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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
Previous versions of OnePager Express provided three (3) '''Time Axes''' with all the '''Cells''' in each '''Time Axis '''set at a uniform '''width '''as a function of the '''timespan''' and the '''width '''of the '''graph'''.  This '''“Linear” Time Axes''' implementation was sufficient for most presentations where the focus in the '''graph''' spans its entire '''timeline'''.  That is, there is important information in the '''graph''' from left to right and top to bottom.  There are schedule presentation requirements where it is necessary to focus attention on a '''narrower''' portion of the '''graph''' but to do so can require more '''horizontal '''space in the '''graph '''itself.  In this circumstance, being able to '''widen '''one or more '''Time Axis Level Cells '''to provide more '''horizontal '''space for focus, unobstructed views of '''Comment Boxes''', or '''Free Boxes '''is beneficial to accomplishing the presentation’s goals.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
OnePager Express provides this capability as part of the '''Time Axis Upgrade''' in the form of the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature presented in this article.  With the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature you can use the '''Template Properties '''form and '''Chart Properties ''' forms in their '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab to '''create''' and '''edit Time Axis Level Cells '''with different '''widths''' by using '''The Grid '''provided in the sub-tab.  You can '''edit '''the '''widths '''of individually selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' by using the new '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form  You can also use '''drag and drop methods '''to manually '''edit '''the '''widths''' (by '''stretching '''or '''compressing''') of '''Time Axis Level Cells '''as required for your presentation.
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
===The New Non-Linear Time Axis Feature – An Example===
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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. 
  
Below is an example of a chart going to be configured with a '''Non-Linear Time Axis''' representation for the '''Bottom Time Axis Level'''.  First the original '''Bottom Time Axis Level '''representation with the '''Cell''' to be '''stretched''' selected with a left-click is shown in the chart portion below:
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===Split Resource Names Example===
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_1_2-70-(23)-11132020.png]]</center>
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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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After '''stretching''' the January 2019 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to the right with the '''drag''' '''and drop''' '''method''', the chart looks like this:
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png</center>
  
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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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Note that the '''stretching''' of the '''Bottom Time Axis Level '''(January 2020) is accompanied with a '''stretching''' of the '''Middle Level''' and '''Top Level '''as shown in the example above. Additionally, any task bars/milestone symbols within the '''stretched''' '''timespans''' also are '''stretched'''.  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 '''Format cell… '''command in the '''context menu '''as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_1_2-70-(25)-11132020.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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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. 
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===Enabling Splitting===
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 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.
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For more information on the above techniques, please see this section in the article at: [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express - Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells]] <!--22.3.4-70-->
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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:
  
==Creating Non-Linear Timespans in the Chart==
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2A)-11022023.png</center>
  
===Creating Non-Linear Timespans in the Chart Properties Form's Time Axis Tab Format Sub-tab’s Grid===
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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 discussion in this section and in following sections references '''The Grid''' several times.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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For more information on '''The Grid''', please see this section in the article at: [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#The Timespans Grid in the Template  Properties and Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis-Format Sub-Tab | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express – The Timespans Grid in the Template  Properties and Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis-Format Sub-Tab]] <!--22.3.4-70-->
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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:
  
===Creating Non-Linear Timespans - An Example===
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Suppose you are interested in detailed activities in a one month period and want to '''stretch''' certain '''time periods''' within that month.  You can '''add''' a '''Timespan''' '''entry''' to '''The Grid''' to accomplish this as follows.  Below is a chart the example '''timespan''' month '''stretched '''to help illustrate the feature:
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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:X70-22_3_8-70-(1)-11192020.png]]</center>
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
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As stated in the above illustration, the requirement is to '''expand''' the '''time period''' beginning June 4, 2018 to June 11, 2018 ('''Week 23''') to 300 percent (%) of the original '''width''' of the inclusive daysTo do this, first use the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab to access '''The Grid '''which is empty and click the '''Add Timespan '''button as shown below:
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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:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(2)-11192020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2)-11022023.png</center>
  
With the '''Timespan entry''' in '''The Grid''', the '''From Date ''' and '''To Date''' were changed to 6/4/2018 and 6/11/2018These settings cover from midnight 6/4/2018 through midnight on 6/11/2018 or a full week.   Then change the contents of the '''Zoom% cell''' to 300%After you do this, the form 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'''.
