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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
===The Floating Time Axis Feature===
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
A '''Floating Time Axis''' is a mirror of the chart's '''Time Axis Levels''' positioned within the '''graph''' at a location where it occupies special rows.  There can be any number of '''Floating Time Axes inserted''' into the '''graph''' all under your control.  '''Floating Time Axes''' can be '''edited''', '''hidden''', or '''deleted''' as necessary to help you convey your schedule issues and enhance your schedule presentation.
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
===Floating Time Axis - 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 a sample of an inserted '''Floating Time Axis''':
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===Split Resource Names Example===
  
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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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This is done by right-clicking in the '''Row''' to access the '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu '''where you want the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' to appear either '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW '''as shown here:
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(2)-11202020.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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If you select the '''Insert floating time axis level''' sub-command options to place Year or '''Top Level Floating Time Axis ABOVE''' the selected '''Row''', the chart looks like this:
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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_3_10-70-(3)-11202020.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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Repeating the process for '''Inserting '''the Quarter or '''Middle Level Floating Time Axis''' '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''creates '''two levels '''shown below:
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(4)-11202020.png]]</center>
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To use this feature requires turning '''ON''' the feature in the Asana '''Template Properties''' form you intend to use to make the chart.  The setting must be turned '''ON''' before the chart is created so launch OnePager Bundle from the '''desktop icon''', click the '''NEW''' button on the '''OnePager Bundle Start''' form to access the '''OnePager choices''' form, '''select''' your Asana '''source plan''', and type in the chart's '''title''' as shown here:
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When the action above is completed, all '''three levels''' of the '''Floating Time Axis '''appear. The same procedure can be used to '''Insert Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row''' by accessing the '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu''' in the desired '''Row''' and using the alternate set of sub-commands that place '''Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row'''.
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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>
  
Several individual or sets of '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' can be inserted in a chart.  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’s properties'''.  These properties can be '''edited''' using the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis '''tab’s three '''Level '''sub-tab property setting controls or 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 '''empty space''' 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.
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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:
  
==Using the Floating Time Axis Feature==
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png</center>
  
The new '''Floating Time Axis''' feature is provided so that you can insert one or more '''Time Axis like levels''' into a portion of the '''graph '''so that '''task bars, milestone symbols, task links, comment boxes and other decorations''' can be viewed close to a '''Time Axis '''visual representation as illustrated here:
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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>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(5)-11202020.png]]</center>
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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>
  
'''Floating Time Axes''' are manually inserted individually by '''Levels'''.  '''Floating Time Axes '''can be inserted '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW''' any selected '''Row''' in the '''graph'''.  '''Floating Time Axes '''occupy a new '''Row''' in the '''graph '''for each '''Level'''.  '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be individually selected with a left or right-click, '''edited''', or '''hidden'''.
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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.
  
The '''Rows''' occupied by '''Floating Time Axes''' can be selected in the '''Text Column Label''' area with a left or right-click, '''edited''', '''hidden''', or '''deleted'''.  '''Row''' containing a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''can be moved up or down in the '''graph''' as any other '''Row''' in the chart.  '''Edits''' made to '''Time Axis Level''' '''Cells '''are mirrored in the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' '''Cells''' and vice versa.  '''Floating Time Axes''' can be particularly helpful when charts are vertically long or the '''Top '''or''' Bottom Time Axes''' cannot be visible in the output media presentation.
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
===Creating Floating Time Axis Levels===
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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:
  
