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==Overview==
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==Introduction==
  
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form, shown below, is a tool you can use to manage '''Data-Driven '''and manual '''Task Links''' in charts and snapshots.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
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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. 
  
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form can be accessed at any time by accessing the OnePager Pro '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Editing '''group, clicking the '''Show/Hide '''dropdown, and clicking the '''Where Are My Links? '''button as shown below:
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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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In OnePager Pro, the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Link '''tab, in the '''Data-Driven Task Links '''control group there is an additional button, the '''Where Are My Links? '''button, as shown here:
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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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Each time the '''Where Are My Links? '''form is accessed, OnePager Pro builds the content of the form to specifically reflect the '''Data-Driven''' and/or manual''' Task Links''' contained in the chart or snapshot, whether they are in the '''shown''' or '''hidden''' '''status''', their '''predecessor''' and '''successor '''task shapes (with ID’s), and their source ('''Imported''' or '''Manual''').
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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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===Where Are My Links? Form Column Usage ===
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There are four (4) columns in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form.
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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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In the '''Show '''column (1)''' '''you can check or uncheck any entry’s checkbox '''ON''' or '''OFF''' to control the '''showing''' (or '''hiding'''), respectively, of the associated '''Task Links. '''
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The '''Predecessor''' column (2) and '''Successor '''column (3) provide the '''Task/Milestone Name''' participating respectively in the '''Task Link''' pair.  The numbers in parenthesis following the task bar name label correspond to the '''Unique ID''' for Microsoft Project '''source plans'''. 
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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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The '''Source''' column (4) tells you which entries in the form are '''Data-Driven Task Links (Imported) '''or which are manual '''Task Links''' ('''Manual''').
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===Sorting Columns===
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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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The four (4) columns in the form can be '''sorted''' by clicking on the '''column’s header'''.
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Sorting on the '''Show '''column means that you are sorting between checked and unchecked entries.
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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.
  
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Sorting on the '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor '''columns means that you are sorting alphanumerically on the contents of the entire field.  Because of the relationship between these two columns, sorting on the '''Predecessor''' column, for example, brings along the corresponding '''Successor''' entry and vice versa.
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Sorting on the '''Source '''column means that you are sorting between '''Imported''' and '''Manual '''entries.
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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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The '''Use Show/Hide Defaults''' button at the bottom of the form controls the '''resetting of defaults''' for '''showing ('''or '''hiding''')''' Task Links''' based upon the '''Task Link Filter rules '''you established in the '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form.  This button also applies if you are '''Showing All Task Links''' instead of using '''Task Link Filter rules'''.  If after establishing which '''Task Links '''are to be '''shown''' (or '''hidden''') in the '''Task Links Filter Rules '''form and you later make '''edits''' to any '''Task Link '''individually, clicking the '''Use Show/Hide Defaults '''button '''restores''' all '''Task Links '''to the current '''Task Link Filter rules''' or the '''Show all '''selection.
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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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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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The first shortcut button makes all '''Task Links''', '''imported '''or '''Manual''', '''show''' in the chart or snapshot (the '''Show All''' button).
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In some charts you can have many, many '''Data-Driven Task Links showing'''.  You can use the '''Filter''' feature on the '''Where Are My Links? '''form to '''find''' sets of '''Data-Driven Task Links''' based on search arguments found in the snapshot’s '''task bars name labels'''.  Use either the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links''' tab or the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab to access the sample '''Where Are My Links?''' form shown here:
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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form above lists all the '''Data-Driven Task Links shown ('''or '''hidden''') in the '''current snapshot''' as well as any manual''' Task Links'''.  The '''Where Are My Links? '''form is '''“snapshot-dependent”''' in that OnePager '''creates''' the form’s content based upon the snapshot that is being displayed in the '''Chart Editor '''.  At the top of the form, are controls to '''Filter''' entries contained in the form based upon '''current snapshot''' '''task bar's name labels''' such that only task bars/milestone symbols that meet the '''task name filtering rule''' appears in the form’s data window. 
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After clicking the '''Filter '''button, the entries shown in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s window are only those where the '''Engineering Team 2''' '''task bar name label''' appears in either a '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor task bar/milestone symbol name''' regardless of whether the '''Task Link '''is '''showing''' (or '''hidden''').  The current '''show/hide status''' is displayed in the '''Show '''column’s checkboxes as shown above.
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The '''Filter''' feature provides you with access to a subset of '''Task Link''' entries and can help with the management of the associated '''Task Links'''.  Additionally, any '''edits''' you make to the '''Show '''column are imparted to the snapshot when the '''OK '''button on the form is clicked.  If you access the '''Where’s My Links? '''form after using the '''Filter '''feature to '''hide''' '''Task Links''', the form reappears without any '''Filtering''' of '''task bar's name labels'''.  However, the results of your '''show/hide edits '''are represented in the entries.  Clicking the '''Clear Filter''' button '''restores''' all the entries in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form and clears the contents of the search window.
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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form is '''snapshot-dependent''' meaning that the content of the form is built to reflect the '''show/hide status''' of '''Task Links '''in each snapshot contained in the chart.  If a '''source plan''' task, '''imported '''in a first snapshot is not '''imported '''in a subsequent snapshot, the '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s contents for the snapshot without the '''imported '''task reflects absence of the '''non-imported '''task and its associated '''Task Links'''.  If different snapshots have '''Task Links hidden''', then the '''Where Are My Links? '''form for that snapshot reflects the '''show/hide status '''for the '''Task '''Link appropriate to the snapshot being displayed in the '''Chart Editor'''.  The next sub-section provides step wise examples of these two (2) situations.
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The '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection '''task, with '''Unique ID''' 22, is of interest in this example as it appears in '''Snapshot 1''' and it has '''Data-Driven Task Links '''associated with it as shown in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form below for the above snapshot.
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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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P72-24_5_3-72-(1)-11022023.png

Some of the entries in the Assigned to column consist of multiple, comma-separated items and some tasks only used one resource. Without the column splitting feature, a chart created from these data and assigned task bar/milestone symbol colors based upon the Assigned to column looks like this:

P72-24 5 3-72-(5)-11272023.png
P72-24_5_3-72-(5)-11272023.png

OnePager, in this case, treats the entire string as an individual Assigned to value. To provide more flexibility in displaying task bars that have multiple resources assigned, OnePager supports the concept of a column splitting. This feature recognizes comma-separated values in a designated column and creates a separate task bar for each of the comma-separated values.

Enabling Splitting

To use this feature requires turning ON the feature in the Asana Template Properties form you intend to use to make the chart. The setting must be turned ON before the chart is created so launch OnePager Bundle from the desktop icon, click the NEW button on the OnePager Bundle Start form to access the OnePager choices form, select your Asana source plan, and type in the chart's title as shown here:

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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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