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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
Every '''chart''' has an annotated '''time axis''' coordinated with the various '''start/finish dates''' of task bars and milestone symbols represented in the '''graph'''.  OnePager provides the option of displaying of at least one and up to three '''Time Axis Levels''' under your control.  OnePager is distributed with '''Template Properties''' forms that typically show three '''Time Axis Levels ''': '''Years''', '''Quarters''', and '''Months''', for example.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
'''Time Axis Levels''' can be scaled into '''different units of time''' by using the '''editing '''controls provided in the '''Template Properties '''form or the '''Chart Properties ''' form’s '''Time Axis '''tabs shown below.  The '''Timespan''' of the '''Time Axis '''in the chart depends on the '''Start '''and '''Finish''' '''dates''' either that you input or that are calculated by OnePager from your '''source plan'''.  Once a chart is created, you have the '''editing '''controls available to restructure the number of '''Time Axis Levels''' displayed, their '''units of time''', the '''font properties '''of '''text''' contained in each '''Time Axis cell''', and several other attributes as explained in other articles in this series.
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
For access to the full set of '''Time Axis''' articles, click here:  [[Modifying the Time Axis for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Modifying the Time Axis (Portal)]] <!--22.0.1-70-->
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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. 
  
You also have the capability to position the '''Time Axis '''on the '''Top''' or '''Bottom '''of the '''graph''' or in '''both '''locations under your control.
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===Split Resource Names Example===
  
The '''Floating Time Axis''' feature provides the capability to insert '''Time Axis Levels''' into the body of the '''graph''' at any '''row '''position. 
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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:
  
For more information on the '''Floating Time Axis''', please see the article at: [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.9-70-->
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There are '''editing '''capabilities available using '''Chart Editor ''' '''editing''' techniques and convenient '''editing '''controls added to the OnePager Pro ribbon tool bar.  The remainder of this article provides basic examples of how the '''Time Axis '''feature in OnePager can be used to configure appropriate '''Time Axis '''displays.
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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:
  
==Using the Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis Tab==
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As previously mentioned, OnePager Pro consolidates all the '''Time Axis '''controls into a new '''Chart Properties '''form tab called the '''Time Axis '''tabThe '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Time Axis '''tab is almost identical to the same tab on the '''Template Properties''' form so the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Time Axis '''tab and its five (5) sub-tabs are used here for the illustrations and examples that follow.  In the following sub-sections below are illustrations showing the various sub-tab subsets for the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Time Axis '''tab:
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OnePager, in this case, treats the '''entire string''' as an individual '''Assigned to''' valueTo 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.
  
===Calendar Sub-Tab===
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
The '''Calendar Sub-Tab''' looks like this:
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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:
  
<center>[[File:P70-21_17_1-70-(1)-10242020.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png</center>
  
===Top, Middle, and Bottom Level Sub-Tabs===
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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 '''Middle Level Sub-Tab''', which is typical of the three (3) such sub-tabs, looks like this:
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<center>[[File:P70-21_17_1-70-(2)-10242020.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:
<center>P70-21_17_1-70-(2)-10242020.png</center>
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===Format Sub-Tab===
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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>
  
The '''Format Sub-Tab''' looks like this:
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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.
  
<center>[[File:P70-21_17_1-70-(3)-10242020.png]]</center>
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
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More information on '''editing''' with the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Time Axis '''tab and sub-tabs, please see the article at: [[Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.4.1-70-->
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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:
  
Given the controls shown above, you have significant control over the display of the '''Time Axis '''as discussed under the topics that follow.
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==Globally Editing Chart Time Axis Levels and Cells==
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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'''.
  
Global '''edits''' are made in the '''Template Properties '''form for all charts created with that '''Template Properties''' form or with the '''Chart Properties''' form for all '''editable''' graphic elements with a particular chart covered by that '''Chart Properties''' form.  The examples that follow are made with the '''Chart Properties''' form.  Below is a sample chart showing some '''edits''' in the three '''Time Axes''' for '''level height''', '''cell text color''', '''background colors,''' and '''cell height''':
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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'''.
  
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(1)-10262020.png]]</center>
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
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===Editing the Chart’s Start/Finish Date Boundaries===
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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.
  
In previous OnePager versions setting the '''Start/Finish Date boundaries''' for the chart was in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Main''' tab.  These controls are now consolidated in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s new '''Time Axis '''tab at the '''Calendar '''sub-tab as shown here:
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==Related Links==
  
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(2)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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The '''Start Date''' and '''Finish Date''' '''boundaries''' can be '''edited''' by accessing the '''Calendar '''dropdown as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(3)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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Making '''edits''' to the '''Start Date '''and/or''' Finish Date boundaries''' resets the '''Date Boundaries '''for the chart.
 
