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==About Where's My Stuff?!==
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==Introduction==
  
'''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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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(1-1)-09102020.png]]</center>
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
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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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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. 
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(2-1)-09102020.png]]</center>
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===Split Resource Names Example===
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===Why a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol is not Visible===
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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:
  
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:
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:*  '''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).
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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:
:* '''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'''.
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:*  '''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.
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:* '''Hidden Row'''.  The '''row''' containing the task bar/milestone symbol is '''hidden''', either directly, or because the parent '''swimlane level''' is '''hidden'''.
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:* '''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.
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:* '''Absorbed Item'''. The task bar/milestone symbol is not visible because it is '''absorbed''' into another task bar.
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:* '''Virtual Summary Task'''. The task bars/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' because they are now part of a '''VST'''.
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:* '''Item needs repair'''. The graphical properties of the task bar or milestone symbol are missing at the '''current snapshot'''.
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:* '''Hidden timespan'''.  The task bar/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' because there are '''hidden Time Axis Level Cells'''  or '''curtains''' called '''timespans''' that are '''hidden'''.
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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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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(3-1)-09102020.png]]</center>
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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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==Using the Fix Selected Button==
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
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:
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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:
  
:* You can go back to the chart and make the changes you desire manually.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
:* Or, you have the option to let OnePager make the fixes for you using the '''Fix Selected''' button.
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png</center>
  
The process for having OnePager perform the '''fix''' is as follows:
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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:
  
: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.
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png</center>
  
: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.
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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:
  
: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.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png</center>
  
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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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.
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(4-1)-09102020.png]]</center>
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
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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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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:
  
<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(5-1)-09102020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png</center>
  
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.
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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'''.
  
==Managing the “Where’s My Stuff?!” form’s columns== 
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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 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.
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
===Rearranging Columns===
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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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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:
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<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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<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(7-1)-09102020.png]]</center>
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===Where’s My Stuff?! Column Sorting===
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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:
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<center>'''Before Sorting the Task Name Column'''</center>
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<center>'''After Sorting the Task Name Column'''</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-9_4_1-70-(9-2)-09102020.png]]</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.
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===Where’s My Stuff?! Column Width===
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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===
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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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==Related Links==
 
==Related Links==
  
[[Modifying the Time Axis for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Modifying the Time Axis (Portal)]] <!--22.0.1-70-->
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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 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 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
P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png

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
P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png

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:

P72-24 5 3-72-(2A)-11022023.png
P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png

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

P72-24 5 3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png
P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png

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:

P72-24 5 3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png
P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png

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:

P72-24 5 3-72-(2)-11022023.png
P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png

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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