'''Floating Time Axes''' can be placed in the '''graph '''by right-clicking in the '''empty space area''' of the '''Row ABOVE '''or '''BELOW''' where you want the '''Floating Time Axis''' placed.  OnePager Express places the initial '''Floating Time Axis''' in the nearest full '''Row''' '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW''' the '''Row''' in which you make the right-click.  The '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu''' that appears allows you to select which '''Level '''('''Top''', '''Middle''', or '''Bottom''') of '''Floating Time Axis''' you wish to display.   For convenience, the sub-commands repeat the '''Tic Unit''' for each '''Level''' and options for placing the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''desired '''ABOVE '''or '''BELOW''' the selected '''Row '''as shown below:
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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>
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(2)-11202020.png]]</center>
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In the chart with '''column splitting''' shown above, there are now several more task bars in the '''Chart Editor''' than there were before.  The task bar for '''Plate Movement''' is now '''split into two (2) separate task bars''', one for each of the '''two resources assigned'''. The task bar for '''Centrifugal Barrier''' is now '''split into three (3) separate task bars''', one for each of the '''three resources''' that were assigned to this task in the Asana '''source plan'''.  Each of the '''resources''' has a unique '''color''' assigned.  Each of the '''resources''' appears by itself in the '''Legend'''.  The '''Legend title''' shows the '''column name''' that is used for '''splitting the columns'''.
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In the illustration above, if the '''Year (Top Level) in row above''' sub-command is clicked, a '''Top Level''' '''Floating Time Axis '''is inserted as an additional '''Row''' just '''ABOVE''' the '''Row''' where you right-clicked:
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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:X70-22_3_10-70-(6)-11202020.png]]</center>
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
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The placement of this '''Floating Time Axis '''occupies a new '''Row''' regardless of whether '''Row''' and/or''' swimlane labels''' are being '''shown'''.  Repeating the process by right-clicking in the same '''Row''' as before and selecting the '''Middle''' '''Level''' and '''Bottom''' '''Level ABOVE''' options inserts the complete set of three '''Time Axis Levels''' into the chart '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''as shown here:
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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.
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(5)-11202020.png]]</center>
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==Related Links==
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===Globally Editing Floating Time Axis Levels Using the Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis Tab===
 
 
Clicking the '''Time Axis Properties '''command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''shown below accesses the '''Chart Properties Time Axis '''tab for the at the '''Level''' corresponding to the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' that you right-clicked:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(7)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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From the '''Chart Properties '''form''' Time Axis '''tab’s '''Top Level''' sub-tab you can make most chart '''global edits''' to both the '''Floating Time Axis’ Top Level''' and the '''Time Axis’ Top''' '''Level '''as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(8-1)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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For example, if you make '''edits''' in the '''Background Colors '''sub-control group as shown below, you get these results:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(9)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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As mentioned earlier, you cannot use the '''global edit''' for the '''Level’s height''' in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Level '''tabs to '''edit''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level'''. 
 
 
To make a change to the '''height '''of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' in the '''graph''' you must right-click on the '''text label''' for the desired '''Row''', access the '''row''' right-click '''context menu''' and click the '''Row height …''' command as discussed below at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level | Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
 
 
===Manual Editing of Floating Time Axis Level Cells===
 
 
====Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells====
 
 
Selecting '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' is accomplished in the same way as selecting '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.  '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be selected individually with a single left-click, selected in a sequence using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' method, or selected in a contiguous set using the '''SHIFT+Left-Click'''.
 
 
The rules for using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' and the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' that apply to using these methods together to select '''Time Axis Level Cells''' applies to using these methods for selecting '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells'''.  Selecting a '''Time Axis Level Cell '''does '''NOT '''also select the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' or vice versa.  You can select '''Cells''' in both '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Time Axis Levels''' using the various selection methods. 
 
 
The rules for selecting multiple '''Cells '''with the various selection methods apply.  Once '''Cells''' in the '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Time Axis Levels '''are selected you can then '''edit''' and '''stretch '''or '''compress '''them as required.  Whatever '''editing''', '''stretching''' or '''compressing''' is done to the selected '''Cells''' by either '''editing''' in the '''Time Axis Levels''' or the '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' is done such that these displayed '''Levels '''remain consistent in the chart.
 
 
====Editing Floating Time Axis Cells====
 
 
Selecting any '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' allows you to use the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' to '''edit''' that specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell'''.  The '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''accessed when you right-click a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' is shown below with the difference highlighted between it and the '''context menu''' for a '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(10)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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The top three commands in the '''context menu''' above provide the same '''editing''' actions for '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as they do for '''Time Axis Level Cells''' found outside the '''graph '''('''Top''' or '''Bottom''' of the '''graph''' or both).  Because the top three commands shown in the '''context menu '''above can change the appearance of the '''Floating Time Axis Level''', it is necessary for these commands to also change the appearance of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level''' to maintain consistency within the chart and the '''graph'''.  Accordingly, most '''edits''' made to a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' are also made to the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.  The exception is in '''editing''' the '''height '''of a '''Floating Time Axis Level'''. 
 
