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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
This article covers '''manual editing''' of the '''Time Axis'''.  Included are discussions of '''manual editing''' of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' from the '''Chart Editor ''' and '''manual editing''' of '''Floating Time Axis Cells'''.  Because the '''Time Axis Level Cell’s context menu''' contains commands related to the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature and accessing the '''Chart Properties''' form, these topics are covered as well.  There are references placed throughout this article to related topics and a list of '''related articles '''is provided end of this article.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
Please be aware that some '''manual edits''' performed on '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' causes entries to be placed in '''The Grid''' located in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab.
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
The organization of this article follows the process of '''Time Axis Level Cell editing '''from the selection of the '''Time Axis Level Cell''' through the various methods available to '''edit Time Axis Cell '''properties in the '''Chart Editor'''.   
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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.   
  
Please use the '''hyperlinks '''in the '''Contents''' box at the top of this article to go directly to specific topics.
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===Split Resource Names Example===
  
==Selecting Time Axis Level Cells in the Chart Editor==
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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:
  
'''Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''selected''' with either a '''left-click''' which highlights the '''Cell''' or a '''right-click''' which provides access to the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu'''. Multiple '''Cells '''can be '''selected''' in the same '''Time Axis Level''' using either the '''CTL+Left-Click''' to '''select''' non-contiguous '''Cells''' or '''Cells '''in different '''Time Axis Levels''' or the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' to select contiguous '''Cells '''in the same '''Time Axis Level'''.  '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' are selected in order to '''edit''' their '''show/hide''' status, '''edit '''their '''width '''in the '''Time Axis Level manually''', to '''edit '''certain '''Time Axis Level Cell '''properties, or to access the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Level '''sub-tab to make more global '''edits'''.
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png</center>
  
===Selecting Time Axis Level Cells with the Left-Click===
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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 mouse '''left-click '''on any single '''Time Axis Level Cell''' highlights the '''Cell '''with the '''handlebars '''as shown below:
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<center>P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_4_4-70-(1)-11242020.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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Once an individual '''Time Axis Level Cell '''is '''selected''' with the '''left-click '''you can either '''stretch''' or '''compress''' it from the left or from the right '''handlebar'''.  '''Selected Time Axis Level Cells '''cannot be moved up or down from the '''Time Axis Level '''in which they reside. 
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
However, '''Time Axis Levels '''can be '''exchanged''' as described in the article at: [[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.8-70-->
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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:
  
The use of the '''handlebars''' is illustrated below showing the intermediate step after the mouse is placed on the right '''handlebar''' and '''dragged '''to the right side of the Q2 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''':
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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>
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_4_4-70-(2)-11242020.png]]</center>
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When you click the '''Next>''' button at the bottom of the form, OnePager accesses the second page of the '''OnePager choices''' form shown below:
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When the mouse button is released the '''Time Axis Levels '''look like this:
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_4_4-70-(3)-11242020.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:
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Above, the Q1 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell '''is '''stretched''' to approximately double its original '''width'''. Since the '''stretched''' '''Cell''' happens to be in the '''Middle Time Axis Level''', the '''Cells showing''' below it in the '''Bottom Time Axis Level''' are '''stretched''' as well to maintain the related proportionality. In a similar fashion, the 2019 '''Top Level Time Axis Cell '''is '''stretched''' proportionally but the Q2, Q3, and Q4 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cells''' remain unchanged as does the remainder of the unaffected '''Time Axis Level Cells.'''
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<center>[[File:P72-24_5_3-72-(2AAA)-11022023.png]]</center>
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===Selecting Time Axis Level Cells with the CTL+Left-Click===
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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.
  
