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==Using Multiple Level Rows and Swimlanes==
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==Introduction==
  
This article introduces you to OnePager’s version 7.0 '''multiple level rows''' and '''swimlane''' management features. Using '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' is a common way to organize your chart so that task bars and milestone symbols in the '''rows''' can be '''grouped''' together in an organized fashion like a '''work breakdown structure'''.
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This article is focused on using the ''' Column Splitting''' feature with OnePager Bundle '''Standalone''' and '''imported''' Asana '''source plans'''.
  
===Multiple Swimlane Level Feature===
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==About Splitting and Parsing Fields==
  
OnePager version 7.0 now supports three (3) '''swimlane levels''' versus the one (1) '''swimlane level''' supported in previous versionsAn example of a chart with three '''swimlane levels''' is shown below:
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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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===Split Resource Names Example===
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Supporting the new '''multiple swimlane level''' feature is a redesigned '''Template Properties''' and ''' Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab 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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===Schedule Presentation Considerations===
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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:
  
It is always important to give consideration to your schedule presentation's '''goals and objectives''' and select the chart organization that best meets these. If you are anticipating using one or more '''swimlane levels''' in a OnePager version 7.0 chart, the organization and structure of the selected '''swimlane levels''' and the information they are to present are key decisions.  It may be that no '''swimlane levels''' are need in the chart at all or that just one or two meets your '''goal and objectives'''.  Once the desired chart organization is determined, the steps below are provided as guidelines for creating the most beneficial chart. The steps follow the organization of the '''Template Properties''' form and the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab such that you can start establishing your settings in the top control group and work your way through them from top to bottom left to right.
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==Creating Charts Using Rows and Swimlanes==
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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.
  
As the '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab above illustrates, there is a step-wise approach to constructing an informative and useful OnePager Pro or Express chart.  The general methodology is for you to create or modify the chart by making setting determinations based upon the '''goals and objectives''' you intend to meet with your schedule conversation:
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===Enabling Splitting===
  
:1) Determine carefully how the chart is going to look - '''swimlane levels''', '''text columns''', the '''collection''' of task bars into chart '''rows''', and the '''grouping of rows''' into the chart's '''swimlane levels'''.  
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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:
:2) Determine how '''source plan''' tasks are going to be '''collected''' and '''sorted''' into chart '''rows'''.  This determination includes determining if only one task bar occupies a chart '''row''' or if multiple task bars occupy a single '''row'''.
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:3) Determine how chart's '''rows''' are going to be '''grouped''' into '''swimlane levels'''.
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:4) Determine how many '''text columns''' are needed to adequately provide  information from the '''source plan''' for the audience without making the chart too busy.
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:5) Determine how '''row and swimlane borders''' are going to be '''formatted'''.
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The five step process suggested above can be iterative as OnePager assists you in these steps because you can always go back to the '''Chart Properties''' form after a chart creation iteration, reassess your settings, and make changes so the chart communicates with respect to your '''goals and objectives'''. The discussion that follows is divided into five (5) sub-sections, one each for the steps listed above.
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===Step 1 - Determine Carefully How the Chart Should Look===
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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:
  
In majority of schedule presentation situations when you anticipate using '''multiple swimlane levels''', the organization of the '''swimlane levels''' and their associated '''source plan''' fields you are going to use are straight forward. When this is not the case, it is recommended that consideration be given to reviewing the '''goals and objectives''' of the schedule conversation where the chart is used and the information needs of audience members.  Every schedule presentation situation is different so our suggestion is to spend some time in '''Step 1''' to layout how you are going to address the remaining steps. Adding '''swimlane levels''' can make the chart look busy and distract from the intended theme.  Too few '''swimlane levels''' can cloud the message you are trying to communicate. The same logic applies to the determination of how many '''text columns''' to include in the chart.
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Since there are three (3) '''swimlane levels''' available, they appear in the chart from left to right as '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', and '''Left#3''' as shown in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab above. The '''highest swimlane level''' in a chart is the '''left-most swimlane level''' and successively '''lower swimlane levels''' appear going to the right. This means that you are encouraged to place the '''highest organizational level''' of the chart in the '''left-most swimlane level''' and so on.  It can be useful to think of the '''multiple swimlane levels''' in the context of your project's '''Work Breakdown Structure'''. Doing so avoids repeating '''swimlane level cells''' within a '''lower swimlane level cell''' which can make the chart confusing and distract from it communication value. It is also recommended that you use as few '''swimlane levels''' as possible consistent with your schedule conversation message and the makeup of the audience.
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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:
  
