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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
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On occasion '''swimlane level cell''' and '''text column cells''' may contain '''text strings''' or '''values''' that are too '''wide''' to clearly fit in the '''horizontal space''' available.  Th1s may happen because the swimlane cell''' and '''text column cell widths''' are too narrow.  More common, is the occurrence where '''source plan data fields imported''' into OnePager contain information that does not fit in the '''horizontal space''' available.  Where these occurrences are known prior to creating a OnePager chart, you have the option in the '''Template Properties''' form to set the '''widths''' of '''swimlane cells''' and '''text column cells''' before a chart is created.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
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Additionally, once a chart is created, there are controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form for '''globally''' adjusting the '''widths''' of '''swimlane cells''' and '''text column cells''' after chart creation.  Finally, there are manual '''editing''' techniques available to adjust these same '''swimlane cells''' and '''text column cells widths''' using your mouse in the '''Chart Editor'''.
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
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This article covers the '''global''' adjustment of '''swimlane cells''' and '''text column cells widths''' using the controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form.  Since the controls in the '''Template Properties''' form are exactly the same as those in the '''Chart Properties''' form, only the controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form are discussed.  This article also covers how to adjust the '''widths''' of '''swimlane cells''' and '''text column cells''' in the '''Chart Editor'''.
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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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==Globally Adjusting the Width of Text Columns or Swimlane Levels==
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===Split Resource Names Example===
  
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The '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab's '''Swimlanes''' and '''Text Columns''' control groups have identical '''controls''' for adjusting '''swimlane cells''' and '''text column cells widths'''  as 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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===Text Column Width Adjustment in the Chart 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:
  
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Additionally, for your convenience, there is an identical '''text column cell width control''' provided in the '''Text-Column Formatting - Left#n''' form for each of the five (5) '''text columns''' as shown below for the '''Left#3 text column''':
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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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This control is useful when working with the '''Text-Column Formatting - Left#n''' form where it might not be convenient to revert back to the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab.
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
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To use this feature requires turning '''ON''' the feature in the Asana '''Template Properties''' form you intend to use to make the chart.  The setting must be turned '''ON''' before the chart is created so launch OnePager Bundle from the '''desktop icon''', click the '''NEW''' button on the '''OnePager Bundle Start''' form to access the '''OnePager choices''' form, '''select''' your Asana '''source plan''', and type in the chart's '''title''' as shown here:
  
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Again, for your convenience, there is an identical '''swimlane level cell width control''' provided in the '''Swimlane Formatting - Left#n''' form for each of the three (3) '''swimlane levels''' as shown below for the '''Left#3 text column''':
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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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In a fashion identical to the control in the '''Text-Column Formatting - Left#n''' form, this control is useful when working with the '''Swimlane Formatting - Left#n''' form where it might not be convenient to revert back to the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab.
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===Examples===
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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 chart below is configured with each '''swimlane level cell''' and each '''text column cell''' set to '''width 0.95''' to show how their contents look in a narrow '''horizontal space''':
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Click the '''Save and use''' button to complete the process and close the current '''Template Properties''' form returning you to the second page of the '''OnePager choices''' form show above.
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In the illustration above, two of the '''swimlane levels''' and the single '''text column''' appear to have crowded '''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:
  
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This can be remedied in the '''Chart Properties''' form for the '''Left#2 and Left#3 swimlane level cells''' by using the '''Width control''' to increase the value to '''1.50''' as 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 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'''.
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In a similar manner the '''width of the Left#3 swimlane level cells''' are increased from 0.95 to 1.50 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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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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Changing the crowded condition of the '''Left#3 text column cells''' follows similar steps involving the '''Width control''' found in the '''Text Columns''' controls group as shown below:
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The illustration above show that it was necessary to increase all the '''Left#3 text column cells''' because the contents of the '''source plan's Name field''' for each '''imported''' task required more '''horizontal space''' so the '''width''' was increased to '''3.00'''.  The same results can be achieve if, in each of the examples above, the '''Text-Column Formatting - Left#n''' form or the '''Swimlanes Formatting - Left#n''' form is used and their respective '''Width control''' values are changed.
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If you need more '''horizontal space''' for the content in your '''text columns''' or '''swimlane levels''', you can '''resize''' them using '''drag and drop techniques''' with your mouse.  To do this, hover your mouse over the '''vertical edge''' of the target '''text column''' or '''swimlane level cells''' until the '''double-arrow cursor''' appears, then left-click the mouse as shown below for the '''Left#3 text column''':
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As shown in the illustration above, as long as the mouse cursor is hovering over a '''text column''' or '''swimlane level vertical boundary''' the mouse cursor retains the '''double-arrow''' shape.  As you '''resize''' the '''cell's width''', the '''size''' of your overall OnePager chart is adjusted accordingly. 
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The '''double-click''' tells OnePager to examine all the '''swimlane level cells''' and make the '''width''' of the selected '''swimlane level''' adequate to display the contents of '''all swimlane level cells''' in the selected '''swimlane level''' as shown above.  When this same method is applied to the '''Left#3 swimlane level''' in the above chart, the results look like this:
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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
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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:

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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