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(3)-11192020.png]]</center>
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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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When you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK''' button in the '''Chart Properties '''form, the chart looks like this with the '''Added Timespan''' '''stretched''' to 300%:
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(4)-11192020.png]]</center>
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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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You can easily verify this by making two simple alterations to the '''Middle''' and '''Bottom Time Axis Level’s''' scales.  That is, '''editing''' the '''Middle Time Axis Level '''to show Weeks and the '''Bottom Time Axis Level''' to show Days as shown here:
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The above chart segment shows the three days intended to be '''stretched '''at the correct '''width'''.
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===Creating Non-Linear Timespans Using Manual Drag and Drop Method===
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The following example illustrates a use of the '''drag and drop method '''when '''editing '''the '''width '''of '''timespans''':
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Suppose you have a simple '''source plan''' and want to draw your audience’s attention to '''timespans''' of special interest as shown below:
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Preparing a standard chart from this '''source plan '''with uniform '''Time Axis Level Cells''', then making a few readability modifications, and highlighting the periods of special interest, provides a chart something like this:
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Since Quarters 3 and 4 of 2018 and Quarter 4 of 2019 are important to the schedule conversation, those '''Timespans''' can be '''stretched''' manually using a''' drag and drop''' '''method''' on selected '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.  To do this, left-click on the '''Middle Level''' '''Time Axis Level Cell''' for 2018 Quarter 3 to select it and use the '''handlebars''' that appear to '''drag''' the '''handlebar''' to the right the equivalent of another Quarter.  Repeat the process for 2018 Quarter 4 and 2019 Quarter 4.  When these three '''drag and drop editing''' actions are complete, the chart looks like this:
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Comparing the '''before''' chart with the chart '''after stretching''' the three Quarterly '''Time Axis Level Cells''', you see the difference.  The '''Start''' and '''Finish Date boundaries''' for the chart did not change although the scale of the chart on the screen and in any output media changed.  The '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the '''Bottom''' and '''Top Time Axis Levels '''are '''stretched''' to correspond with the '''stretching''' actions taken in the '''Middle Level'''.  The '''widths''' of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' outside of the '''stretched''' '''Cells''' remain unchanged although there is a scale change to correspond to the change for the chart as a whole.  Task bars in the '''graph''' occupying the '''stretched timespans''' are correspondingly '''stretched''' but task bar '''Start/End Date boundaries''' are not changed relative to the '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  Portions of task bars that are outside the '''stretched''' '''timespans''' are not '''stretched''' and properly sit on their appropriate '''Start '''and '''End Date boundaries'''.
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'''Decorations''' that appear '''inside''' '''stretched''' task bars such as '''baselines''',''' critical path segments''', and '''percent complete segments''' are proportionally '''stretched''' to occupy the same relative '''horizontal linear space''' within the task bar.  '''Decorations''' that appear '''outside''' of '''stretched''' task bars such as '''Task Labels''', '''Date Labels''', '''Deadlines''', and '''Endpoints''' are '''not''' '''stretched'''.
