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==About Task Labels==
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==Introduction==
  
'''Task labels''' displayed in the OnePager Pro '''graph''' are '''imported''' from your Microsoft Project '''source plan’s Name field'''. At a minimum, the Microsoft Project '''Name''' field, along with the task's '''Start/Finish dates''' must be '''imported''' for OnePager Pro to create and display a chart. Once '''imported''', '''task labels''' can be '''edited globally''' or manually in the '''graph'''. This article covers how to '''edit task labels'''.
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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 Task Labels==
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
All '''task labels''' can be '''edited''' without changing the settings in the '''Template Properties''' form by clicking the '''Chart Properties '''button on the OnePager '''Home '''ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Settings''' control group 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. 
  
<center>[[File:P70-10_1_1-(1)-06012020.png]]</center>
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===Split Resource Names Example===
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Clicking the '''Chart Properties '''button access the '''Chart Properties '''form. Navigate to either the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones '''tab as appropriate. On the '''Task Bars''' tab, shown below, ensure that the '''Task 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:P70-10_15_1-(1)-06042020.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 '''Task Label Properties…''' button to the right of the '''Task Labels''' checkbox accesses the '''Set Label Properties '''for 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:P70-10_15_1-(2)-06042020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png]]</center>
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There are two (2) control groups in the '''Set Label Properties '''form.
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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 top three controls in the '''Set Label Properties '''form provide '''Task Label global formatting''' options which are discussed below.
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===Enabling Splitting===
:* The second control group contains all the controls for you to '''tailor''' the operations of the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature within OnePager Pro.  This feature is also discussed below.
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===Task Label Format Controls===
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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:
  
There are three (3) '''global task label formatting''' controls available at the top of the '''Set Label Properties''' form.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
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====Task Label Field Selection====
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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:
  
The '''Label field''' control is a dropdown list containing all '''imported fields '''from your Microsoft Project '''source plan''' as shown here:
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<center>[[File:P70-10_15_1-(3)-06042020.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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The '''default setting''' is the Microsoft Project '''Name field'''; however, any available field in the dropdown list shown above can be used to serve the purpose of the '''task label'''.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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====Task Label Font Controls====
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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.
  
Clicking the drop down associated with the '''Label font''' control accesses the standard OnePager '''Font properties '''form shown below:
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
<center>[[File:P70-10_15_1-(4)-06042020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Create new chart''' button completes the process and creates the chart with the '''column splitting''' feature in use.  The chart with '''splitting''' looks like this:
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Once the '''Font properties''' form is accessed, you have a variety of '''task label formatting options''' available including '''Font style'''; '''task label text color'''; '''font size'''; and options to '''Bold''', ''Italic'', and [[Underline]] the '''task label text'''.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png]]</center>
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====Task Label Position Controls====
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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'''.
  
The '''Label position '''dropdown list provides eleven (11) '''position options''' for the placement of the '''task label''' with respect to its associated task bar/milestone symbol as shown here:
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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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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
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These '''Label position options''' are a subset of the full set of '''Label Position options '''available from the thirteen (13) '''options''' available using the '''Label Position '''dropdown found on the OnePager '''Home '''ribbon tool bar’s '''Position '''control group shown here:
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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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==Related Links==
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===Smart Text Optimization Feature Controls===
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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 bottom control group in the '''Set Label Properties''' form is devoted to the controls for the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature.  
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The '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature is overviewed in the article at: [[Resolving Task Label Collisions for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Resolving Task Label Collisions (Portal)]] <!--9.7.1-70-->
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[[Category:Version 7.2]]
 
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[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
For detailed information on the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature for OnePager Pro, please see the article at: [[Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro]] <!--9.7.1.1-70-->
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[[Category:Task/Milestone Editing]]
 
