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==About Editing Baselines==
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==Introduction==
  
'''Baseline property''' displays are driven by the '''baseline start and finish dates imported''' from the Microsoft Project '''source plan'''.  Not every task bar/milestone symbol in a Microsoft Project '''source plan''' has designated '''baseline start and finish dates'''.  A milestone symbols’ '''start and finish dates''' are usually the same.  When you need to display '''baseline property''' information, it is essential that the associated data be properly represented in your Microsoft Project '''source plan''' before the data are '''imported''' to OnePager Pro ('''OPP''').
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
==Editing All Task/Milestone Baseline Properties==
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
All task bars and milestone symbol '''baseline properties''' can be modified without changing the settings in the current '''Template Properties''' form by clicking the '''Chart Properties''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Settings''' group. Next, navigate to either the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones''' tab as appropriate and ensure that the '''Baseline markers''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' 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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Once the '''Baseline markers''' checkbox is checked '''ON''', '''baselines''' can be customized by clicking the '''Baseline Properties''' button which accesses the '''Set baseline properties''' form shown here:
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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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You can now '''edit''' '''baseline properties''' for task bars/milestone symbols using the '''Set Baseline Properties''' form.
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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:
  
===Change Baseline Shape===
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png</center>
  
The controls for changing the '''shape''' of the '''baseline''' are the same as for task bars/milestone symbols discussed in this article at:  [[Changing Individual Task/Milestone Properties (Color, Shape, Labels, etc.) for Version 7.0 | Changing Individual Task/Milestone Properties (Color, Shapes, Labels, etc.)]] <!--9.2.1-70-->
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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.
  
The '''baseline shapes''' available are the same as for task bars/milestone symbols as shown in the '''Set baseline properties''' form below:
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
<center>[[File:P70-10_5_1-(3)-06022020.png]]</center>
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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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There are numerous '''baseline''' shapes that can be selected. Use the scroll bar on the right of the dropdown list to make your selection. When the selection is made, either continue to make additional properties changes or click the '''OK''' button to get back to the '''Chart Properties''' form where all '''edits''' are applied.
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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>
  
===Change Baseline Fill Pattern===
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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:
  
In a fashion very similar to the way '''fill patterns''' are changed for task bars/milestone symbols, once again access the '''Set baseline properties''' form as before, navigate to the '''Use custom fills''' checkbox, check it '''ON''' to '''enable''' the dropdown, and use the associated dropdown list to make your selection as shown below:
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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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When the selection is made, either continue to make additional properties changes or click the '''OK''' button to get back to the '''Chart Properties''' form where all changes can be applied.
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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>
  
===Change Baseline Height Percentage===
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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.
  
The '''Height percentage''' control is located just below the '''Baseline custom shape''' dropdown.  This control, shown above, allows you to change the '''height''' of the '''baseline''' as a percentage of the total '''height''' of the parent task bar/milestone symbol (task and baseline information included). The '''default setting''' is 30 percent (%) and a portion of the chart with '''baselines''' checked '''ON''' looks like this:
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
<center>'''Baseline Shapes with 30 Percent Height Setting'''</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:
<center>[[File:P70-10_5_1-(5)-06022020.png]]</center>
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Increasing this value makes the '''baseline''' taller (higher) with respect to the task bar/milestone symbol. To change the value, navigate to the '''Height percentage''' control in the '''Specify how to display baseline properties''' control group of the '''Set baseline properties''' form.  Change the value with the controls provided. If you double the value to 60 percent, for example, the resulting baselines would look like this:
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<center>'''Baseline Shapes with 60 Percent Height Setting'''</center>
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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:P70-10_5_1-(6)-06022020.png]]</center>
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===Change Baseline Transparency===
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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'''.
  
The '''transparency''' control makes the '''baseline less transparent''' (opaque) when the value in the window of the form is '''decreased''' or as shown below where the value is set at its default of 0% (the '''baseline''' is highlighted in orange): 
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
<center>[[File:P70-10_5_1-(7)-06022020.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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With this setting for '''transparency''' and '''baseline''' shape '''color''', the chart portion looks like this:
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==Related Links==
  
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When you need to make the '''baseline shape more transparent''' '''increase''' the percentage value as shown below where the value is '''increased''' to 60%:
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With the '''transparency''' for the '''baseline''' set at 60%, the chart portion looks like this:
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[[Category:Column Splitting]]
 