After making these decisions, OnePager keeps track and provides consistent charts whenever you update your '''source plan''' and create an additional or modified snapshot.
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===Step 2 – Collect Source Plan Tasks into OnePager Chart Rows===
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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.
  
'''Collecting source plan''' tasks into '''rows''' in the chart is usually done by selecting the '''Gantt chart layout''' where each chart '''row''' contains one task bar.  You have the option to use the '''Timeline''' layout where multiple task bars occupy one '''row''' in the chart.
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===Split Resources in the Chart===
  
====Task Layout Sub-Control Group====
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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:
  
The controls for making these settings are found in the '''Template Properties''' form or '''Chart Properties''' form at the '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab's '''Rows''' control group's '''Task Layout''' sub-control group shown below:
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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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For more information on '''Collecting Tasks into Rows''', please see these articles at:  [[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal) <!--12.0.1-70 and [[Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows for Version 7.0 | Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows <!--12.01.1-70.
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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'''.
  
====Row Border Formatting...====
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==Splitting Resources and Task Links==
  
The '''Row Border Formatting...''' button accesses the '''Row Formatting''' form as shown below:
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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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==Related Links==
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'''Row borders''' can be set at this point.  However, we recommend setting '''row and swimlane level borders''' in '''Step 5''' discussed below. For more information on '''Row borders''', please see the article at: [[Row and Swimlane Borders for Version 7.0 | Row and Swimlane Borders <!--12.04.1-70.
 
 
====Row Sorting Sub-Control Group====
 
 
Once the selection between '''Gantt chart''' and '''Timeline''' layout is made, you have additional controls over how '''rows''' are '''sorted'''.  Most OnePager Pro users select the option to '''Sort rows like Project''' to maintain correspondence with their '''source plan''' organization.  Most OnePager Express users select the option to '''Sort rows like Excel''' for the same reason. Selecting the '''Sort on field:''' allows you to select a '''source plan''' field upon which to base the '''sorting of rows''' in the chart.
 
 
'''Rows''' are '''sorted''' chart-wise if there are no '''swimlane levels''' present. When one or more '''swimlane levels''' are present in the chart, '''rows are sorted''' '''within''' the lowest swimlane level only'''.  There are implications on '''sorting rows within the lowest swimlane level''' when there are task bars containing '''duplicate source plan field values''' in the set to be '''sorted'''.
 
 
For more information on '''collecting and sorting source plan tasks into OnePager chart rows''', please see the article at:  [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.0 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels <!--12.02.1-70.
 
 
After task bar '''collection''' into chart '''rows''' and the '''sorting of rows''' are determined, you can move on to determine how chart '''rows''' should be '''grouped''' into '''swimlane levels'''.
 
 
===Step 3 – Group Chart Rows into Swimlane Levels===
 
 
When the decision is made to incorporate '''swimlane levels''' in the chart as well as the number of '''swimlane levels''', you can use the '''Swimlanes''' control group in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab to implement these decisions. The '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab's '''Swimlanes''' control group is shown below:
 
 
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====Swimlane Level Sub-Tabs====
 
 
Each '''sub-tab''' shown above as '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', and '''Left#3''' are identical in terms of their controls. Checking the '''Group by''' checkbox '''ON''' in the '''sub-tab enables''' the '''swimlane level''' and the other controls in the '''sub-tab'''. Use the window dropdown next to the '''Group by''' checkbox to implement your '''swimlane level''' decision with respect to how the chart's '''rows''' are '''grouped''' with respect to the '''source plan''' field to be used.
 