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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===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(19)-11182020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Create new chart''' button completes the process and creates the chart with the '''column splitting''' feature in use.  The chart with '''splitting''' looks like this:
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Above, there are five (5) '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected in the order shown. Although there are five (5) '''Time Axis Level Cells '''selected above, you can only '''stretch '''or '''compress '''selected '''Cell '''using the '''Drag and Drop method '''in '''one Time Axis Level only '''.  If you now use the mouse to '''stretch '''the 2019 Q2 '''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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<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_4-70-(20)-11182020.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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On the other hand, if you start to '''stretch '''the '''Bottom Level''' '''Time Axis Cells''', OnePager '''de-selects''' the '''Middle Level Time Axis Cells''' before performing the desired '''stretch''' as shown below:
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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_4-70-(21)-11182020.png]]</center>
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
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===Selecting Time Axis Level Cells with the SHIFT+Left-Click===
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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 also select a sequential set of '''Time Axis Cells''' in the same '''Level '''by using the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' keys as shown below:
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Once the '''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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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(23)-11182020.png]]</center>
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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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===General Rules for Using CTL+Left-Click and SHIFT+Left-Click on Time Axis Level Cells===
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Using a '''combination''' of the '''CTL+Left-Click''' and the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' is restricted. 
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The rules provided below are used by OnePager to coordinate the '''selection''' of '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.
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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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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.  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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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'''.  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 two '''Levels''' being '''selected'''.
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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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===Selecting Time Axis Level Cells with the Right-Click===
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If you use the mouse '''right-click''' on a '''Time Axis Level Cell''', the action accesses the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_4_4-70-(4)-11242020.png]]</center>
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The '''context menu '''above has five (5) commands of which four (4) are always '''enabled'''.  The '''Unstretch all cells''' command is '''enabled''' when at least one (1) '''Time Axis Level Cell''' is '''stretched''' or '''compressed'''.  The sections that follow cover the five (5) '''context menu '''commands and associated topics.
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==Manually Hiding/Showing Individual Time Axis Level Cells==
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The '''hiding/showing of individual Time Axis Cells''' feature is useful in schedule presentation situations where you want to '''hide''' portions of the chart that are not relevant to the schedule issues you want to present.  '''Time Axis Level Cells''' as well as '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''Hidden''' by manually selecting one or more '''Cells '''with '''left-clicks''' and then '''right-clicking''' on a selected '''Cell(s)''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(3)-11182020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Hide cell''' command in the above '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' makes the three selected '''Bottom Time Axis Level Cells''' disappear from the chart along with portions of the task bars/milestone symbols occupying the '''timespan''' being '''hidden'''.  The result of clicking the '''Hide cell '''command looks like this:
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===Using The Grid with Hidden Time Axis Level Cells===
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As a record of this action, entries are placed in '''The Grid''' as shown below:
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'''The Grid''' above keeps a record of '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' and is '''enabled''' in the sense that you can restore visibility of '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' by checking one or more of the '''Show '''column''' '''checkboxes.
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Turing '''OFF''' the rules, so to speak, by unchecking the '''On '''column''' '''checkbox has the same effect; that is, the '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cell''' is then '''shown'''.  The '''Zoom% '''is established at the time the chart is created at 100% for all '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.  If a '''Timespan '''is entered into '''The Grid''', the entry’s '''Zoom%''' is set initially to 100%.  Thereafter, the '''Zoom%''' is calculated based upon the original '''Width''' of the '''Time Axis Level Cell''' regardless if the '''Width '''of a '''Cell''' is '''edited''' by the '''drag and drop method''', or '''edited''' in '''The Grid’s Zoom% '''column.  '''Editing''' the '''Zoom%''' value for an entry in '''The Grid''' has an effect only after the '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cell’s Show/Hide status''' is '''edited''' to '''Show''' by the checking of the '''Show '''column''' '''checkbox for that entry.  The status '''edit''' takes effect when you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK '''button on the '''Chart Properties '''form.  If you enter a '''Zoom% '''value of zero (0) or a negative value, OnePager resets '''Zoom% '''value for the '''Cell''' to 2.0%.  Likewise you cannot create a '''Zoom% '''greater than '''1,000%.'''
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As can be seen in the above '''The Grid''', the columns that have their entries '''disabled''' cannot be '''edited'''.  The '''Priority '''column in '''The Grid''' only applies to '''Timespan '''entries.  It is used to keep track of the order that '''Timespans''' are manually '''stretched '''or '''compressed '''in the chart.  The '''Priority '''column helps OnePager perform the '''Unstretch all cells''' command in the proper order.  The '''Add''',''' Delete''', and''' Copy Timespan '''controls are available for '''creating''' and '''editing''' '''Timespans '''in '''The Grid'''.  Since '''The Grid''' is also used to '''create''', '''edit''', and '''track''' '''Curtains''', the commands beneath '''The Grid’s window''' change to reflect the entry selected.  The dates used in '''The Grid''' to define the '''timespan''' include not only the date for '''From/To Dates''' but the '''time of day''' as well. 