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'''Task Links''' (not shown above) are also proportionally adjusted to conform to the '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  '''Free Boxes''' and task bar '''Comment Boxes''' are '''not stretched'''.  '''Task Label Font Properties''' are not changed for those task bars shown in '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  '''Curtains''' occupying '''stretched''' '''timespans '''are '''horizontally stretched''' to retain their defined '''Curtain Start '''and '''End''' '''Date boundaries'''.  '''Background images''' in the '''graph''' are not resized regardless of where they''' '''appear within a '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  These modifications to the '''stretched Time Axis Level Cells '''involved provides graphic ways to emphasize these important '''timespans'''
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===Creating Non-Linear Timespans Using the Time Axis Cell Properties Form===
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An individual or group of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' can also be manually '''edited''' by right-clicking on the '''Cell '''or '''Cells''' and selecting the '''Format cell… '''command from the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown below:
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Clicking the '''Format cell…''' button accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form:
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In this form you can modify the selected '''Cell''' or '''Cells background color''' and '''Font properties '''as in previous versions of OnePager.  Clicking the '''Color''' dropdown accesses the One Pager standard '''Color Chooser''' form and clicking the '''Font '''dropdown accesses the standard '''Font properties '''form.  With respect to making '''edits''' to the '''Cell width''' property in the above form, the '''Zoom% '''window is only '''enabled''' if, when '''selecting''' multiple''' Cells''', '''all''' are in the '''same Time Axis Level'''.  If multiple '''Cells '''are selected in different '''Time Axis Levels''', the '''Zoom% '''control is '''disabled'''.  You cannot set the '''Zoom% '''value window to '''zero (0) or less'''.  Attempting this causes OnePager to reset the '''Zoom% '''value in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form’s '''Zoom% '''window to a '''Zoom% '''value of 2.0 percent.
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You cannot set the '''Zoom% value greater than 1,000% '''either.  Doing so causes OnePager to reset the value back to 1,000%.  If multiple '''Cells '''are in different '''Time Axis Levels''', you can modify all selected '''Cells''' with respect to '''Background color''' and '''Font properties'''.  The '''Cell width window''' in the form is for informational purposes only.  When you make '''edits''' with the '''Zoom% '''control window, the '''Cell width window '''is updated to reflect the '''width '''of the '''Cell '''in the linear measure you’ve selected based on your in either '''English''' or '''Metric units''' depending on the type of '''Template Properties''' form you are using (e.g., inches or centimeters). 
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Additionally, since the '''Fill Pattern''' is a property of the '''Time Axis Level''', it cannot be '''edited''' individually for a single '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.  '''Editing''' the '''Fill Pattern''' must be done in the '''Chart Properties''' form. 
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For more information on '''edits''' to '''Time Axis Level Fill Patterns''', please see the article at: [[Changing the Time Axis Background Color and Fill Pattern for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Background Color and Fill Pattern for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.4-70-->
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Making any of the '''edits''' described above to an individual '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells''' makes them all '''mavericks'''.  You can '''reset the default properties''' of a modified '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells '''by clicking the '''Use default properties''' button in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form.  This action resets the selected '''Cell’s properties''' back to those currently set in the '''Chart Properties '''form.
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==Unstretch All Cells After Creating Non-Linear Timespans==
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In the examples above, '''Non-Linear timespans''' are created.  If it is unpractical to use the '''UNDO''' feature in OnePager to return to true '''linear timespans''', where all '''Time Axis Level Cells '''are the same '''width''', the '''Unstretch all cell '''command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below can be used.
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To '''unstretch all cells''', right-click on any '''Time Axis Level Cell''' and click the '''Unstretch all cells '''command as shown above.
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'''Caution:'''  The '''Unstretch all cells''' command, when clicked, operates on the entire '''Time Axis''' at all '''Levels'''.  This is necessary because often, if not always, '''stretching '''a selected '''Cell''' at one '''Level''' causes '''Cells''' above and below to '''stretch '''as well.  Accordingly, when you select '''Unstretch all cells''' command, all '''Time Axis Level Cells''' become uniform in '''width''' in their own '''Time Axis Level'''.  Clicking the '''Unstretch all cells''' returns the previously '''stretched''' or '''compressed''' '''Time Axis Level Cells''' to their original '''width '''and restores the '''Document’s width''' to its original '''size'''.  The '''unstretch''' procedure is inclusive for '''all''' '''Time Axis Levels''' starting with the '''Top Level''', then the '''Middle Level''', and finally the '''Bottom Level'''.  If the chart contains one or more '''Floating Time Axes''', they are '''unstretched '''to match the corresponding '''Cells''' of each '''Time Axis Level'''. 