 
For more information on '''grouping chart rows into swimlane levels''', please see the article at:  [[Grouping Rows into Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Grouping Rows into Swimlanes]] <!--12.18.1-70-->
 
 
====Swimlane Formatting...====
 
 
You can  now use the '''Swimlane Formatting...''' button to access the '''Swimlane Formatting - Left#n''' form to make settings pertaining to '''swimlane level heading cell labeling''', '''swimlane level cell labeling''',  and '''swimlane level border''' settings as shown below:
 
 
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Note in the illustration above that the form's title includes the '''swimlane level number'''. The '''Column Heading''' control group in the above form contains all the controls for OnePager to set the '''swimlane level heading cell's label''' or for you to select the '''text content''' for this location in the chart. Additionally, all the '''text formatting''' controls are provided in this sub-group. The '''Swimlane Text''' control group shown above in the middle section of the form, contains all the controls for setting the '''swimlane level cell's labels''' within the '''swimlane level'''.
 
 
The '''Label by:''' checkbox must be checked '''ON''' for the '''swimlane level''' to be '''shown''' in the chart and for the other controls in this control group to be '''enabled'''. As with the '''Column Heading''' control group, the '''Swimlane Text''' control group contains all the '''text formatting''' controls for the '''text content''' of '''swimlane level cells for level n''' in the chart.
 
 
The '''Swimlane Borders''' control group in the bottom section of the this form has all the controls for managing the '''borders''' associated with the '''swimlane level''' selected.  However, we recommend setting '''row and swimlane level borders''' in '''Step 5''' discussed below.
 
 
For more information on '''formatting swimlane components''', please see the article at:  [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.0 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-70-->
 
 
====Swimlane Sorting Sub-Control Group====
 
 
'''Swimlane sorting'''  is done within '''swimlane levels''' involving all the '''rows''' found in the '''swimlane level'''. There are two '''swimlane level sorting''' options for OnePager Pro:  (1) '''Sort swimlanes like Project''' or (2) '''Sort on field'''.  For OnePager Express the '''swimlane level sorting''' options are: (1) '''Sort swimlanes like Excel''' or (2) '''Sort on field'''. Most OnePager Pro users select the option to '''Sort swimlanes like Project''' to maintain correspondence with their '''source plan''' organization. OnePager Express users select the option to '''Sort swimlanes like Excel''' for the same reason. Selecting the '''Sort on field:''' allows you to select a '''source plan''' field upon which to base the '''sorting of swimlane levels''' in the chart.  The options for '''sorting swimlane levels''' is only available if the '''swimlane level''' is '''showing''' in the chart.
 
 
When one or more '''swimlane levels''' are present in the chart, '''rows are sorted''' '''within''' each '''swimlane level''' where '''sorting''' is to be performed by OnePager. Care should be exercised when '''sorting swimlane levels''' where there are '''multiple swimlane levels''' present in the chart.
 
 
For more information on '''sorting swimlane levels''', please see the article at:  [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.0 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-70-->
 
 
===Step 4 – Determine Text Column Needs===
 
 
There are five (5) optional '''Text Columns''' that you can place to the right of any '''shown swimlane levels''' and to the left of the '''graph'''. Their purpose is to highlight information pertinent to '''rows''' in the '''graph''' and the task bars and/or milestone symbols in the chart's '''rows'''. A typical example for the content of two '''text columns''' is to show task bar '''start date''' and '''finish date''' as illustrated in the partial chart below:
 
 
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The controls for managing '''text columns''' are found in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab at the '''Text Columns''' control group shown here:
 
 
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====Text Columns Sub-Tabs====
 
 
Each '''sub-tab''' shown above as '''Left#1''', '''Left#2''', '''Left#3''', '''Left#4''', and '''Left#5''' are identical in terms of their controls. Checking the '''Display data from''' checkbox '''ON''' in the '''sub-tab enables''' the '''text column''' and the other controls in the '''sub-tab'''. Use the window dropdown next to the '''Display data from''' checkbox to implement your '''text column''' decisions with respect to the '''source plan''' data for the task bar or milestone symbol that are displayed.
 