 
Another way to '''edit''' the chart’s '''Date Boundaries''' is to use the '''Start '''and '''Finish Date''' '''Calendars''' available on the OnePager Pro '''View''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Dates''' group as shown here:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(4)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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More information on changing the '''Start/Finish Date boundaries''', please see the article at:  [[Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.1-70-->
 
 
===Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells===
 
 
'''Time Axis Level Cells''' and '''Floating Time Axis''' '''Level Cells''' can be '''hidden '''to create '''timespan''' '''gaps''' in the chart's '''timeline'''. 
 
 
The following example shows the creation of such a '''timespan gap''':
 
 
:1) Below is the original '''Time Axis '''with all '''Cells shown''':
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(5)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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:2) You can manually '''select''' the months of September through November of 2019 (with a '''CTL+Left-Click''') and '''hide''' the '''cells''' by a right-click on a selected '''Cell''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click  '''context menu''' and the '''Hide cell''' command as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(6)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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:3) Clicking the '''Hide cell '''command results in the chart looking like this:
 
 
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As the illustration above shows, a '''three month timespan''' is '''hidden '''in the '''gap'''.  OnePager retains a record of this in the table found in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab’s '''Curtains and Timespans '''control group as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(8)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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If, in the course of '''Hiding Time Axis Level Cells''', task bars/milestone symbols become '''hidden''', entries are made in the '''Where’s My Stuff!? '''form.  Select the '''Quarterly Time Axis Level Cells''' to be '''hidden''' as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(9)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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After '''hiding '''the two '''Quarterly Time Axis Level Cells''' the chart looks like this with the '''Where’s My Stuff!? '''form visible:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(10)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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To '''restore''' the '''Time Axis Level Cells '''select the five entries by checking each checkbox in the '''Select''' column (or clicking the''' Select All''' button) in the '''Where’s My Stuff!?''' form as is shown in the example below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(11)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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Clicking the '''Fix Selected '''button updates the '''Where’s My Stuff!?''' form to look like this:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(12)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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The action '''restores''' the five selected task bars to visibility along with their associated '''Quarterly Time Axis Level Cells''' as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(13)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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For more information on the '''Where’s My Stuff!? '''form, please see the article at: [[Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!" for Version 7.0 | Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"]] <!--9.4.1-70-->
 
 
'''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''restored''' by using the controls on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab’s '''Show/Hide '''dropdown menu by clicking the '''Show All Time Axis Cells''' command as seen here:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(14)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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After clicking the '''Show All Time Axis Cells''' command, the five '''hidden''' month '''Time Axis Level Cells '''become '''unhidden'''.  The dates used in the '''Curtains and Timespans Grid''' to define the '''hidden''' '''timespan''' include not only the date for '''From/To Dates''' but the '''time of day''' as well.  If you just specify '''dates''', OnePager assumes that the '''From Date''' starts at midnight on that day and the '''To Date''' end a minute before midnight on that day.  To completely specify the '''timespan '''for a '''Time Axis Level Cell''' to be '''hidden''' it is important to make sure that the '''timespan''' is complete.
 
 
As an example, to '''hide '''the month of January 2019 the '''From Date '''should be 1/1/2019 and the '''To Date '''should be 2/1/2019 as shown here:  '''- Replace with New Screenshot'''
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(15)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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'''Hiding Time Axis Level Cells''' overrides all other settings that you specify by way of '''Flagging '''task bars for import or any specified '''Conditional Import rules''' you defined.  Although the import takes place, '''hidden''' '''Time Axis Level Cells''' govern what is '''shown''' after import.
 
 
More information on '''hiding/showing''' '''Time Axis Cells ''', please see the article at:  [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.3-70-->
 
 
===Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels===
 
 
In addition to being able to now easily '''hide Time Axis Levels''', you can also '''exchange''' '''Time Axis Level''' positions.  Given the chart below where the '''Top''', '''Middle''', and '''Bottom Time Axis Levels '''in Year, Quarter, and Month are ordered from top to bottom, you can '''exchange '''the '''Middle Level''' with the '''Top Level''' by clicking the '''up arrow '''in the '''Re-Order Levels''' control group:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(16)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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When you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK '''button in the '''Chart Properties '''form the '''Top''' and '''Middle Levels '''are '''exchanged''' as shown here:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(17)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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More information on '''Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels''', please see the article at:  [[Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.5-70-->
 
 
===Using the Labels Control Group on the Top, Middle, and Bottom Sub-Tabs===
 
 
The controls in the '''Labels''' control group of these three sub-tabs, shown in the illustration above, provides the means for you to select the characteristics of the '''timespans''' associated with the '''Time Axis Level''' being '''edited'''.
 
