task ('''VST'''), or '''absorbed''' into another task bar).
:* '''De-Flagged Tasks/Milestones'''.  The task bar/milestone symbol is not '''flagged''' (e.g., '''Flag20''' for Microsoft Project) for '''import''' from Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel for the specific '''snapshot''' being viewed, but it was '''flagged''' and '''imported''' in other '''snapshots'''.
:*  '''Date out of Range'''. The '''dates''' on the task bar/milestone symbol ('''Start''' and/or '''Finish''') are '''out of range''' relative to the '''date range''' established for the chart.
:* '''Hidden Row'''.  The '''row''' containing the task bar/milestone symbol is '''hidden''', either directly, or because the parent '''swimlane level''' is '''hidden'''.
:* '''Buried Item'''.  The task bar/milestone symbol is '''buried''' (i.e., '''z-ordering level''' on the screen) beneath one or more other task bars/milestone symbols.
:* '''Absorbed Item'''. The task bar/milestone symbol is not visible because it is '''absorbed''' into another task bar.
:* '''Virtual Summary Task'''. The task bars/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' because they are now part of a '''VST'''. 
:* '''Item needs repair'''. The graphical properties of the task bar or milestone symbol are missing at the '''current snapshot'''.
:* '''Hidden timespan'''.  The task bar/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' because there are '''hidden Time Axis Level Cells'''  or '''curtains''' called '''timespans''' that are '''hidden'''.

If you need additional explanation on what the different reasons mean, you can click the '''Help Me''' button.  This accesses the form below which gives a detailed explanation for each reason:

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==Using the Fix Selected Button==

Using the information ('''X’s''' in rows) in the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form, you first know '''why''' the various items ('''rows''', task bars, or milestone symbols) are not showing.  You have two (2) options:

:* You can go back to the chart and make the changes you desire manually.  
:* Or, you have the option to let OnePager make the fixes for you using the '''Fix Selected''' button.  

The process for having OnePager perform the '''fix''' is as follows:

:1) In the '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form, check the checkbox '''ON''' (on the left of each '''grid row''') for each '''hidden''' item that you want OnePager to fix.

:2) You have the option also to '''select all grid rows''' in the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form by clicking the '''Select all''' button or you can click the '''Clear selections''' button to unselect all previously selected actions.

:3) When your selections are complete, click the '''Fix Selected''' button and OnePager  makes the selected items visible. Additionally, OnePager provides a list of the actions taken in the '''INFORMATION AREA''' of the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form as shown above.

As an example, suppose we select the top four rows in the '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form to be fixed as shown below:

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When the '''Fix Selected''' button is clicked, the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form responds as shown below:

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Upon performing the '''fix''' action described above, the chart is updated to reflect the changes made. The changes made by clicking the '''Fix Selected''' button as described above are subject to the '''Undo/Redo''' functions using the available active buttons on the OnePager ribbon tool bar.

==Managing the “Where’s My Stuff?!” form’s columns==  

For your convenience the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form has three (3) features to help you manage the columns within the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form.

===Rearranging Columns===

The columns in the form can be '''rearranged''' left to right by left clicking the '''column header''' and '''dragging''' it to the left or right. This feature is quite convenient for grouping form columns together for the purpose of identifying and fixing issues.  The column positions after dragging and dropping are not permanent. Below is a sequence of illustrations showing first the original arrangement of columns and second the column positions after the '''Hidden row''' column is moved all the way to the left:

<center>'''Before Dragging Hidden Row Column to the Left Most Position'''</center>
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<center>'''After Dragging Hidden Row Column to the Left Most Position'''</center>
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===Where’s My Stuff?! Column Sorting===

To '''sort''' the task bars on the values in any column, left click the '''column's header'''.  For example, if the '''ID''' column is selected, all the '''grid rows''' are sorted in numerical order from lowest to highest.  In a similar way, sorting the '''Task name''' column causes the '''grid rows''' to be sorted such that they are arranged in alphabetical order (A-Z) based on the content of the '''Task name''' column.  The following example is a sort the '''Task name''' column showing the before and after illustrations: 

<center>'''Before Sorting the Task Name Column'''</center>
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<center>'''After Sorting the Task Name Column'''</center>
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Selecting any of the '''column headers''' with '''X's'''  using the cursor and left-clicking in the '''column's header''' groups the '''X's''' at either the top or the bottom of the '''grid''' and rearranges the data in the associated '''grid row''' accordingly.

===Where’s My Stuff?! Column Width===

If need be, you can widen any column in the form by placing the cursor on the edge of the '''column header''' cell and using the '''double arrow cursor''' to '''drag''' the '''column header's edge''' to the left or right as shown here:

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===Where’s My Stuff?! Frozen Columns===

The '''Select''', '''ID''' and '''Task name''' columns are '''frozen''' so that they do not scroll out of view when you are scrolling left or right via the '''horizontal scroll bar''' in the '''grid''' as shown below:

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