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==Changing Individual Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Colors==
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==Introduction==
  
The ability to use '''color''' to represent various kinds of information about a task bar or milestone symbol in OnePager is a powerful communications tool.  When you manually change the '''color''' of a task bar/milestone symbol you are creating a '''task bar color maverick'''.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
===Changing Colors using the Ribbon===
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
The easiest way to change a '''color''' is to select one or more task bars/milestone symbols. Then use the '''color-changer''' (Paint Bucket Icon) control on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab shown below:
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The OnePager '''column splitting''' feature allows you to '''duplicate task bars''' when a task in your Asana '''source plan''' is assigned to '''multiple resources''' (or anything else). Because assignments from Asana often are '''comma-delimited''', this feature enables OnePager to '''parse the comma-delimited list''' and '''create a unique task bar''' for each instance in the '''comma-separated''' list. 
  
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===Split Resource Names Example===
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Clicking the '''paint bucket''' control shown above accesses the standard '''Color Chooser''' form from which you can select an alternative '''color''' for the selected task bars/milestone symbols.
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Say you want to use '''color-codes''' on task bars/milestone symbols based upon your Asana '''source plan’s Assigned to''' column as shown below:
  
For more information '''Selecting task bars/milestone symbols and '''task bar name labels''', please see the article at  [[Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0 | Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels]] <!--9.1.1-70-->
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png</center>
  
===Changing Colors Using the Format Selection===  
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Some of the entries in the '''Assigned to''' column consist of multiple, '''comma-separated''' items and some tasks only used one '''resource'''. Without the '''column splitting''' feature, a chart '''created''' from these data and assigned task bar/milestone symbol '''colors''' based upon the '''Assigned to''' column looks like this:
  
You can also right-click on a task bar/milestone symbol to change '''colors'''. Right-clicking any selected task bar/milestone symbol accesses a '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' that looks like this:
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OnePager, in this case, treats the '''entire string''' as an individual '''Assigned to''' value. To provide more flexibility in displaying task bars that have '''multiple resources''' assigned, OnePager supports the concept of a '''column splitting'''.  This feature recognizes '''comma-separated''' values in a '''designated column''' and '''creates a separate task bar''' for each of the '''comma-separated''' values.
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The '''color''' and other controls pertaining to task bars/milestone symbols are accessed by the '''Format…''' command shown above. When click the '''Format...''' command, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed as shown below:
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
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To use this feature requires turning '''ON''' the feature in the Asana '''Template Properties''' form you intend to use to make the chart.  The setting must be turned '''ON''' before the chart is created so launch OnePager Bundle from the '''desktop icon''', click the '''NEW''' button on the '''OnePager Bundle Start''' form to access the '''OnePager choices''' form, '''select''' your Asana '''source plan''', and type in the chart's '''title''' as shown here:
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Click the '''Color''' dropdown button which accesses the standard '''Color Chooser''' form shown here:
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
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When you click the '''Next>''' button at the bottom of the form, OnePager accesses the second page of the '''OnePager choices''' form shown below:
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Selecting the new '''color''' resets the '''color''' shown in the '''Color''' window of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form. Or, if you want to use a '''color''' that is not shown, click the '''More colors…''' button to access the standard Microsoft '''Color-definition''' form shown here:
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png</center>
  
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Clicking the '''Edit current template''' button accesses the current '''Template Properties''' form.  Navigate to the '''Field Mappings''' tab on the form, check the '''Enable splitting on:''' checkbox to '''ON''' and (in this example) select the '''Assigned To''' column from the dropdown list provided. The results are shown here:
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After selecting an existing or newly defined '''color''' in this manner, all the selected task bars/milestone symbols now have the new '''color'''. Once you are satisfied with the '''color''' of the selected task bars/milestone symbols, click in any blank space in the '''graph''' to '''deselect''' all selected task bars/milestone symbols.
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===Using a Different Color Palette===
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Click the '''Save and use''' button to complete the process and close the current '''Template Properties''' form returning you to the second page of the '''OnePager choices''' form show above.
  
