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==Hiding and Unhiding Task/Milestone Text Labels==
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==Introduction==
  
Since the method for selecting '''task bar name labels''' changed in OnePager Pro and Express version 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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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
===Hiding Task Bar Name Labels Using the Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab's Label Position Dropdown===
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
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The easiest way to '''hide''' a '''task bar name label''' is to select it with a left-click.  This action '''enables''' the '''Label Position''' controls on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab. Click the '''Label Position''' button to access the '''Label Position''' dropdown and click the '''Hide''' command as 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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At the completion of the operation, the chart looks like this:
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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:
  
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===Unhiding Task Bar Name Labels===
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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:
  
In previous versions of OnePager Pro and Express when a '''task bar name label''' is '''hidden''', dragging the mouse over the area in the '''graph''' where the '''task bar name label''' was previously shown caused the cursor to change to a '''arrow plus sign'''. Left-clicking on this '''arrow plus sign''' selected the '''task bar''' and its '''task bar name label'''. In OnePager Pro and Express version 7.0, this feature is '''removed''' because in version 7.0 the selection of the '''task bar''' and the associated '''task bar name label''' are '''decoupled'''.  
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png]]</center>
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<!--It is recommended that the technique in the sub-section that follows be used to '''unhide''' any '''hidden task bar name labels''' in the '''graph'''. Mousing around the task bar is a way to find the '''hidden task bar name label''' as the mouse cursor changes to an '''arrow plus sign''' as shown below:
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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.
  
6) Although the '''task bar name label''' in the illustration above is '''hidden''' in the chart it can still be '''selected''' with the left-click. 
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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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Performing a left-click with the cursor in the '''arrow plus sign''' configuration highlights the '''task bar name label's border''' but the '''task bar name label''' itself remains '''hidden''' 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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When a '''hidden task bar name label''' is selected in this manner the '''Label Position''' controls are '''enabled'''.  It is possible to access the '''Label Position''' dropdown and to select one of the other options to '''re-position''' the '''hidden task bar name label'''. The simplest way to '''unhide a hidden task bar name label''' using the '''Label Position''' controls is to select the original '''label position''' for the '''hidden task bar name label''' before it was '''hidden'''. You may also select a different '''label position''' for the '''hidden task bar name label''' using the '''Label Position''' controls.  For illustrative purposes, suppose the '''hidden task bar label''', previously to the right of its associated task bar, needs to be put in a '''Comment Box'''. This can be done by assuring that the '''hidden task bar name label''' is selected as described above. With the '''hidden task bar name label''' selected, go to the '''Label Position''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab, access the dropdown, and click the '''In comment box''' option.  The result is shown below after '''re-positioning''' the '''Comment Box''':
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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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===Hiding/Unhiding Task Bar Name Labels Using the Format... Command in the Right-Click Context Menu===
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You can '''hide''' one or more of the '''task bar name labels'''. To do this, make a selection in the '''Chart Editor''' by right-clicking one or more '''task bar name labels''' to access the the '''context menu''' 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.
  