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===Change Baseline Color===
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You can also make the '''baseline''' any '''color''' different from the parent task bar/milestone symbol as we did above.  To '''edit''' the '''color properties''' of the '''baseline''' follow these steps. Go to the same '''Set baseline properties''' form as described above.  Check the '''Use custom color''' checkbox '''ON'''.  Then, click the dropdown to access to the '''Color Chooser''' form as shown below:
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Finally, select a desired '''color''', for example, orange as used above. When the '''color''' is selected, the '''Color Chooser''' form closes and after clicking '''OK''' in the '''Set baseline properties''' form, the chart looks like this:
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===Connect Baselines and Actual Task Bars/Milestone Symbols===
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The '''Connecting Lines''' control group in the '''Set baseline properties''' form tells the OnePager whether you want to connect '''baseline shapes''' to their task bars with a '''line'''.  This control group is shown below with its controls highlighted:
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Check the '''Connect baselines and actuals''' checkbox '''ON''' to '''enable''' the control group and apply the '''default baseline connection''' settings. To change the '''color''' of the '''connecting line''', check the '''Use custom color''' checkbox '''ON'''.  Then, click the '''color''' window dropdown button to access the standard '''Color Chooser''' form.  Making a selection changes the '''color''' of the '''connecting line'''.  If you do not check this checkbox '''ON''', OnePager uses the '''color''' of the task bar/milestone symbol as the '''color''' of the '''connecting line''' segments.
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To change the '''type of line segment''' ('''solid, dotted, dashed, etc.'''), click the '''Line style''' dropdown button and make your selection. Finally, you can '''edit''' the '''width''' of the '''line''' by changing the value in the '''Line width''' control window.
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Click '''OK'''  on the '''Set baseline properties form''' click the '''OK''' button on the '''Chart Properties''' form to see the '''baselines''' connected to their current schedule task bars/milestone symbols as shown in the sample below:
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In the sample above, two of the three orange '''baselines''' are '''connected''' to their respective task bars with a '''red dash-dot line''' that was '''widened''' to '''2.0'''  to enhance visibility. The third '''baseline''' shown above does not display a '''connecting''' like because its '''finish date''' is within the '''start/finish dates''' boundaries of its task bar.
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===Showing Baseline Dates===
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'''Baseline start/finish dates''' are automatically '''imported''' by OnePager.  The '''Baseline dates''' control group on the '''Set baseline properties''' form provides the controls for '''showing, positioning, and editing''' '''baseline dates''' near the '''baselines''' for a more detailed information of target dates:
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By checking the '''Show start date''' and/or '''Show finish date''' '''ON''' you can select the '''date format''' that OnePager uses in annotating the '''baseline date''', including whether or not to use the '''fiscal year'''.  If you choose to show both '''start and finish dates''' the same '''date format''' is applied both.
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The controls in this control group are very similar to the '''date controls''' associated with task bar/milestone symbol '''date labels''' as described in the article at: [[Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for Version 7.0 (OnePager Pro) | Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager Pro]] <!--10.1.1-70-->
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A sample of the '''date''' formats from the '''Date format''' dropdown menu is shown here:
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To specify the location of the '''baseline (date) label/text''', relative to the '''baseline''', use the dropdown menu shown below from the '''Baseline dates''' group:
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Some care needs to be taken when determining the positions of '''baseline start/finish dates''' as the settings discussed here are '''global''' setting and may result in the '''baseline start/finish date label/text colliding''' with other '''label information''' on the chart. When these '''baseline start/finish date label/text collisions''' do occur they can be corrected by individual '''editing''' of the '''baseline properties''' associated with the offending tasks.
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The '''Use fiscal year''' checkbox in the '''Baseline dates''' control group is an instruction, if checked '''ON''', tells OnePager to show the displayed '''baseline date''' in the '''fiscal year''' format in coordination with the chart’s '''time axis'''.  OnePager takes the action only if the '''time axis''' is, indeed, displaying the '''time axis''' in a '''fiscal year''' format.  To '''edit the '''font properties''' for '''baseline start/finish dates''', click the '''Date font''' dropdown button.  This accesses the '''Font properties''' form.  The controls in this form are the same as the controls for '''editing''' any '''label/text font''' in OnePager. 
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==Editing Individual Task/Milestone Baseline Properties==
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The default settings for displaying '''baseline information''' for individual task bars/milestone symbols can be '''edited''' by using the following steps:
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===Selecting Individual Task Bar or Bars===
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Before you can do so, you must confirm that the '''Baseline markers''' checkbox in either the '''Template Properties''' or '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Bars''' and/or '''Milestones''' tab is checked '''ON'''. You can select the task bar by right-clicking on it to access the task bar right-click '''context menu''' with the '''Format…''' command, right-clicking on the '''task bar name label''', or click the '''Format…''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab after selecting the desired task bars/milestone symbols.
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===Accessing the Change Task/Milestone Properties Form===
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Using any of the available method to select, click the '''Format...''' command to access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form.  Then, navigate to the '''Baselines''' tab in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form which looks like this:
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The '''Baselines''' tab, shown above, controls the display of the '''baseline dates''' and '''connectors''' for the selected task bar/milestone symbol and the placement of the numeric label/text (dates) for '''baseline''' information.  The '''Show Baseline''' checkbox allows you to turn '''ON''' and '''OFF''' the display of '''baseline''' information for the selected task bar/milestone symbol. When the '''Show Baseline''' checkbox is checked '''ON''', you have the option to specify the display of the '''connector''' and the display of '''baseline start and baseline finish dates''' or both for the selected task bar/milestone symbol. When the '''Show Baseline Start Date''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' or when the '''Show Baseline Finish Date''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' (or both) you have access to control over the '''date positions''' and '''font properties''' as discussed above related to modifying all task bar/milestone symbol '''baseline information'''.
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Clicking the '''Use Baseline Defaults''' button in the '''Baselines''' tab of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form resets all '''format properties of the selected '''date label or labels''' back to the settings established in the '''Chart Properties''' form. The '''Use Baseline Defaults''' button looks like this:
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===Example===
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Below is an example of a single task bar’s '''baseline information''' modified:
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The controls at the '''Baselines''' tab of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form for '''Show Baseline Start Date''' and '''Show Baseline Finish Date''', that is, the '''Position''' and '''Font''' controls operate exactly as described for other '''start/finish date''' displays in OnePager. 
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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.

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