 
'''Editing''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' does not change the '''height''' of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level''' and vice versa.  With respect to the '''Unstretch all cells''' command, the command is '''enabled''' only if one or more '''Cells''' in a '''Time Axis '''or''' Floating Time Axis Level''' is '''stretched''' or '''compressed'''.  Otherwise, the command is '''disabled'''.  If the '''Unstretch all cells''' command is exercised on a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''', '''all''' '''Time Axis '''and''' Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' are '''unstretched'''.
 
 
In the '''context menu''' above, the '''Time-axis properties…''' command accesses the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Top''', '''Middle''', or '''Bottom Level''' sub-tab when this command is clicked depending on which '''Level '''is selected in the '''Floating Time Axis'''.  Most '''edits''' made in the '''Chart Properties '''form are applied '''globally''' to both the '''Time Axis''' '''Level '''and any '''Floating Time Axis Level '''if the '''edit''' applies to '''Cells'''.  If the '''edit''' made in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Level''' sub-tabs changes a '''Level''' related property, such as the '''height '''property, that change is only made in the '''Time Axis Level''' and '''NOT '''to the '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.  For the '''Floating Time Axis''', the '''Insert curtain''' command is '''enabled'''. 
 
 
For more information on the '''Insert curtain '''feature, please see the article at:  [[Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Express]] <!--22.5.6-70-->
 
 
The '''Hide floating time axis level '''command when clicked '''hides''' the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' and displays an empty '''Row '''in the chart.  As an empty '''Row''', it takes on the properties and characteristics of any other empty '''Row'''. 
 
 
For more information on how to restore a '''Hidden Floating Time Axis Level''', please see this section in the article at: [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#Unhiding Floating Time Axes | Unhiding Floating Time Axes]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
 
 
====Making Formatting Edits to Floating Time Axis Level Cells====
 
 
Making '''formatting edits''' to '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' '''mavericks''' both the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''and the '''Time Axis Level Cell '''as well.  For example you can '''edit''' the  '''background color''' for a specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(11)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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Clicking the '''Format cell…''' command accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form where you can make '''edits''' to the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell’s background color''' as shown here using the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''':
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(12)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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Making the above '''edit''' to the '''background color '''in the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''also changes the '''background color '''for the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cell''' as shown below:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(13)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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In a similar way, if you '''edit''' a property of a '''Time Axis Level Cell''' when there is a corresponding '''Floating Time Axis''' in the chart, the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' takes on the change made to the '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
 
 
====Hiding A Floating Time Axis Level====
 
 
The bottom command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''for a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''is the '''Hide floating time axis level''' command.  Clicking this command immediately '''hides '''the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' regardless of what '''Cell''' in the '''Floating Time Axis '''was selected. 
 
 
However, this command '''hides''' only the content of the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' but leaves the '''Row '''visible where the selected '''Floating Time Axis Level '''resided as shown illustrated below:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(14-1)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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This behavior is a bit different from that of '''hiding rows'''.  Normally '''Rows''' in the chart are automatically '''hidden''' in the '''graph''' at the end of the '''hide rows '''operation.  With '''Floating Time Axis Levels''', '''hiding''' the '''Level '''converts the area of the '''graph''' to a normal '''Row''' in the chart that appears as empty space.  The '''Row '''remaining after the '''Hide floating time axis level '''command is completed''' '''retains all the properties of a normal''' Row'''.  It can have '''text columns''' and all their properties remain '''editable'''.  This approach is thought to provide you with greater flexibility when making further '''edits''' to the chart containing '''Floating Time Axis Levels'''.  These normal '''Rows''' can be '''edited''' like any other '''Row''' in the chart.  Once a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''is '''hidden''' and the '''Row''' it occupied appears empty, there is no command available to '''unhide '''a '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.
 