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[[Category:Column Splitting]]
Since the two articles referenced above cover the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature comprehensively, this article focuses on the control group briefly.
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====Enabling and Disabling the Smart Text Optimization Feature====
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The control for '''enabling''' and '''disabling''' the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature is the checkbox titled '''Enable Smart Labeling for task/milestone labels''' as shown below:
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All OnePager Pro '''Template Properties''' forms are distributed with the '''Enable Smart Labeling for task/milestone labels''' checkbox checked '''ON '''so the feature is '''enabled''' in the '''Template Properties''' form and in the '''Chart Properties''' form when charts are created and '''updated'''. At your option, you can '''disable''' the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature by unchecking the '''Enable Smart Labeling for task/milestone labels''' '''OFF'''.
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====Smart Labeling Settings Control Group====
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The '''Smart Labeling Settings '''control group has four (4) sets of three (3) controls each as shown here:
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Each set is called an '''Escape Path''' which provides an alternative way to reorient a '''task label''' such that it no longer is in '''collision '''with another '''task label''', task bar/milestone symbol, or another nearby informational '''text element'''.
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=====Escape Path Controls=====
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The three controls in each of the four sets are:
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:* The '''Escape Path '''checkbox which, when checked '''ON''', '''enables''' the '''Escape Path '''for consideration as a solution to the '''task label collision situation'''.
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:* A '''limit control''' specifying the maximum extent to which the '''Escape Path''' can be applied.  For example, the number 2 in the '''Wrap text up to Escape Path '''specifies that the subject '''task label '''can only be '''wrapped '''up to 2 lines.
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:* The '''Priority''' of the '''Escape Path''' from '''highest''' to '''lowest''' among the four available '''Escape Paths '''tells the software which '''Escape Path''' to try first, second, and so on.
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The '''default Escape Path''' is '''Wrap text up to 2 lines''' with the '''highest priority'''.  '''Escape Paths''' can be '''enabled''' with any available '''priority ordering'''.
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=====Re-optimizing After Updates Control=====
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The '''Re-optimizing After Updates:''' control at the bottom of the form is specifically to tell OnePager which of three (3) options for '''re-optimizing task label collisions''' should be employed when the chart undergoes an '''UPDATE''' operation specifically in the '''Replacement Mode'''.
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There are three (3) '''Re-optimizing After Updates: '''options available are shown here:
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The selection of one of the three options tells OnePager how to handle '''task label collision situations''' that may arise as a result of '''updating '''the chart.  These options are:
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:* '''Do not re-optimize''': When this option is selected, OnePager does not examine the '''updated''' chart to look for '''task label collision situations''' and does not perform any '''task label optimization.'''
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:* '''Re-optimize changed tasks''': Under this option, OnePager looks at those '''imported/updated''' tasks that have changed as a result of the '''update''', examines only the '''changed tasks''', and performs '''task label collision situation avoidance''' if '''collision situations '''are found for any '''changed tasks'''.
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:* '''Re-optimize all tasks''': Under this option, OnePager looks at '''all imported/updated''' tasks whether changed or not, examines '''all tasks''', and performs '''task label collision situation avoidance''' if '''collision situations '''are found for '''any imported/changed tasks'''.
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For detailed information on the controls in the '''Set Label Properties '''form for '''Smart Text Optimization''', please see the article at: [[Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro]] <!--9.7.1.1-70-->
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==Editing Individual Task Labels in the Chart==
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There are three (3) methods for accessing the controls for '''editing''' individual '''task labels''' on individual task bars and milestone symbols:
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:* You can click the '''Format…''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab after selecting a task bar/milestone symbol or '''task label'''.
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Each of these methods is discussed below.
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===Right-Clicking a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol or Task Label===
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Accessing the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form with this method requires you to right-click on the task bar or milestone symbol or the '''task label''' to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' for either. 
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====Right-Clicking on a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol====
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This action accesses the available commands in the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' when a task bar is right-clicked as shown below:
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If you click the '''Format… '''command from the task bar or milestone symbol, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed at its '''Format '''tab as shown here:
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The '''Format…''' command can also be accessed by right-clicking a '''task bar's name label''' as shown here:
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Accessing the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties '''form from the '''task label''', accesses the form at its '''Task Label '''tab.
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Navigate to the '''Task Labels''' tab on the '''Change Task/Milestones Properties''' form to make your '''edits''' to the selected '''task labels'''. The controls in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form's '''Task Labels''' tab are discussed below.
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====Format Button on the OnePager Pro Home Ribbon Tool Bar====
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The '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form can also be accessed by clicking the '''Format…''' button on the OnePager Pro '''Home '''ribbon tool bar tab after you selected one or more task bars/milestone symbols or '''task labels '''to '''edit'''.  The '''Format…''' button on the '''Home '''ribbon tool bar tab is shown below:
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After clicking the '''Format…''' button as shown above, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed at the '''Format… '''tab or the '''Task Labels '''tab depending on what object was selected. Navigate to the '''Task Labels''' tab on the '''Change Task/Milestones Properties''' form to make your '''edits''' to the selected '''task labels'''.
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===Using the Change Task/Milestone Properties Form’s Task Labels Tab===
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Using any method to access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties '''form, the '''Task Labels''' tab looks like this:
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The '''Show task/milestone label''' checkbox determines if the selected '''task label '''is '''shown''' or '''hidden''' with respect to its associated task bar/milestone symbol. The '''default setting''' for this checkbox is checked '''ON'''.  Unchecking the checkbox to '''OFF''', '''hides''' the selected '''task label '''and '''disables''' the other controls on the '''Task Labels '''tab.
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There are eleven (11) '''label position options '''to select from using the '''Label Position '''dropdown list as shown below:
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Clicking the '''Label Font '''dropdown menu button access the '''Font properties '''form as shown below:
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Within the '''Font properties''' form are controls for '''task label font style''', '''color''', and '''size'''. Additionally, you can set the '''date text''' to '''Bold''', ''Italic'', or [[Underline]].
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Clicking the '''Use Label Defaults''' button in the '''Task Labels '''tab of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form resets all '''format properties of the selected task label or labels''' back to the settings established in the '''Chart Properties''' form.  The '''Use Label Defaults''' button looks like this:
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===Editing the Task Label Only===
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After typing in your changes to the selected '''task label''', close the '''Edit text '''form by clicking the '''OK''' button.  The updated '''task label '''appears in the same position as the old '''label/text''' and is considered a '''task label maverick'''. '''Mavericked task labels''' cannot be reversed, that is, returned to the value '''imported''' from the associated Microsoft Project '''source plan''' using the '''Use Label Defaults''' button discussed above on the '''Task Labels '''tab of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties '''form.
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==Related Topic==
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OnePager 7.0 provides a control for you to change the response that a left-click on a task bar has by allowing a single left-click on the task bar to select '''both the task bar and its corresponding task label'''. 
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For more information on this feature, please see the section of this article at: [[Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0#Making the Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Left-Click Selection Select Both the Task Bar and Task Label in One Left Click | Making the Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Left-Click Selection Select Both the Task Bar and Task Label in One Left Click]] <!--9.1.1-70-->
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[[Basic Workflows for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Basic Workflows (Portal)]] <!--7.0.1-70-->
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[[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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[[Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro]] <!--9.7.1.1-70-->
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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:

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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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