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After the '''Unstretch all cells '''command is used, the '''Time Axis '''for our example looks like this:
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==Using the Insert Curtain Command==
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It can be advantageous from time to time to insert a '''Curtain''' into the chart that has exactly the same '''Start/End Date boundaries''' as a particular '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells'''.  For example, it can be necessary to highlight a particular Quarter as important in a schedule conversation as shown further below.  '''Time Axis Level Cell '''related '''Curtains''' can be added to the chart using the right-click on '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''and clicking the '''Insert curtain '''command.  To insert a '''Curtain '''with '''Time Axis Level Cell boundaries''', first select the '''Cell '''or '''Cells''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown below:
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When you click the '''Insert curtain''' command a basic '''Curtain '''is inserted into the chart with '''Start/End Date boundaries''' the same as those for the selected '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' as shown here:
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The '''Insert curtain context menu '''command only creates a single '''Curtain'''.  If multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''are selected, either in one '''Time Axis Level''' or multiple '''Levels''', the '''Insert curtain''' command is '''disabled'''.  An '''Inserted Curtain''' can be '''edited''' by right-clicking on it to access the '''curtain''' right-click '''context menu '''as shown below:
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The commands in the above '''context menu''' operate in the same ways as '''context menu '''commands for all other '''Curtains'''. 
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When a''' Curtain '''is created using the '''Insert curtain '''command, a '''Curtain Type entry''' is added into '''The Grid'''.  '''The Grid''' with the '''Inserted Curtain '''is shown below:
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To '''edit''' an '''Inserted Curtain''', you can access the '''Curtain Properties '''form in one of two ways:
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:1) Using the above illustration as a guide, you can click the '''Properties''' button in '''The Grid entry '''for the '''Inserted Curtain''' to access the '''Curtain Properties '''form as shown below:
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:2) The other method for accessing the '''Curtain Properties''' form is to right-click on the '''Inserted Curtain''' itself to access the '''curtain''' right-click '''context menu '''and click the '''Properties … '''command as shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(16)-11192020.png]]</center>
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==Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells==
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'''Time Axis Level Cells''' as well as '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''Formatted''' by right-clicking on the selected '''Cell(s)''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:
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Clicking the '''Format cell …''' command accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form as shown below where you can '''edit''' some of the most important '''properties '''of the selected '''Cell(s)''':
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Making any '''edits''' to the selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' using the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form only '''edits''' these selected '''Cells'''.  After the '''edits''' are made, the selected '''Cells''' are considered '''mavericks'''.  Attempting to set the '''Zoom%''' in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form to zero (0) or a negative '''Zoom% '''value is not accepted by OnePager Express.  Instead, OnePager sets the '''Zoom% '''value for entries values less than or equal to zero to a '''Zoom% '''value of 2.0 percent.  Re-selecting any '''maverick Time Axis Level Cell''' using the procedure above and clicking the '''Use default properties''' button in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form restores the selected '''Cells''' to the '''global''' '''properties''' established in the '''Chart Properties '''form.
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===Creating Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells with the Drag and Drop Method===
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'''Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''stretched '''or '''compressed''' manually by first selecting the '''Cell''' with a left-click and using the '''handlebars''' to '''drag''' the selection rectangle to the desired '''width''' as shown here:
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If you use your mouse to click on the right '''handlebar''' and '''drag''' it to the right, when you release the mouse left-click button, the selected '''Time Axis Level Cell''' looks like this:
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You can use '''time axis '''right-click '''context menu''' and the '''Format cell…''' command to see the new value of the '''Zoom%''' which is the amount of '''stretch''' applied by the '''drag and drop method''' to the selected '''Cell''' as shown here:
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You can use your mouse to select '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in different '''Time Axis Levels''' by using the '''CTL+Left-Click method '''as shown here:
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Above, there are five (5) '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected in the order shownAlthough there are five(5) '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected above, you can only '''stretch''' or '''compress''' selected '''Cells''' using the '''drag and drop method''' in '''one Time Axis Level only'''.  If you now use the mouse to '''stretch '''the 2019 Quarter 2 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''', OnePager '''de-selects''' all selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' highlighted in other '''Time Axis Levels''' such that only the '''Middle Time Axis Level Cells''' that are candidates for '''stretching''' remain selected as shown here:
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On the other hand, if you start to '''stretch '''the '''Bottom Time Axis Level Cells''', OnePager '''de-selects''' the '''Middle Time Axis Level Cells''' before performing the desired '''stretch''' as shown below:
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Once the set of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are selected, anyone of them can be used to '''stretch '''or '''compress '''the set as shown here:
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The general rule is that you cannot '''stretch '''multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that are selected in '''multiple Time Axis Levels'''.