 
====Removing Empty Rows Previously Occupied by a Floating Time Axis====
 
 
When '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' are '''hidden''', as shown above, the empty '''Row''' that replaces the '''hidden Floating Time Axis Level''' can be removed from the '''Graph''' by using the '''Hide rows''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab as shown here:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(15)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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Performing the '''Hide row''' operation using the '''Row hiding choices '''form '''hides '''the previously '''hidden Floating Time Axis Level '''in the '''Graph''' as shown here:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(16)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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An alternative approach to '''hiding''' any''' Floating Time Axis Level''' is to select the '''Row’s Text Column Label '''area with a right-click and click the '''Hide row '''command in the '''context menu''' as shown below: 
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(17)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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When you do this, the chart again looks like this:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(16)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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====Unhiding Floating Time Axes====
 
 
At this point if you want to make the previously '''Hidden Floating Time Axis Level '''visible again, our recommendation is to '''reinsert''' the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' using the right-click in '''empty space''' '''context menu '''to do the function as described above.
 
 
====Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level ====
 
 
As a '''Row''', the '''Floating Time Axis''' can be manipulated as any '''Row '''can''' '''in the chart.  The '''Row''' occupied by a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''can be configured with '''Text columns''', its '''row height '''can be '''edited, '''its '''Row Properties''' can be '''edited''', and it can be '''moved''' manually anywhere in the chart if its '''Text column(s)''' are '''shown''' in the chart.  When a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' is present and associated '''Text columns''' are '''shown''', the '''Text columns''' can be selected separately from the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as illustrated here:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(18)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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'''Selected Floating Time Axis Levels''', like '''Rows''' in the chart, display handlebars for '''editing''' their '''row''' '''height''' when selected by a left-click in a '''Text Column Label'''.  Once selected, you can '''edit''' the '''height''' of the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''manually:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(19)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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'''Editing''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' does not change the '''height '''of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level '''or vice versa.  '''Selecting''' the '''Properties… '''command from the '''row''' right-click '''context menu''' accessed by right-clicking in a '''Text Column Label''' accesses the '''Row/Column Properties '''form at the '''Row''' sub-tab:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(20)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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The commands provided in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' accessed by right-clicking in the '''Floating Time Axis Level’s Text Column Label''', work the same as other '''Rows''' in the chart with '''Text columns''' being '''shown'''.  In the illustration above, making '''edits''' in the '''Row/Column Properties '''form for a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' only '''edits''' the '''properties''' of the selected '''Text Column Label'''; the '''Time Floating Time Axis Level Cells '''are not changed.  However, other commands in the '''row''' right-click '''context menu '''accessed by right-clicking in the '''Text Column Label''' occupied by a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' do have an impact on the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''as follows:
 
 
For reference, the '''row''' right-click '''context menu '''accessed by right-clicking in the '''Text Column Label''' looks like this:
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(22)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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Also mentioned above, clicking the '''Properties … '''command accesses the '''Row/Column Properties''' form at the '''Row''' sub-tab.
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(21)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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Clicking the '''Edit text '''command accesses the '''Enter text''' form where you can provide '''text '''in the '''Text Column Label'''.
 
 
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Clicking the '''context menu’s''' '''Hide row''' command, the '''Add row''' command, and the '''Split swimlane '''command all operate on a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''as they operate on any other '''Row '''in the chart.  Clicking the '''Row height … '''command accesses the '''Row height '''form where you can manually set the value of the '''row height''' with greater precision than with the '''handlebars''' on a selected '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.
 
 
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_10-70-(24)-11202020.png]]</center>
 
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For more information on '''editing''' '''Rows''' please see the articles at:
 
 
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==Floating Time Axes and the OnePager Template Properties Form==
 
 
There are '''No''' corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' or '''Cell''' controls in the OnePager '''Template Properties''' form.  Accordingly, '''Floating Time Axis''' '''Level '''representations are within the individual chart although some '''Floating Time Axis Cell properties''' can be '''edited''' '''globally''' along with their '''Time Axis Levels''' and '''Cells''' in the '''Chart Properties '''form.  Individual '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Cells''' can always be manually '''edited'''.
 
 
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[[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)]] <!--12.0.1-70-->
 
 
[[Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes]] <!--12.13.1-70-->
 
 
[[Editing Row Properties for Version 7.0 | Editing Row Properties]] <!--12.22.1-70-->
 
 
[[Resizing the Height of Rows for Version 7.0 | Resizing the Height of Rows]] <!--12.11.1-70-->
 
 
[[Resizing the Height of Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Resizing the Height of Swimlanes]] <!--12.12.1-70-->
 
 
[[Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.6-70-->
 
 
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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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