To have a larger set of '''colors''' to choose from, you can switch among several predefined '''color palettes''' of 24 colors each or you can create your own custom '''color palettes'''.  Whenever you are changing the '''color''' of a task bar/milestone symbol, you can always choose to select the new '''color''' from any of the existing '''color palettes'''.  To do this, click the '''paint bucket’s dropdown tab''' on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab which accesses the standard '''Color Chooser''' form.  From this point, click the '''Choose color from palette:''' dropdown list and a selection of other '''color palettes''' is accessed as shown below:
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_2_1-(6)-05152020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Create new chart''' button completes the process and creates the chart with the '''column splitting''' feature in use.  The chart with '''splitting''' looks like this:
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===Using the No Fill Option of the Standard Color Chooser on Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Fill Colors===
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In addition to the various colors available and '''color palettes''' available, the '''No Fill''' option in the standard '''Color Chooser''' form enables you to remove all '''color''' and leave the task bar or milestone symbol as a '''transparent shape''' with a '''border'''.
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In the chart with '''column splitting''' shown above, there are now several more task bars in the '''Chart Editor''' than there were before.  The task bar for '''Plate Movement''' is now '''split into two (2) separate task bars''', one for each of the '''two resources assigned'''.  The task bar for '''Centrifugal Barrier''' is now '''split into three (3) separate task bars''', one for each of the '''three resources''' that were assigned to this task in the Asana '''source plan'''.  Each of the '''resources''' has a unique '''color''' assigned.  Each of the '''resources''' appears by itself in the '''Legend'''.  The '''Legend title''' shows the '''column name''' that is used for '''splitting the columns'''.
  
====Turning the No Fill Checkbox ON====
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With this feature, you can use '''column splitting''' just like any other column by using the dropdowns in the '''Template Properties''' form or '''Chart Properties''' form to assign '''colors, highlight task bars and milestone symbols, and to define and label rows and swimlanes'''.
  
For example, the portion of the chart shown below has one task bar selected with a right-click using the '''Format…''' command.  Further, selecting the '''Color''' dropdown button reveals the standard '''Color Chooser''' form.  '''Note''' the '''No Fill''' checkbox shown below:
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_2_1-(7)-05152020.png]]</center>
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When task bars with '''Data-Driven''' or manual '''Task Links''' are '''split''', the '''Task Links''' ('''Data-Driven''' and manual) are '''not shown'''.  Further, the '''Task Links''' that are now '''hidden''' and '''do not''' have entries in the '''Where are My Links?''' form.
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Checking the '''No Fill''' checkbox '''ON''' and clicking '''OK''' in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form removes the '''color''' and display the selected task bar as shown below:
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==Related Links==
  
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Since a '''color''' changed for a task bar, OnePager also adds a '''legend item''' reflecting the '''no fill''' pattern for the task bar.  Manual '''legend item text''' update of this added '''legend item''' is recommended. The feature shown above yields the best results when the task bar’s '''fill pattern''' is originally flat and the '''background color''' for the chart is solid. Reversing the process and unchecking the '''No Fill''' checkbox '''OFF''' requires you to select a '''color''' before the standard '''Color Chooser''' form closes and display the selected task bar in the selected '''color'''. This option is useful when using '''Deadlines''' or '''Endpoints''' and you want to put emphasis on those '''decorations''' as opposed to the task bar graphic itself.
 
