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==About Date Labels==
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==Introduction==
  
'''Date label''' displays are driven by the '''start and finish date''' data imported from the Microsoft Excel '''source plan'''.  Every task in a Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' has a designated '''start and finish date'''.  A milestone's '''start and finish dates''' are usually the same. You can choose to use '''date labels''' for tasks, milestones, or both.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
==Using the Chart Properties Form to Edit Date Labels==
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
''All''' task and milestone shape '''date labels''' cab be '''edited''' without changing the settings in the current '''Template''' by clicking the '''Chart Properties''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon in the '''Settings''' group as shown here:
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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:X70-10_2_1-70-(1)-09142019.png]]</center>
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===Split Resource Names Example===
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Clicking the '''Chart Properties''' button accesses the '''Chart Properties''' form. Next, navigate to either the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones''' tab as appropriate.  On the '''Task Bars''' tab, as shown below, ensure that the '''Date Labels''' checkbox is checked '''On''':
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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:
  
<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(2-1)-09252020.png]]</center>
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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>
  
Clicking the '''Date Label Properties...''' button to the right of the '''Date Labels''' checkbox accesses the '''Set Date Label Properties''' form as shown here:
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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:
  
<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(3-1)-09252020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png</center>
  
There are eight (8) controls in the form above.   All actions are consistent with identical controls found elsewhere in OnePager Express ('''OPX''').
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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.
  
===Date Label Font===
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
This control causes the '''Font properties''' form shown below to appear when the dropdown button is clicked.  
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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:
  
<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(3A)-09142019.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png</center>
  
Within this form are controls for date text '''font style''', '''color''' and '''size'''. Additionally, you can set the date text to '''Bold''', ''Italic'', or [[Underline]].
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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:
  
===Show (start/finish) and Position Date Label Text===
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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>
  
The two checkboxes, '''Show start date''' and '''Show finish date''', control the display of these two dates, respectively. When checked, you have the option of selecting the position of the dates individually or together:
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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:
  
<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(4)-09142019.png]]</center>
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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>
  
The '''Start field''' and '''Finish field''' are dropdown lists of all '''date type fields imported''' from your '''source plan''' giving you the options to select a different '''start date field''' or '''finish date field''' for use in the chart. A '''Start field''' dropdown list example is 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:X70-10_2_1-70-(5)-09142019.png]]</center>
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
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The combination of '''task label''' display and '''date label''' display for '''all''' task/milestone shapes can cause a crowded appearance around the task/milestone shape.  Use the '''date label''' positioning controls to achieve the appearance desired in combination with '''task labels'''.
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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:
  
===Date Format===
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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>
  
OnePager provides a great deal of variety for the selection of '''date formats''' for task/milestonesFor consistency, the available formats for task/milestone shape's '''date formats''' are the same as for '''date formats''' used for the '''time axis''' at the top/bottom of the chart. A sample of '''date formats''' are shown below:
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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 beforeThe 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:X70-10_2_1-70-(6)-09142019.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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===Separator===
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
The '''separators''' are pairs of symbols that help differentiate the '''date label''' from other nearby text (e.g., '''task labels''' or '''percent complete''').  There are several '''separator''' options to select from as shown below:
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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.
  
<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(7)-09142019.png]]</center>
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==Related Links==
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===Use Fiscal Year===
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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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The '''Use fiscal year''' checkbox is an instruction, if checked '''On''', to OnePager to show the displayed '''date''' in the '''fiscal year''' format for the chart’s '''time axis'''. OnePager takes the action only if the '''time axis''' for the chart is, indeed, displaying the '''time axis''' in a '''fiscal year''' format.  Make sure that the '''time axis''' is in '''fiscal''' mode to assure that '''date labels''' displayed are consistent.
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===Sample Start and Finish Date Labels in the Chart===
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[[Category:Version 7.2]]
 
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[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
When the '''Date Labels''' checkbox is checked '''On''' and both the '''Show start date''' and '''Show finish date''' checkboxes are checked '''On''' in the '''Set date label properties''' form, the '''date labels''' looks like this:
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[[Category:Task/Milestone Editing]]
 
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[[Category:Column Splitting]]
<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8)-09142019.png]]</center>
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'''Date Label fonts''' are overridden by '''Task Label fonts''' when the '''Date Label''' and '''Task Label''' are in the '''same position'''. If the '''Date Label''' is put in a '''different''' position than the '''Task Label''', the '''Date Label font's''' properties are honored.
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==Editing Individual Date Labels in the Chart==
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There are three (3) methods for accessing the controls for '''editing''' individual '''date labels''' on individual tasks and milestones:
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:*  You can right-click on the selected task/milestone shape to access the context menu followed by clicking the '''Format...''' command in the menu.
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:* You can right-click on the selected '''date label''' itself to access the '''one command''' context menu followed by clicking the '''Format...''' command.
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Each of these methods is discussed below.
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===Right-Clicking a Task/Milestone===
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Accessing the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form with this method requires you to right-click on the task or milestone shape.  This action accesses the available commands in the '''context menu''' shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8A-1)-09092020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Format…''' command accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at the '''Format''' tab as shown here:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8B-1)-09092020.png]]</center>
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The '''Format''' tab is shown above where you can '''edit''' the task/milestone shape's properties shown. Navigate to the '''Dates''' tab on the '''Change Task/Milestones Properties''' form to make your '''edits''' to the selected '''dates'''. The controls in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form's '''Date''' tab are discussed below.
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===Right-Clicking the Date Label===
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The '''Date Label''' when displayed can also be right-clicked to access the one command context menu as shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8C-1)-09092020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Format…''' command accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at the '''Dates''' tab as shown here:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8D-1)-09092020.png]]</center>
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===Format button on the OnePager Express Home Ribbon===
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The '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form can also be accessed by clicking the '''Format…''' button after you selected one or more task/milestone shapes to '''edit'''.  The '''Format...'''button on the ribbon is shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8E)-09142019.png]]</center>
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After clicking the '''Format...''' button as shown above, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed at the '''Format''' tab as shown here:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8B-1)-09092020.png]]</center>
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Navigate to the '''Dates''' tab on the '''Change Task/Milestones Properties''' form to make your '''edits''' to the selected '''dates'''. The controls in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form's '''Date''' tab are discussed below.
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===Using the Change Task/Milestone Properties Form's Date Tab===
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Any method you use the '''Date''' tab in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form looks like this:
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When the '''Show Dates''' checkbox is checked '''On''' as shown above, you can decide if you want to '''Show Start Date''', '''Show Finish Dates''' or both by checking the appropriate checkbox '''On''' also shown above.
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====Date Position Options====
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You have the option to change either the '''Start Date Position''' or the '''Finish Date Position''' or both by clicking the dropdown menu buttons to the immediate right of the checkboxes as shown here:
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<center>[[File:X70-10_2_1-70-(8H-1)-09092020.png]]</center>
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Within the '''Font properties''' form are controls for date text '''font style''', '''color''' and '''size'''. Additionally, you can set the date text to '''Bold''', ''Italic'', or [[Underline]].
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==Related Link==
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[[Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)]] <!--9.0.1-70-->
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[[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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[[Category:Charts]]
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[[Category:Task Links]]
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[[Category:Ribbon]]
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[[Category:Snapshots]]
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[[Category:Template Properties Form]]
 
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[[Category:Chart Properties Form]]
[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
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[[Category:Asana]]
[[Category:Task/Milestone Editing]]
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[[Category:OnePager Bundle]]
[[Category:Task/Milestone Decorations]]
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[[Category:Labels]]
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[[Category:Mavericks]]
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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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