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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
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Task bar/milestone symbol '''absorption''' is a handy way to compress information. The idea is to '''absorb''' one '''short duration''' task bar or milestone symbol into another task bar or milestone symbol with a '''longer duration''', leaving behind only a '''Comment box''' (or two '''Comment boxes '''depending on the mode selected) to indicate the presence of the '''absorbed''' (or '''shorter duration''') task bar/milestone symbol.
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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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===Relationship to the Smart Task Optimization Feature===
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
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The process for '''absorbing one task into another''' operates '''independently''' of the '''Smart Text Optimization''' feature (new with OnePager version 7.0) where OnePager takes on the responsibility for making sure that task bar '''name labels''' in '''collision''' are resolved in the chart. For reference, the '''master switch''' for the '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature (the '''Enable Smart Labeling for task/milestone labels''' checkbox) in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Bars '''or '''Milestones tab '''can be checked '''ON '''or '''OFF''' as shown here checked '''ON''':
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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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The setting of this checkbox has no impact on the '''absorb''' feature.
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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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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png]]</center>
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===Relationship to Task Bar/Milestone Symbol and Name Label Selection Methods===
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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, the upgrade made for OnePager Pro and Express version 7.0 for the selection of task bar/milestone symbols and their associated '''name labels '''has no impact on the process for '''absorbing one task into another'''. This particular upgrade of OnePager version 7.0 allows you to tell OnePager if you want a mouse left-click on a task bar/milestone symbol to select just the task bar or milestone symbol or to select the task bar '''name label''' as well. The setting controlling this feature is in the '''Template Properties '''and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Advanced''' tab is the '''Select associated text''' as shown here:''' '''
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png]]</center>
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OnePager, in this case, treats the '''entire string''' as an individual '''Assigned to''' value. To provide more flexibility in displaying task bars that have '''multiple resources''' assigned, OnePager supports the concept of a '''column splitting'''.  This feature recognizes '''comma-separated''' values in a '''designated column''' and '''creates a separate task bar''' for each of the '''comma-separated''' values.
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===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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The '''default''' setting regarding '''absorbing one task into another''' is that the feature is '''disabled''' in OnePager distributed '''Template Properties '''forms where the '''Allow absorption''' checkbox is checked '''OFF '''as shown here:
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
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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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Checking the '''Allow absorption''' checkbox '''ON''', '''enables''' the '''absorption '''feature and it operates in the chart whenever a '''short duration''' task bar is '''dragged and dropped''' into a '''longer duration''' task bar as is discussed in detail in the following sub-sections. The '''Show absorbed dates''' checkbox has a '''default''' setting of checked '''ON''' because it is assumed that you want the '''absorbed '''task bar’s '''start date '''and/or '''finish date''' to appear in the '''Comment box''' created  for the absorbed task bar’s '''name label'''. Unchecking the '''Show absorbed dates''' checkbox '''OFF''' tells OnePager to only show the '''absorbed''' task bar’s '''name label''' in the resulting '''Comment box'''. This feature is also discussed in the following sub-sections:
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==Absorbing Tasks==
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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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As mentioned in the preceding section, the '''absorbing one task into another '''feature must first be '''enabled''' in either the '''Template Properties '''form or '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Advanced '''tab by checking the '''Allow absorption '''checkbox '''ON '''as shown below for the '''Chart Properties '''form:
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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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Once '''enabled''', any time you '''drag and drop''' a selected task bar/milestone symbol onto another task bar/milestone symbol, the feature responds accordingly as long as the task bar/milestone symbol '''duration''' conditions are met. If you later uncheck the '''Allow absorption''' checkbox '''OFF''', the '''absorption''' feature is no longer '''enabled'''.  Any '''absorption''' actions taken previously in the chart remains and are shown in all snapshots.
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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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After assuring that the '''absorption''' feature is '''enabled''', to '''absorb''' one task bar into another, determine which two task bars are involved, '''drag and drop''' the '''shorter duration''' task bar/milestone symbol to be '''absorbed''' on top of the '''longer duration''' task bar that is to '''absorb''' it. In the example below, the '''Resistance calculation''' task bar is intended to be '''absorbed''' by the '''Engineering Team 2 Development''' task bar as shown in the task bar selection here:  
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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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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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With the '''absorption '''feature '''enabled''', '''dragging and dropping''' the '''Resistance calibration''' task bar on top of the '''Engineering Team 2 Development''' task bar results in the two task bars being placed in the same '''row''' and the accessing of the '''Absorption Options''' form 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.
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If the '''absorbed''' task bar fits entirely inside the '''absorbing''' task bar (in time), the '''Absorption Options''' form is accessed asking if you want to replace the '''absorbed''' task bar '''name label''' by one or two '''Comment boxes'''. Additionally, the form asks you where you want the '''anchors''' for the '''Comment box''' or '''Comment boxes '''placed, that is, at what '''date positions''' ('''End or Start Date'''). The '''default''' position option is '''At end date''' as shown below
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==Related Links==
 
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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.

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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