 
==Changing an Individual Task Bar/Milestone Symbol==
 
 
To change the '''shape''' (i.e. the specific symbol) of an individual task bar or milestone symbol, select the task bar/milestone symbol by right-clicking and select the '''Format…''' command.  When the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed, click the '''Shapes''' dropdown. This displays the '''shape choices''' as shown below:
 
 
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As an alternative, after you select the desired task bar or milestone symbol, click the '''Format…''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab to access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties ''' form as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-9_2_1-(10)-05152020.png]]</center>
 
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Clicking the '''Format…''' button also accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form.  If you want to change the '''shape''' of the selected task bar to something different from a rectangle, go ahead and select the desired '''shape''' from the dropdown menu.  If you select the '''double pointed rectangle''' as shown below, when you click '''OK''' the selected task bar looks like this:
 
 
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If multiple task bars/milestone symbols are selected, the desired '''shape''' change is applied to all selected task bar/milestone symbols.  When you manually change the '''shape''' for one or more selected task bars/milestone symbols, you are creating a '''task bar shape maverick'''. If you wish to change the global default '''shape''' of all task bars/milestone symbols in the chart (as opposed to making '''task bar shape mavericks''') please see one of the following article:
 
 
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| [[Templates versus Charts for Version 7.2 | Templates versus Charts]] 4.0.1.3-72
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| [[Linking Task and Milestones Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links for Version 7.2 | Linking Task and Milestone Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links (Portal)]] 19.0.1-72
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| [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 7.2 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] 21.0.1-72
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| [[Template Only Features for OnePager Express for Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for OnePager Express]] 24.2.1-72
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==Changing Individual Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Fill Patterns==
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To change the '''fill pattern''' of an individual task bar/milestone symbol, select the task bar/milestone symbol with a right-click and select the '''Format…''' command. When the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed, click the '''Fills''' dropdown button. This  '''Fill Pattern''' choices are shown below:
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If we apply a different '''Fill''' pattern to the selected task bar as in the example above, the selected task bar might look like this:
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As discussed above, you can access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form by clicking the '''Format…''' button. If multiple task bars/milestone symbols are selected, the desired '''fill pattern''' change is applied to all selected task bars/milestone symbols.  When you change the '''fill pattern''' of a selected task bar or bars, you are creating a '''task bar fill maverick'''.
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If you wish to change the global default '''fill pattern''' for all task bars/milestone symbols in the chart (as opposed to making '''task bar fill mavericks'''), please read this article: [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] <!--21.0.1-70-->
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==Changing An Individual Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Borders==
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===Changing Task Bar/milestone Symbol Borders===
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For both task bars and milestone symbols, you have control over three properties of the task bar/milestone symbol’s '''borders''':
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To change the '''border''' properties of an individual task bar/milestone symbol, select the task bar/milestone symbol with a right-click and select the '''Format…''' command.  When the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed, go to the '''Borders''' control group on the right side of the form.  The control over '''border''' properties is shown below:
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If we apply the '''Dash-dot border style''' pattern to the selected task bar as well as change the '''border color''' to green and increase the '''border width''' to 5, the selected task bar looks like this:
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As discussed above, you can get to the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form by clicking the '''Format…''' button. If multiple task bars/milestone symbol are selected, the desired task bars/milestone symbol's '''border''' property change is applied to all selected task bar/milestone symbols. Changing the '''border''' properties of one or more selected task bars/milestone symbols creates a '''task bar border maverick'''.  The initial '''border''' default setting is for the task bar/milestone symbol's '''border''' to be the same '''color''' as the task bar/milestone symbol's '''color''', have a border '''width''' of one (1), and a '''border style''' of '''solid'''.
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OnePager can assign '''colors''' to the '''borders''' of task bars and milestone symbols other than specific '''colors'''.  This permits you to use the '''No Border''' feature in the standard '''Color Chooser''' for '''borders''' to eliminate the '''border'''.  Using the previous chart, you can do the following to '''hide the border''' with the '''No Border''' option as follows. Below is a portion of a chart where we’ve increased the border '''width''' to 5 and  changed the border '''color''' to black to accent the task bar/milestone symbol's '''borders''':
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<center>[[File:P70-9_2_1-70-(16)-06172019.png]]</center>