 
For more information on the use of the '''Labels''' control group and its controls, please see the article at:  [[Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.1.5-70-->
 
 
===Using the Formatting Control Group on the Top, Middle, and Bottom Sub-Tabs===
 
 
The '''Formatting''' control group on the these three sub-tabs, again, shown in the illustration above, provides the controls for managing the look of the '''borders''' associated with the three '''Time Axis Levels''' in the chart.
 
 
For more information on the use of the '''Formatting''' control group and its controls, please see the article at:  [[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.1.7-70-->
 
 
===Saving Time Axis Level and Cell Settings in the Template Properties Form===
 
 
OnePager Pro allows you to '''save''' the settings for a chart as a new '''Template Properties''' form with a '''Template Properties ''' form name of your choosing.  This can be done any time after creating or '''editing''' a chart by clicking the '''Save as Template''' button on the OnePager Pro or Express '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(18)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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For more information on the '''Save as Template''' function, please see the article at: [[Managing the Current Template for Version 7.0 | Managing the Current Template]]. 24.6.1-70
 
 
If your chart contains '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''', these settings are '''copied''' to the new '''Template Properties''' form and '''saved'''.  When the '''Template Properties '''form you previously '''saved''' is used to create a '''NEW''' chart, that chart reflects the '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' you previously created.  In the '''saved''' '''Template Properties '''form, the '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' are represented in the '''Curtains and Timespans Grid''' as shown in the example below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(19)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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When the above '''Template Properties '''form is used again, any '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that are between the '''From Date''' and '''To Date''' are treated as '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells'''.  You can also '''edit''' the '''Zoom% '''value in a chart that is '''copied''' to become a new '''Template Properties''' form.  When the '''saved Template '''is used again to create a chart, these '''saved Zoom% '''values are used on the new chart’s '''Time Axis Levels'''.  '''Editing''' any of the corresponding settings in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab does not change the corresponding settings in the '''Template Properties''' form.  Settings can be '''edited''' in the '''Template Properties '''form but the form must be '''resaved''' so that the '''edited''' settings are available for subsequent use the next time this '''Template Properties''' form is used to represent '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells'''.
 
 
==The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature==
 
 
Below is an example of chart with a '''Non-Linear Time Axis''' representation for the '''bottom level Time Axis'''.  The '''Non-Linear Time Axis''' is created as described below.  First the original '''Bottom Level''' '''Time Axis '''representation with the '''Cell''' to be '''stretched''' selected with a left-click:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(20)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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After '''stretching''' the January 2020 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to the right with a '''drag and drop''' action the chart looks like this:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(21)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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Note that the '''stretching''' of the '''bottom level Time Axis '''is accompanied by a '''stretching''' of the '''Middle Level''' and '''Top Level '''as shown in the example above.  Additionally, any task bars/milestone symbols within the '''timespan stretched''' also appear to be '''stretched'''.  In some cases the '''width''' of the chart is increased.  You can select multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' using the '''CTL+Left-Click '''method in a single or in multiple '''Time Axis Levels'''.  '''Selecting''' a single '''Time Axis Level Cell''' in any '''Time Axis Level''' allows you to further right-click on the selected '''Cell''', access the '''time axis'''  right-click '''context menu''', and use any of the commands in the '''context menu '''as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(22)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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Selecting multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in any '''Time Axis Level''' and right-clicking on any selected '''Cells '''also accesses the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''where most of the '''context menu’s''' command can be used. Selecting multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in different '''Time Axis Levels''' with the intent of '''stretching''' all the selected '''Cells''' is '''not supported'''.  If this is attempted, OnePager Pro only '''stretches '''those selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the '''Time Axis Level''' where you used the mouse to '''stretch''' one of the selected '''Cells'''.  '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in other '''Time Axis Levels''' are '''de-selected''' before the '''stretch''' drag and drop operation is started.
 
 
More information on the new '''Non-Linear Time Axis''' feature, please see the article at:  [[The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.7-70-->
 
 
==The Floating Time Axis Feature==
 
 
Below, highlighted in green, is an example of an inserted '''Floating Time Axis''':
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(23)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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'''Inserting a Floating Time Axis''' is done by right-clicking in the '''Row''' of the '''graph area''' to access the '''open space''' right-click '''context menu '''where you want the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' to appear either '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW '''as shown here:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(24-1)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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If you select the '''Insert floating time axis level''' sub-command to place the '''Top Level Time Axis ABOVE''' the selected '''row''', the chart looks like this:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(25)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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Repeating the process for '''Inserting the''' '''Middle Level Floating Time Axis''' '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''creates '''two levels '''shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(26)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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When the action above is completed, all '''three levels''' of the '''Floating Time Axis '''appear:
 
 
<center>[[File:P70-22_1_1-70-(26A)-10262020.png]]</center>
 
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The same procedure can be used to '''Insert Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row''' by accessing the '''open space''' right-click '''context menu''' in the desired '''Row''' in the '''graph area''' and using the alternate set of sub-commands that place '''Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row'''.
 
