Difference between revisions of "Testing Article1"

From OnePager Documentation
Jump to: navigation, search
(Split Resources in the Chart)
 
(565 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==About Creating and Managing Virtual Summary Tasks==
+
==Introduction==
  
A '''virtual summary task''' ('''VST''') is a summary task bar created by OnePager that does not exist in Microsoft Project or Excel. It represents the '''start date''' and '''end date''' of two or more constituent task bars or milestone symbols.  In this respect the '''VST''' is a OnePager '''summary '''task displayed in the chart.  OnePager computes the '''start and end dates''' of a '''VST''' as its constituent '''task dates''' change from '''snapshot to snapshot'''. It also constructs '''baselines''', '''percent complete bars''', and '''critical path segments''' (One Pager Pro ('''OPP''') only) for task bars being summarized. The illustrations and examples in this article are from OnePager Pro.
+
This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
==Creating and Undoing Virtual Summary Tasks==
+
==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
===Make a Virtual Summary Task===
+
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. 
  
To create a '''Virtual Summary Task''' ('''VST'''), follow these steps.
+
===Split Resource Names Example===
  
:1) Select the '''first''' task bar or milestone symbol.
+
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:
  
:2) Use the '''CTL+Left-Click '''method to select the '''second''' (and '''third''', '''fourth''', etc.) constituent task bars and milestone symbols. Or use the '''Lasso '''method to select the desired task bars or milestone symbols.
+
<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png]]</center>
 +
<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png</center>
  
:3) Right-click on any of the selected task/milestone symbols to access the '''task bar '''right-click '''context menu''' shown below.
+
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:
  
:4) Click the '''Make into virtual summary task''' command as shown below:
+
<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png]]</center>
 +
<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(1)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
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.
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(1)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
  
The chart now looks like this:
+
===Enabling Splitting===
  
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(2)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
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>P70-18_0_1-70-(2)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
  
If there are '''Task Links''' associated with the selected task bars their '''Task Links are not shown''' in the resulting '''VST'''.
+
<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
 +
<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png</center>
  
===Unmake a Virtual Summary Task===
+
When you click the '''Next>''' button at the bottom of the form, OnePager accesses the second page of the '''OnePager choices''' form shown below:
  
To '''unmake''' the '''VST''', right-click on the '''VST '''to access the '''task bar '''right-click '''context menu''', and click the '''Unmake virtual summary task''' command in the context menu.
+
<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png]]</center>
 +
<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(3)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
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>P70-18_0_1-70-(3)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
  
When a '''VST '''is '''unmade''', any '''Task Links''' associated with the participating selected task bars are '''restored'''.
+
<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png]]</center>
 +
<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png</center>
  
==Setting Percent Complete for Virtual Summary Tasks==
+
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.
  
Because a '''VST''' is really a collection of several other task bars, it is not always clear how to define its '''percent complete value'''. By '''default''', the '''percent complete''' for a '''VST''' is computed by OnePager so that the '''progress bar''' touches the '''time now line''' even if the '''Time Cursor''' is displayed or not in the chart as shown below:
+
===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(4)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
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>P70-18_0_1-70-(4)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
  
This value cannot always be appropriate because of the positions of the selected task bars with respect to the '''time now vertical line''' (usually the '''snapshot date'''). In some cases there won’t be a '''percent complete''' calculated or in other cases the '''percent complete''' can be illogical.  You can '''override''' this '''default''' and set the '''percent complete''' value manually by using these steps. Right-click the '''VST''' to access the '''task bar '''right-click '''context menu '''and then click the '''Set % complete of virtual summary task''' command shown below:
+
<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png]]</center>
 +
<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(5)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
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>P70-18_0_1-70-(5)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
  
Enter the new '''percent complete''' value and click '''OK'''.
+
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'''.
  
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(6)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(6)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
  
After clicking the '''OK''' button, the '''VST''' and its '''percent complete bar''' look like this:
+
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:P70-18_0_1-70-(6Z)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(6Z)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
==Critical Path Segments in Virtual Summary Tasks==
+
 
+
OnePager Pro consolidates '''critical path segments''' into the '''VST''' from the constituent individual task bars and milestone symbols. This feature is not available in OnePager Express ('''OPX''') because '''OPX''' does not process '''percent complete''' information. In the OnePager Pro chart below, there are four (4) task bars that are selected to become part of a '''VST''':
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(6A)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(6A)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
When the '''VST''' is created, the '''VST''' itself looks like this with consolidated '''critical path segments'''.
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(6B)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(6B)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
==Displaying Milestone Symbols on Virtual Summary Tasks==
+
 
+
Many users often represent their charts entirely with milestone symbols normally to focus attention to '''start dates''' and '''finish dates''' as shown here with milestone symbols '''represented''' at '''finish dates''':
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(6C)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(6C)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
OnePager can represent any '''VST''' configured under circumstances where a '''VST''' is created from '''milestone symbols only''', displays the '''VST''' bar with the collected milestone symbol '''shown on top''' of the bar as illustrated below:
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(7)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(7)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
To control the use of this feature, a checkbox was added to the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Advanced''' tab’s, '''Display options''' control group called '''Overlay VST element''' to turn this feature '''ON''' and '''OFF''' as shown below: 
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(8)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(8)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
The same checkbox is also available in the '''Template Properties''' form’s '''Advanced''' tab in the same control group to set the feature on for all charts and '''snapshots''' created under that '''Template'''.
+
 