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Select the task bar/milestone symbol with a right-click and select the '''Format…''' command.  This accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form where you see a '''Border Color''' dropdown button. Click the '''Border Color''' dropdown button to reveal the standard '''Color Chooser''' form for '''borders''' as shown below:
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Checking the '''No Border''' checkbox '''ON''' then clicking '''OK''' eliminates the selected task bars/milestone symbols '''border''' and with this result:
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The process can be easily reversed by unchecking the task bars/milestone symbol’s '''No Border''' checkbox '''OFF'''.
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==Changing the Task Bar/Milestone Symbol's Name Label==
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Since the method for selecting '''task bar name labels''' changed in OnePager Pro and Express 7.0, it is strongly recommended that you read this article before proceeding further:  [[Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0 | Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels]] <!--9.1.1-70-->
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You can replace the '''imported task name''' from your Microsoft Project  or Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' with a shorter or more descriptive '''task bar name label''' without affecting the '''name''' in the original Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel '''source plan'''. To do this, just slow left-click the task bar/milestone symbol which accesses the '''Enter text''' form.  Using the form, enter the desired '''task bar name label''' in the box  as shown below:
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OnePager displays the new '''edited''' '''task bar name label''' in all '''snapshots''' of the chart.
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Alternatively, you can right-click the '''task bar name label''' to access the right-click '''context menu''' shown below:
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Click the '''Edit task name…''' command to access same the '''Enter text''' form as shown above.  Make the desired '''edit''' to the '''task bar name label''' and click '''OK'''.
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==Changing the Font of Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Name Labels==
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Since the method for selecting '''task bar name labels''' changed in OnePager Pro and Express 7.0, it is strongly recommended that you read this article before proceeding further:  [[Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0 | Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels]] <!--9.1.1-70-->
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There are several ways to change the '''font type''', '''size''', or '''color''' of one or more selected '''task bar name labels'''.  When you change the '''font''' properties for a selected '''task bar name label''', you are creating a ''' task bar name label font maverick'''.
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===Use the Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab===
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After selecting a '''task bar name label''', click the '''decrease font size''' or '''increase font size''' button in the '''Font''' control group on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab. Each click changes the '''font''' size of each selected '''task bar name label''' by one point. Once you have the '''fonts''' sized as you want them, click in any blank space in the '''graph''' to '''deselect''' all selected '''task bar name labels'''.
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Choose a different '''font color''' by clicking the '''font color''' button shown below:
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Next, click the '''Format…''' command which accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form.  The '''Format...''' command takes you to the '''Task Labels''' tab on the form.  Now go to the '''Label Font''' dropdown button as shown below:
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Clicking the dropdown control as shown above accesses the '''Font properties''' form where all '''text label font''' property controls are located. You can then select '''font style''', '''color''' of text, '''font size''', and control whether the text is '''Bold''', ''Italic'', or [[Underline]]. The '''Font properties''' form is standard throughout OnePager for controlling '''text font''' properties. '''Note''' that the button labeled '''Use Label Defaults''' causes all the '''task bar name label''' properties, including '''font size''', to adhere to the global default '''task bar name label''' settings, and returns any '''task bar name label mavericks''' to the global defaults established in the '''Chart Properties''' form. If you wish to change the global default '''font''' (as opposed to making '''font mavericks'''), please review the appropriate article in this series:
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==Changing the Task Bar Name Label Position of Task Bars/Milestone Symbol Labels==
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You can specify where the '''task bar name label''' is '''positioned''' in one of '''thirteen positions''' relative to the task bar/milestone symbol itself:
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Note that there are three (3) new '''task bar name label position''' options added to OnePager Pro and Express 7.0 - '''Legacy best fit''', '''Best fit all directions''', and '''Best fit above/below'''.  When you change the '''position''' of the '''task bar name label''' of an individual task bar/milestone symbol you are creating a '''task bar name label position maverick'''.  Once you make a selection, you can change the '''task bar name label position''' of all selected task bar/milestone symbols in one of several ways.
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There are eleven (11) '''task bar name label position''' options in the dropdown menu.  The '''Hide''' and '''Use default''' options are not available. If you wish to change the global default '''task bar name label position''' (as opposed to changing '''task bar name label positions''' manually), please see one of the following article:
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Latest revision as of 20:52, 27 November 2023

Introduction

This article is focused on using the Column Splitting feature with OnePager Bundle Standalone and imported Asana source plans.