 
For more information on '''text columns''', please see the article at:  [[Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels for Version 7.0 | Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels]] <!--12.3.1-70-->
 
 
====Text Column Formatting...====
 
 
You can  now use the '''Text Column Formatting...''' button to access the '''Text Column Formatting - Left#n''' form to make settings pertaining to '''text column heading cell labeling''' and '''text column cell labeling''' settings as shown below:
 
 
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Note in the illustration above that the form's title includes the '''text column number'''. The '''Column Heading''' control group in the above form contains all the controls for OnePager to set the '''text column heading cell's label''' or for you to select the '''text content''' for this location in the chart.  Additionally, all the '''text formatting''' controls are provided in this sub-group. The '''Column Text''' control group shown above in the bottom section of the form contains all the controls for setting the '''text columns cell's labels''' within the '''text column'''. As with the '''Column Heading''' control group, the '''Column Text''' control group contains all the '''text formatting''' controls for the '''text content''' of '''text column cells for level n''' in the chart.
 
 
There are no '''border controls''' in this form as '''text columns''' are considered part of a chart's '''row''' and the controls for '''row borders''' are contained in the '''Rows''' control group of the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab.
 
 
For more information on '''formatting text columns''', please see these articles at: 
 
 
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| [[Templates versus Charts for Version 7.2 | Templates versus Charts]] 4.0.1.3-72
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| [[Linking Task and Milestones Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links for Version 7.2 | Linking Task and Milestone Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links (Portal)]] 19.0.1-72
 
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| [[Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.2 | Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager]] 24.2.3-72
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| [[Splitting and Parsing Columns for OnePager Pro for Version 7.2 | Splitting and Parsing Fields for OnePager Pro]] 24.4.1-72
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====Text Type Formatting for Date and Numeric Formats====
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When a '''text column's''' designated '''source plan''' field is a '''date type field''', the '''Text Columns''' sub-group in the main form has an additional sub-group added for you to '''edit''' the '''date field''' as it appears in the '''text column cells'''.  This is shown in the illustration below:
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When a '''text column's''' designated '''source plan''' field is a '''numeric type field''', the '''Text Columns''' sub-group in the main form has an additional sub-group added for you to '''edit''' the '''numeric field''' as it appears in the '''text column cells'''.  This is shown in the illustration below:
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===Step 5 – Formatting Row and Swimlane Level Borders===
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As the final step in preparing your schedule discussion presentation chart with '''rows''' and '''swimlane levels''' is to choose '''row''' and '''swimlane borders'''. 
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To format '''row borders''' click the '''Row Borders Formatting... button in the '''Rows''' control group of the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab to acccess the '''Row borders''' form again shown here:
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To '''show all row borders''' including the '''borders in text columns''', check the '''Show Row Borders''' checkbox '''ON'''. This '''enables''' all the controls in the form. These controls include using the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''' form to select the '''color''' for the '''row borders''', the '''width''' control for the thickness of the '''row borders''', and the '''Dash-type''' which has five (5) options. These controls apply to both the '''top and bottom row borders'''.  Be aware that '''row borders''' may be shared with '''swimlane level borders''' whose controls are discussed shortly.
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'''Swimlane border controls''' are provided for each '''swimlane level showing''' in the chart up to three (3). This means that there are three (3) '''Swimlane Formatting...''' forms available, one for each possible '''swimlane level''' shown. When the '''Swimlane Formatting...''' button is clicked, the associated '''Swimlane Formatting...''' form is accessed as shown below:
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To '''show a swimlane level's borders''', check the '''Show Borders''' checkbox '''ON'''. This '''enables''' all the controls in the form. These controls include using the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''' form to select the '''color''' for the '''swimlane level borders''', the '''width''' control for the thickness of the '''swimlane level borders''', and the '''Dash-type''' which has five (5) options. These controls apply to both the '''top and bottom swimlane level borders'''.  '''Caution:''' Be aware that '''swimlane level borders''' may be shared with other '''swimlane level borders''' and with '''row borders''' as mentioned above.
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The '''Inner Frame border''' and the '''Outer Frame border''' of the chart are managed by the controls in the '''Template Properties'''  and '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Main''' tab's '''Borders, frames, and time cursor properties''' button which accesses the '''Set line properties''' form shown here:
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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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