+
It is strongly recommended that you '''hide''' the '''task bar name labels''' for the task bars or milestone symbols you select to become members of the '''VST'''.  This is because without '''hiding''' the '''task bar name labels''' they will appear '''overlaid''' onto the '''VST''' along with the task bar and/or milestone symbol selected to participate.  This consequence may cause '''task bar name label collisions''' on the '''VST task bar''' that may be unwanted.
+
 
+
As another example, using the '''BlueGrass...''' chart shown below where the seven (7) original task bars are now represented as milestone symbols at the '''START DATE''' and again '''hide''' the '''task bar name labels''' to better illustrate the result:
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(9)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(9)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
With the '''Overlay VST elements''' checkbox checked '''ON''', a '''VST''' is created as described in the previous section. The resulting '''VST''' looks like this:
+
 
+
<center>[[File:P70-18_0_1-70-(10)-09282020.png]]</center>
+
<!--<center>P70-18_0_1-70-(10)-09282020.png</center>-->
+
 
+
If you want to '''move''' the '''VST''' to another '''row''' or '''swimlane''', there are two (2) recommended approaches on how to do this efficiently.
+
 
+
===First Recommendation===
+
 
+
If the '''VST''' and milestone symbol configuration is the only thing in the '''row''' or '''swimlane''', it is recommended that the '''move''' be done by making the '''move''' as a '''row''' or '''swimlane move''' versus trying to select the '''VST''' as a task bar and '''move''' the task bar individually. The reason is that the '''overlays of milestone symbols''' are separate graphics from the '''VST''' task bar and do not '''move''' with the '''VST''' task bar.
+
 
+
===Second Recommendation===
+
 
+
If the '''VST''' and milestone symbols configuration occupy a '''row''' or '''swimlane''' with other task bars/milestone symbols, we recommend that you '''lasso''' the entire configuration which selects all task bars/milestone symbols and with the selection '''lasso''' active, make the '''move''' up or down for the selected task bars/milestone symbols.
+
 
+
===Caution===
+
 
+
The '''Overlay VST elements''' checkbox is intended to be used '''ONLY''' with milestone symbolsAccordingly, if the '''Overlay VST elements''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' and task bars are being made into a '''VST''' the results may not be appropriate for your needs. Further, making '''Virtual Summary Tasks''' with the '''Overlay VST elements''' checkbox checked '''ON''' also brings the task bars/milestone symbol's '''name labels''' into the '''VST''' which may further complicate the look of the resulting '''VST'''.
+
 
+
==Task Links and Virtual Summary Tasks (VST)==
+
 
+
If you are '''creating''' or '''editing''' '''Virtual Summary Tasks''' ('''VST''') that have either '''Data-Driven''' or manual '''Task Links''', it is important to be aware of how those '''Task Links''' appear after the '''creation''' or '''editing''' processes are complete. Any '''Task Links''' associated with the '''VST''' task bar/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' in the resulting '''VST''' representation.
+
 
+
For more information on the subject of '''Task Links''' and '''Virtual Summary Tasks''', please see this section in the article at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0#Task Links and Virtual Summary Tasks (VST) | Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro - Task Links and Virtual Summary Tasks (VST)]] <!--19.4.1-70-->
+
  
 
==Related Links==
 
==Related Links==
  
[[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro)]] <!--19.4.1-70-->
+
{| class="wikitable"
 +
| [[Templates versus Charts for Version 7.2 | Templates versus Charts]] 4.0.1.3-72
 +
| [[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
 +
|-
 +
| [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 7.2 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] 21.0.1-72
 +
| [[Template Only Features for OnePager Pro for Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for OnePager Pro]] 24.1.1-72
 +
|-
 +
| [[Template Only Features for OnePager Express for Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for OnePager Express]] 24.2.1-72
 +
| [[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
 +
|-
 +
| [[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
 +
| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for OnePager Pro for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Pro]] 24.4.1-72
 +
|-
 +
| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for OnePager Express for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Express]] 24.5.1-72
 +
| [[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
 +
|-
 +
| [[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
 +
| [[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
 +
|-
 +
| [[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
 +
| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for Wrike in OnePager Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Columns for Wrike in OnePager]] 24.5.11-72
 +
|}
  
[[Template Only Features for Version 7.0 (OnePager Pro) | Template Only Features-OnePager Pro]] <!--24.1.1-70-->
+
(24.5.9-72)
  
[[Template Only Features for Version 7.0 (OnePager Express) | Template Only Features-OnePager Express]] <!--24.2.1-70-->
+
[[Category:Version 7.2]]
 
+
[[Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro]] <!--21.13.1-70-->
+
 
+
[[Advanced Tab for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Advanced Tab-OnePager Express]] <!--21.14.1-70-->
+
 
+
(18.0.1-70)
+
 
+
[[Category:Version 7.0]]
+
 
[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
 
[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
[[Category:Virtual Summary Tasks]]
 
 
[[Category:Task/Milestone Editing]]
 
[[Category:Task/Milestone Editing]]
[[Category:Name Label Collision Avoidance]]
+
[[Category:Column Splitting]]
[[Category:Escape Methods]]
+
[[Category:Charts]]
 +
[[Category:Task Links]]
 
[[Category:Ribbon]]
 
[[Category:Ribbon]]
 
[[Category:Snapshots]]
 
[[Category:Snapshots]]
[[Category:Charts]]
+
[[Category:Template Properties Form]]
[[Category:Templates]]
+
 
[[Category:Chart Properties Form]]
 
[[Category:Chart Properties Form]]
[[Category:Task Links]]
+
[[Category:Asana]]
[[Category:OnePager Pro]]
+
[[Category:OnePager Bundle]]
[[Category:OnePager Express]]
+

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

(24.5.9-72)