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If you just specify '''dates''', OnePager assumes that the '''From Date''' starts at midnight on that day and the '''To Date''' ends 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: 
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===Restoring Hidden Time Axis Level Cells===
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When '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are '''Hidden''' on any '''Time Axis Level''', they can be restored to visibility in several ways.  First, you can go to the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Editing '''group and click on the '''Show/Hide '''dropdown and click the '''Show All Time Axis Cells''' command as shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_4_4-70-(16)-11242020.png]]</center>
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Exercising the above action also clears (removes) all '''Timespan''' entries in '''The Grid'''.  Second, you can also use '''The Grid''' to restore some or all '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' to visibility by checking the desired entry’s '''Show '''column''' '''checkbox as shown here:
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Using the method above restores visibility to the '''Hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' and retains the entries in '''The Grid''' which can be useful for future '''edits'''.  Finally, unchecking the '''On '''checkbox in '''The''' '''Grid '''turns '''Off''' the entry rule thereby restoring the selected '''Timespans ''' to visibility while retaining the entry in '''The Grid '''as shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_4_4-70-(8)-11242020.png]]</center>
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If there are '''hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' in a '''Hidden Time Axis Level''' ('''Show this level''' checkbox in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s various '''Level '''sub-tabs was unchecked), clicking the '''Show All Time Axis Cells''' in the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab's '''Editing''' group’s '''Show/Hide''' dropdown does '''NOT''' restore the '''hidden Time Axis Level '''to the '''show status'''.  In other words, to restore '''hidden Time Axis Level Cells''' the '''Time Axis Level '''containing the '''hidden Time Axis Level Cells '''must be shown in the chart.  However, after the '''Show All Time Axis Cells''' command is executed, and barring any further '''hiding '''of '''Time Axis Level Cells''', when the '''hidden Time Axis Level''' is again '''shown''' all previously '''hidden Cells''' are visible.
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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 manually selecting one or more '''Cells '''by '''right-clicking''' on the selected '''Cell(s)''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(11)-11182020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Format cell …''' command accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form shown below where you can '''edit''' some of the most important '''properties '''of the selected '''Cell(s)''':
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(12)-11182020.png]]</center>
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Making any '''edits''' to the selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' using the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form '''edits''' only 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 Timespans Using the Time Axis Cell Properties Form - An Example===
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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'''.  With respect to making '''edits''' to the '''Cell width''' property in the above form, the '''Zoom% '''window is only '''enabled''' if, selected multiple''' Cells''' are all 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.  You cannot set the '''Zoom% '''value greater than 1,000%.  Doing so causes OnePager to reset the value back to 1,000%.
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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''' you are using (e.g., inches or centimeters).  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'''. 
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'''Editing''' the '''Fill Pattern''' must be done at the '''Chart Properties''' form level.  Making any of the '''edits''' described above to an individual '''Cell '''or '''Cells''' makes them all '''mavericks'''.  You can '''reset the default properties''' of a modified '''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 Timespan''', where all '''Cells''' in a '''Time Axis Level '''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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===Caution When Unstretching All Cells===
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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'''.  This procedure includes for all '''Time Axis Levels''' starting with the '''Top level''', then the '''Middle level''', and finally the '''Bottom level'''.
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===Unstretching All Cells and the Floating Time Axis===
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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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For more information on the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature, please see the article at: [[The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.8-70-->
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For more information on the '''Floating Time Axis''' feature, please see the article at: [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
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==Accessing the Chart Properties Form from a Time Axis Level Cell==
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Clicking the '''Time-axis properties… '''command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''accesses the '''Chart Properties''' form at the '''Time Axis '''tab and the sub-tab for the '''Time Axis Level '''you selected.  '''Selecting''' a '''Time Axis Level Cell''' from the '''Bottom Level''' and right-clicking the '''Cell '''accesses the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''where you can then click the '''Time-axis properties… '''command:
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Clicking the '''Time-axis properties… '''command accesses the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Time Axis '''tab for the '''Bottom Level''' as shown below:
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By using the '''Chart Properties '''form in this way you are able to '''edit''' the '''global properties''' of all '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in the '''Time Axis Level '''selected.  You can also use the sub-tabs in the form above to go to other '''Time Axis Levels''', to the '''Calendar '''sub-tab or the '''Format '''sub-tab.  When multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''are selected in different '''Time Axis Levels''' with the left-click action and a single '''Time Axis Level Cell''' is right-clicked and the '''Time-axis properties… '''command is clicked, the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Level '''sub-tab is accessed only for the '''Time Axis Level Cell '''for which the '''Time-axis properties… '''command was applied.  All other '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that were previously selected are '''de-selected'''. 
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For more information on using the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab, please see the article at:  [[Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Express]] <!--22.4.2-70-->
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==Creating And Editing Curtains with the Time Axis Context Menu’s 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.  '''Time Axis Level Cell '''related '''Curtains''' can be added to the chart using the right-click on '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''and its '''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''' as shown here:
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The '''Insert curtain time axis''' right-click '''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 '''curtain''' right-click '''context menu''' operate in the same ways as '''context menu '''commands for all other '''Curtains'''. 
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For more information on the '''creation and management of curtains''', please see the article at: [[Creating and Managing Curtains for Version 7.0 | Creating and Managing Curtains]] <!--16.0.1-70-->
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When a''' Curtain '''is created using the '''Insert curtain '''command, a '''Curtain entry''' is added into '''The Grid'''.  '''The Grid''' showing 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.  First, 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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For more information on '''Time Axis Curtains''', 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-->
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==Manual Editing of Floating Time Axis Level Cells==
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The '''Floating Time Axis '''feature is new in OnePager Express.  Since this article covers '''manual editing '''of '''Time Axis Levels '''and '''Time Axis Level Cells''' some mention here is required with respect to '''Floating Time Axes.'''
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For more information on the '''Floating Time Axis '''feature, please see the article at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
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===Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells===
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'''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'''.
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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'''.
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Whenever you select a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cell '''is '''NOT '''co-selected 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.
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===Editing Floating Time Axis Cells===
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Selecting any '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' allows you generally to only use the '''floating time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' to '''edit''' that specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell'''.  The '''context menu '''accessed when you right-click a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' is shown below with the difference highlighted between it and the '''floating time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' for a '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
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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'''. 
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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'''. 
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If the '''enabled''' '''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 can be applied '''globally''' to both the '''Time Axis''' '''Level '''and any '''Floating Time Axis Level '''if the '''edit''' applies to '''Cells'''.
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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 not '''enabled'''.  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'''. 
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A discussion of how to restore a '''Hidden Floating Time Axis Level''' is given in paragraphs below.  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.
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For example you can '''edit''' the  '''background color''' for a specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' as is set up to be done below:
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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 below using the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''' form:
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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:
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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 '''edits''' made to the '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
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====Hiding Floating Time Axis Levels====
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The bottom command in the '''floating time axis''' right-click '''context menu ''' 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 below:
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This behavior is a bit different from that of '''hiding rows'''.  Normally '''Rows''' in the chart are automatically '''hidden''' from view 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.
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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:
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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:
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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 '''row''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown below: 
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When you do this, the chart again looks like this:
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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 to access '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu '''to perform the action.
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===Using the Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis Tab to Globally Edit Floating Time Axis Levels===
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Clicking the '''Time Axis Properties '''command in the '''floating 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:
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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:
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For example, if you make '''edits''' in the '''Background Colors '''sub-control group as shown below, you get these results:
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There are '''No''' corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' or '''Cell''' controls in the OnePager '''Template''' 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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==Related Links==
 
==Related Links==
  
[[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.8-70-->
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| [[Templates versus Charts for Version 7.2 | Templates versus Charts]] 4.0.1.3-72
[[Creating and Managing Curtains for Version 7.0 | Creating and Managing Curtains]] <!--16.0.1-70-->
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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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[[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
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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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[[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.4-70-->
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[[The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.8-70-->
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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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[[Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Express]] <!--22.4.2-70-->
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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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[[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-->
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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
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