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Using a combination of the '''CTL+Left-Click''' and the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' is restricted.  The following rules apply:
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:1) You can use the '''CTL+Left-Click''' to select any '''Time Axis Level Cell '''in any '''Level'''.  However, attempting to '''stretch '''a single '''Time Axis Level Cell''' when '''cells '''are selected in two or more '''Levels''' results in only the selected '''cell '''being '''stretched'''.  The selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in other '''Levels''' are '''de-selected'''.
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:2) You can use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' to select a series of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that are all in the same '''Level'''.  This results in a contiguous series of '''Time Axis Level Cells '''being selected all of which can be '''edited''' as one or '''stretched '''or '''compressed''' together. 
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:3) When you have a contiguous series of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected you can right-click on any one of them to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu'''.
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:4) You can use the '''CTL+Left-Click '''in multiple '''Time Axis Levels '''and then any attempts to utilize the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' only work if the contiguous '''Time Axis Level Cells '''being selected are in '''one''' '''Time Axis Level'''. 
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:5) Attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' across two or more '''Levels''' is not honored.  For example, suppose you use the '''CTL+Left-Click '''to select several '''cells''' each in the '''Bottom Level Time Axis''' and the '''Middle Level Time Axis''' all the while holding the '''CTL '''Key down.  This results in the clicked '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the two '''Levels''' being selected.
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:6) Attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click '''in either the '''Bottom Level''' or the '''Middle Level Time Axes''' results in contiguous '''cells''' being selected.  If, however, after multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are selected in the '''Bottom''' and '''Middle''' '''Time Axis Levels''', attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click '''in the '''Top Level Time Axis''' is not honored although the previously selected '''cells''' remain selected.
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==Non-Linear Time Axis Cells and The Floating Time Axis Feature==
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However, the relationship between the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''and the '''Floating Time Axis '''features needs to be covered here as well.  As a general rule, whenever an '''edit''' is made to a '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' and there is a corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level '''with corresponding '''cells''' in the chart, any '''edit''' to the '''Time Axis Level Cell(s) '''is also made to the '''Floating Time Axis Cell(s)'''.  The converse is also true.
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===The Grid and Floating Time Axis Cells===
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As mentioned above, '''The Grid''' found in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties '''forms '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab is used to define '''timespans''' and their '''widths''' in the example below.  When the chart contains a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' that are included in the '''Timespan entry''' being considered for '''The Grid''', that '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' are '''widened''' to remain consistent with the same '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' as the example below illustrates.