 
Several individual or sets of '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' can be inserted in a chart.  If you are not sure which '''Time Axis Level''' was '''inserted''' as a '''Floating Time Axis''', you can always do the following to double-check.  Right-click on any '''Time Axis Level Cell''' in the '''Floating Time Axis '''in question which accesses the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu'''.  Then click the '''Chart properties''' command as shown in the above illustration.  When you do this, the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis '''tab appears at the '''Time Axis Level '''sub-tab belonging to the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' you originally right-clicked.
 
 
Any manual '''edit''' made to a '''Time Axis Level Cell''' is reflected in the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' with respect to the '''Cell '''properties that can be '''edited''' using the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis '''tab’s three '''Level '''sub-tab property setting controls and using the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu’s Format cell…''' command.  Manual '''edits''' made to a '''Time Axis Level '''such as '''editing''' its '''height''' in the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis Level '''tabs are '''NOT''' made to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.  Performing '''edits''' on the '''Row''' in which a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''resides either by using the '''Row''' right-click '''context menu '''commands or the '''Edit Row properties '''form does '''NOT''' make corresponding '''edits''' to the properties of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level'''.  Only '''edits''' to individual or multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are mirrored in their corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and vice versa.
 
 
More information on the new '''Floating Time Axis''' feature, please see the article at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.9-70-->
 
 
==Enhanced Manual Editing of Timespans (Time Axis Level Cells)==
 
 
By right-clicking on a '''Time Axis''' '''Level Cell''' it can be '''edited''' by using the commands in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown here:
 
 
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Right-click in the '''text label column''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' to '''edit''' the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''using the commands in the '''row''' right-click '''context menu '''as shown below:
 
 
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Right-clicking in a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''selects the '''Cell '''and accesses the '''floating time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' to '''edit''' the '''Cell''' as shown below:
 
 
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More information on manual '''editing''' of '''Timespans''', please see the article at:  [[Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro]]. 22.4.3-70
 
 
==Other Time Axis Related Capabilities Provide in OnePager Pro==
 
 
In addition to the features and capabilities discussed above, OnePager Pro includes additional '''time axis level and cell''' capabilities:
 
 
:1) The '''Custom Date Format''' Feature
 
 
:2) Managing '''Working Hours''' and '''Non-Working Hours'''
 
 
:3) Managing '''Manually Inserted Curtains'''
 
 
:4) Creating and '''Editing Daily Curtains'''
 
 
:5) Managing '''Timespans''' in the chart
 
 
The topics above are advanced capabilities of OnePager. 
 
 
More information on these topics can be found at the table of links below:
 
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
| [[The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.1-70-->
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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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| [[Managing Working Hours and Non-Working Hours for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Managing Working Hours and Non-Working Hours for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.3-70-->
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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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| [[Managing Inserted Curtains for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Managing Inserted Curtains for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.7-70-->
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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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| [[Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.5-70-->
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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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| [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.3-70-->
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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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|-
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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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|-
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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
 
|}
 
|}
</center>
 
  
==Related Links==
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[[Modifying the Time Axis for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Modifying the Time Axis (Portal)]] <!--22.0.1-70-->
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[[Category:Version 7.2]]
 
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[[Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.1.5-70-->
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[[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.1.7-70-->
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[[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.9-70-->
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[[Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.4.1-70-->
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[[Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.1-70-->
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[[Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!" for Version 7.0 | Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"]] <!--9.4.1-70-->
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[[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.3-70-->
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[[Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Switching Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.5-70-->
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[[Managing the Current Template for Version 7.0 | Managing the Current Template]] <!--24.6.1-70-->
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[[The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.7-70-->
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[[Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.4.3-70-->
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[[The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.1-70-->
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[[Managing Working Hours and Non-Working Hours for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Managing Working Hours and Non-Working Hours for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.3-70-->
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[[Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.5-70-->
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[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
 
[[Category:Editing the Chart]]
[[Category:Time Axis]]
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[[Category:Task/Milestone Editing]]
[[Category:Floating Time Axis]]
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[[Category:Column Splitting]]
[[Category:Time Axis Tab]]
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[[Category:Charts]]
[[Category:Non-Linear Time Axis]]
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[[Category:Task Links]]
[[Category:Where’s My Stuff!?]]
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[[Category:Curtains]]
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[[Category:Ribbon]]
 
[[Category:Ribbon]]
 
[[Category:Snapshots]]
 
[[Category:Snapshots]]
[[Category:Charts]]
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[[Category:Template Properties Form]]
[[Category:Templates]]
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[[Category:Chart Properties Form]]
 
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[[Category:Asana]]
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[[Category:OnePager Bundle]]

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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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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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

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