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
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Click the “Format…” command then navigate to the '''Task Labels''' tab as shown below:  
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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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Uncheck the '''Show Task/Milestone label''' checkbox '''OFF''', shown above, to '''hide''' the selected '''task bar name labels'''. Alternatively, you can click the '''Hide''' option as shown below in the '''Label Position''' dropdown on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab to '''hide''' the '''task bar name label''' for the selected task bar/milestone symbol.
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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'''.
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_3_1-(1)-05182020.png]]</center>
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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'''.
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If you have previously '''hidden''' the '''task bar name label''' of any task bars/milestone symbols, you can '''unhide''' them by going back to the '''Task Labels''' tab of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form shown above and rechecking the '''Show task/milestone label''' checkbox back to '''ON'''. Or, you can click the '''UNDO''' command above the '''Ribbon''' tool bar tabs.
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
==Hiding and Unhiding Task Bars and Milestones Symbols==
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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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You can '''hide''' task bars/milestone symbols alone with its '''task bar name label'''. To do this, select one or several task bars/milestone symbols and then use the right-click on one of them to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu'''.  Then click the '''Hide''' command in the '''context menu''' shown below:
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When the operation is complete the chart looks like this:
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When task bars/milestone symbol's and '''task bar name labels''' are '''hidden''' along with their associated '''Task Links''' as well. If you have '''hidden''' some task bars/milestone symbols and '''task bar name labels''' and want to make them all visible again, go to the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab’s '''Editing''' control group and click the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown menu. Then, click the '''Show All Tasks/Milestones''' command as shown below:
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When '''task bar name labels''' are '''hidden''' separate from their associated task bar/milestone symbol, the '''Show All Task/Milestones''' command in the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown menu does '''NOT''' restore visibility to these '''hidden task bar name labels'''.  Separately '''hidden task bar name labels''' can be restored by right-clicking on their visible task bar/milestone symbol, accessing the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' and clicking the '''Format...''' command to access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form. At the '''Task Labels''' tab and recheck the '''Show task/milestone labels''' checkbox '''ON'''. '''Unhiding''' task bars/milestone symbols with '''Task Links''' '''unhides''' the '''Task Links''' if the chart is set up to '''show Task Links'''.
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==Moving Task Bars/Milestone Symbols to Different Rows==
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A lot of the power of OnePager comes from its efficient handling of space in the '''graph'''. To manage vertical space, it is often very useful to move task bars/milestone symbols so that several of them occupy the same '''row'''. To do this in the '''Chart Editor''', select one or multiple task bars or milestone symbols. From here you can change '''row position assignments''' several ways:
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===Drag and Drop the Selected Task Bar with the Mouse=== 
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After selecting the desired task bar/milestone symbol, you can drag it up or down to a '''new row position'''.  Note that it is not possible to drag task bars/milestone symbols left or right.  This prohibition is to protect the '''integrity of the data imported''' from the Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' that provided the task bar/milestone symbol’s original '''Start''' and '''Finish dates'''.  To move any task bar/milestone symbol from one '''row to another row''', first left-click the task bar/milestone symbol to select it. With the left-click button held down, '''drag''' the selected task bar/milestone symbol to the desired '''new row''' as shown in the '''BEFORE''' and '''AFTER''' illustrations below:
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<center>'''AFTER'''</center>
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You can select several task/milestone shapes and drag them as a group to different rows.  The multiple task/milestone shapes selected retain their relative positions when dragged up or down to different rows. When moving task/milestone shapes to different rows their '''text labels''' may overlap with other '''text labels''', other task/milestone shapes, or the edges of the '''graph'''.  In the illustration below, the '''task bar label''' for the right most task bar/milestone symbol in the gaining '''new row''' was '''re-positioned''' to the right of the right most task bar for readability purposes as shown below:
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Task bar/milestone symbol and '''task bar name label''' overlaps or '''collisions''' happen often enough such that OnePager Pro and Express version 7.0 are enhanced with a new feature that automatically detects these '''task bar name label collisions''' and provides several methods for avoiding them.
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===Use the Arrow Keys=== 
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You can also move selected task bars/milestone symbols to '''new rows''' by using your keyboard’s '''UP/DOWN arrow''' keys.  As noted above, you can move several selected task bars/milestone symbols at once using this method.
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==Changing the Representation of Task Bars/Milestone Symbols==
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Task bars can also be represented as milestone symbols either at their '''start date''' or '''finish date'''. You can select the type of task bar representation '''globally''' in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms or on an individual task bar/milestone symbol basis.
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For more information on '''Managing Templates''', please see the articles at:  [[Managing Templates for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]]) 24.0.1-70
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An individual task bar can be changed to a milestone by right-clicking the task and selecting '''Task representation''' command as shown below:
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There are four (4) options available that can be applied to the selected task bars:
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:* The '''Gantt bar''' option makes the selected task bar/milestone symbol into a task bar.
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:* The '''As milestone at finish''' option turns a selected task bar into a milestone symbol positioned at the task bar’s '''finish date'''.
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:* The '''As milestone at start''' option turns a selected task bar into a milestone symbol positioned at the task bar’s '''start date'''.
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:* The '''Use default''' option turns a selected task bar/milestone symbol into the default type specified in the current '''Template Properties''' form in the '''Advanced''' Tab within the '''Task Representation''' control group shown here:
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The illustration below is provided to assist. You can also change task bar representation on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab by clicking the '''Representation''' dropdown in the '''Editing''' control group shown below:
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Changing the task bar representation of a selected task bar/milestone symbol or set of task bars/milestone symbols creates a '''representation maverick'''.
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To make  changes to a task bar/milestone symbol  '''representation''' use the following steps:
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Open the '''Chart Properties''' form and go to the '''Advanced''' tab as shown below:
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Individual task bar/milestone symbol settings are overridden by the '''Task/Milestone threshold''' setting. This setting automatically converts short-duration task bars into milestone symbols for easier reading. The '''default value''' for this setting is '''2 days'''. This means that any task bars with less than '''2 days duration''' in the '''graph''' are automatically rendered in the '''Chart Editor''' and '''output media''' as a milestone symbols. To reduce this effect, increase the number of days for the '''Task/Milestone threshold''' setting to a larger value (e.g. to 5 days).
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==Resizing the Height of Task Barss/Milestone Symbols==
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OnePager provides the capability to change the '''height''' of a task bar/milestone symbol by first selecting it and then dragging the '''grab box''' at the top or bottom of the selected task bar/milestone symbol up or down, as shown below. When the '''height''' is increased, both the top and bottom of the task bar/milestone symbol expand. Conversely, both the top and bottom of the task bar/milestone symbol contract when you reduce the task bars/milestone symbol's '''height''':
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If you prefer to set a fixed '''height''' for a task bar/milestone symbol instead of selecting it first and then dragging it, right-click the task bar/milestone symbol to access the right-click '''context menu''' and choose the '''Format….''' command. This accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form, where you have the option to adjust the '''Height''' control:
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The '''Task Height''' controls, shown above, allow you to select whether you want the selected task bars/milestone symbol’s '''height''' to be a '''percentage of the row height''' (recommended) or if you want the task bars/milestone symbol’s '''height''' to be in terms of absolute '''height''' in '''inches''' or''' centimeters'''.  The quantity in parentheses, ('''row height = 0.38''') tells you the current '''height''' of the '''row''' that contains the task bar/milestone symbol. Changing the '''height''' of an individual task bar/milestone symbol creates a '''height maverick'''. Changing the '''height''' of an individual task bar/milestone symbol does not change the '''height''' of the '''row''' containing the selected task bar/milestone symbol.
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==Related Links==
 
==Related Links==
  
[[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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| [[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 Pro for Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for OnePager Pro]] 24.1.1-72
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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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| [[Template Only Features for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager]] 24.2.2-72
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| [[Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager]] 24.2.3-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for OnePager Pro for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Pro]] 24.4.1-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for OnePager Express for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Express]] 24.5.1-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Columns for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager]] 24.5.2-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Columns for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager]] 24.5.3-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for Project for the Web Source Plans for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Columns for Project for the Web Source Plans]] 24.5.5-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for Planisware Enterprise Source Plans for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Columns for Planisware Enterprise Source Plans]] 24.5.7-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for Wrike in OnePager Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Columns for Wrike in OnePager]] 24.5.11-72
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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:

P72-24 5 3-72-(1)-11022023.png
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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:

P72-24 5 3-72-(5)-11272023.png
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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.

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