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Suppose we have the chart that contains three '''Floating Time Axis Levels '''corresponding to the three '''Time Axis Levels''' and desire to '''widen''' the '''Time Axis Level Cells''' corresponding to Quarter 1 of 2019 using '''The Grid''' to modify the '''timespan '''to a '''Zoom% '''of 300 percent as shown in '''The Grid '''entry below:
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After you click '''OK''' or '''Apply '''in the '''Chart Properties '''form, OnePager '''edits''' the chart by '''widening''' the 2019 Quarter 1 '''timespan '''in the '''Time Axis '''and in the '''Floating Time Axis '''as shown here:
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When '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells '''are present in the chart and you select '''Time Axis Level Cells''' for '''editing '''using the '''Format cell…''' command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' and the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form to achieve the same Quarter 1 2019 '''timespan widening '''to 300%, the same '''edit '''is applied to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as shown in the example below.  Using the same chart as in the previous example, right-click the 2019 Quarter 1 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' and then click the '''Format cell… '''command to access the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form where you can '''edit '''the '''Zoom% '''dial to 300% as shown below:
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After you change the '''Zoom%''' to 300.0%, the '''Cell width '''widow updates to show the new '''cell width '''in standard units.  When you click the '''OK '''button on the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form, the chart is updated to reflect the new 2019 Quarter 1 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''and '''Floating Time Axis Cell width '''of 300% as shown below:
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You are also able to keep the any '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' consistent with '''Time Axis Level Cells '''that have their '''widths edited '''using the '''drag and drop method'''.  In this case using the '''drag and drop method '''on selected '''Time Axis Level Cells '''to change their '''width '''correspondingly does the same for equivalent '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and vice versa.  The same sample chart is used below to illustrate this feature.
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Using the previously considered chart and the desire to '''widen '''Quarter 1 2019 to 300% '''Zoom%''', you only have to select the Quarter 1 2019 '''Time Axis Level Cell''' to get the handlebars to appear and use the mouse to pull the handlebar to the right until the '''width '''of the selected '''Cell '''approximates a '''Zoom% '''of 300 percent as shown below:
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After '''dragging''' the mouse to the right and then releasing the mouse right click at the desired location, the chart looks like this:
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You can check on the actual '''Zoom% '''value achieved by the '''drag and drop method''' shown above by selected the '''widened '''2019 Quarter 1 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''', right-click on it to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' and then select the '''Format cell… '''command to access the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form to query the '''Zoom% '''dial’s value as shown below:
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In the example shown above, the actual '''Zoom%''' value realized is 303.0 percent, a reasonable result using the visual '''drag and drop method''' to '''widen '''the selected '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell'''.  The action also resulted in the '''widening '''of the corresponding '''Middle Floating Time Axis Level Cell'''.
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Actions taking on '''Time Axis Level Cells''' as illustrated by the previous two examples can be performed on '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' to achieve the same results on both '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.  These corresponding interrelated results can be expected for other '''edits''' made to '''Floating Time Axis Cells '''and '''Time Axis Level Cells''' such as '''edits '''to '''cell color''' and '''text font properties'''.  These '''edits''' when made to '''Floating Time Axis Cells''' are automatically applied to the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cells''' wherever the '''Time Axis Level Cells''' happen to be located (e.g., either at the '''top''' or the '''bottom''' of the chart).  Additionally, if there are multiple instances of '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' in several locations within the chart, all '''edits '''made to '''Time Axis Cells''' are applied to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells'''. 
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OnePager helps you '''save''' the settings for a chart as a new '''Template Properties''' form with a '''Template '''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 '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab as shown below:
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If your chart contains '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''', these settings in '''The Grid '''are '''copied''' to the new '''Template Properties''' form as '''entries '''in '''The Grid''', and '''saved'''.  When the '''Template Properties '''form you previously '''saved''' is used to create a '''NEW''' chart that chart '''shows''' the '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' you previously created in their '''stretched''' or '''compressed''' configuration when this '''Template Properties '''form was '''saved'''.  In the '''saved''' '''Template Properties '''form, the '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' are represented in '''The Grid''' as shown in the example below:
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It is a rule that''' Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' are '''snapshot-independent '''regardless if they are created by manual '''drag and drop''' '''methods''' applied to the '''Time Axis Level''' or if they are created as a '''Timespan entry''' in '''The Grid.'''  Since '''timespans''' are '''snapshot-independent''', OnePager builds '''The Grid''' for '''timespans''' uniquely for each snapshot that you access in the '''Chart Editor'''.  As such, '''timespans''' can be '''hidden''' in one snapshot and '''shown''' in another all under your control.
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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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