About Splitting and Parsing Fields

The OnePager column splitting feature allows you to duplicate task bars when a task in your Asana source plan is assigned to multiple resources (or anything else). Because assignments from Asana often are comma-delimited, this feature enables OnePager to parse the comma-delimited list and create a unique task bar for each instance in the comma-separated list.

Split Resource Names Example

Say you want to use color-codes on task bars/milestone symbols based upon your Asana source plan’s Assigned to column as shown below:

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Some of the entries in the Assigned to column consist of multiple, comma-separated items and some tasks only used one resource. Without the column splitting feature, a chart created from these data and assigned task bar/milestone symbol colors based upon the Assigned to column looks like this:

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OnePager, in this case, treats the entire string as an individual Assigned to value. To provide more flexibility in displaying task bars that have multiple resources assigned, OnePager supports the concept of a column splitting. This feature recognizes comma-separated values in a designated column and creates a separate task bar for each of the comma-separated values.

Enabling Splitting

To use this feature requires turning ON the feature in the Asana Template Properties form you intend to use to make the chart. The setting must be turned ON before the chart is created so launch OnePager Bundle from the desktop icon, click the NEW button on the OnePager Bundle Start form to access the OnePager choices form, select your Asana source plan, and type in the chart's title as shown here:

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When you click the Next> button at the bottom of the form, OnePager accesses the second page of the OnePager choices form shown below:

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Clicking the Edit current template button accesses the current Template Properties form. Navigate to the Field Mappings tab on the form, check the Enable splitting on: checkbox to ON and (in this example) select the Assigned To column from the dropdown list provided. The results are shown here:

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Click the Save and use button to complete the process and close the current Template Properties form returning you to the second page of the OnePager choices form show above.

Split Resources in the Chart

Clicking the Create new chart button completes the process and creates the chart with the column splitting feature in use. The chart with splitting looks like this:

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In the chart with column splitting shown above, there are now several more task bars in the Chart Editor than there were before. The task bar for Plate Movement is now split into two (2) separate task bars, one for each of the two resources assigned. The task bar for Centrifugal Barrier is now split into three (3) separate task bars, one for each of the three resources that were assigned to this task in the Asana source plan. Each of the resources has a unique color assigned. Each of the resources appears by itself in the Legend. The Legend title shows the column name that is used for splitting the columns.

With this feature, you can use column splitting just like any other column by using the dropdowns in the Template Properties form or Chart Properties form to assign colors, highlight task bars and milestone symbols, and to define and label rows and swimlanes.

Splitting Resources and Task Links

When task bars with Data-Driven or manual Task Links are split, the Task Links (Data-Driven and manual) are not shown. Further, the Task Links that are now hidden and do not have entries in the Where are My Links? form.

Related Links

Templates versus Charts 4.0.1.3-72 Linking Task and Milestone Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links (Portal) 19.0.1-72
Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal) 21.0.1-72 Template Only Features for OnePager Pro 24.1.1-72
Template Only Features for OnePager Express 24.2.1-72 Template Only Features for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager 24.2.2-72
Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager 24.2.3-72 Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Pro 24.4.1-72
Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Express 24.5.1-72 Splitting and Parsing Columns for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager 24.5.2-72
Splitting and Parsing Columns for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager 24.5.3-72 Splitting and Parsing Columns for Project for the Web Source Plans 24.5.5-72
Splitting and Parsing Columns for Planisware Enterprise Source Plans 24.5.7-72 Splitting and Parsing Columns for Wrike in OnePager 24.5.11-72

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