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==Overview==
 
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The '''creation''', '''formatting''', '''sorting''', and '''editing''' of '''rows''', '''swimlane levels''', and '''text columns''' was covered in the three articles in this series shown below:
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When you are moving task bars/milestone symbols to different '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''', you can end up with '''unoccupied rows''' that you can '''hide''', if desired.  '''Rows''' can become '''empty''' for other reasons such as a change made to the chart's '''Date Range''' (i.e., the chart's '''Start Date''' and '''Finish Date''') or because a new snapshot is not '''importing''' one or more '''task bars/milestone symbols''' that were present in previous snapshots.  OnePager provides the option for you to manually '''hide rows''' in the chart or to specify '''automatic hiding of rows''' through controls in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form as explained in this article.
  
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For the purpose of illustration, this article uses the OnePager Pro chart below as the starting point for the discussions of manual '''row hiding''' and '''automatic row hiding''' provided in the sub-sections that follow:
  
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===Manually Hiding Empty Rows===
  
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While these articles mentioned the topic of '''borders '''for '''rows '''and '''swimlanes''', they do not go into any depth while referring to this article. The purpose here is to cover the set of controls you have at your disposal to '''manage row and swimlane borders''' in the chart to include '''showing and hiding''' them, changing their '''visual properties''', and avoiding certain complications arising from the sharing of '''borders '''between '''adjacent rows and swimlanes'''.
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Unlike other control subjects in OnePager, '''borders''' for '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' are not all located in one form but are positioned as close as possible to the '''graphic elements''' they support.
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This article describes '''row '''and '''swimlane border''' controls for '''global creation''', '''showing/hiding''', and '''editing '''and the techniques for manually '''editing row '''and '''swimlane borders '''in the chart.  Topics related to the '''management of row borders''' are addressed first followed by the topics related to the '''management of swimlane borders'''.  Lastly, a brief discussion on '''manual editing row''' and '''swimlane borders''' in the '''Chart Editor''' is provided.
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To use the '''manual row hiding''' feature, click the '''Hide''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab, which is '''enabled''' when the chart has '''empty rows''', as shown below:
  
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==Managing Row Borders in the Chart Properties Form==
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'''Global row border '''controls are found in the '''Template Properties '''and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Rows/Swimlanes '''tab in the top most '''Rows '''control group.  The controls for '''managing row borders''' in these forms are identical so this article uses the '''Chart Properties '''form for the discussion and examples assuming that the charts used in the examples were created with the '''Template ''' oriented toward Gantt chart layouts.  The controls that apply to Gantt chart layouts apply equally well to '''Timeline '''layout charts containing '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' either at a '''single swimlane level''' or '''multiple swimlane levels'''.
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Clicking the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab's '''Hide Rows''' button accesses the '''Row hiding choices''' form shown here:
  
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===The Row Formatting Form in the Chart Properties Form’s Rows/Swimlanes Tab’s Rows Control Group===
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Accessing the '''Chart Properties '''form from the OnePager’s '''Home '''ribbon tool bar tab and navigating to the '''Rows/Swimlanes '''tab and its '''Rows '''control group there is a '''Row Border Formatting…''' button in the middle of the control group.  Clicking the '''Row Border Formatting… '''button accesses the '''Row Formatting '''form shown below:
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The '''Row hiding choices''' form shown above shows that four (4) '''Interior rows are empty''' and can be '''hidden'''.  '''Interior rows''' are '''rows''' that neither are the '''top most rows''' in the chart nor the '''bottom most rows''' in the chart.  '''Top''' and '''Bottom''' value boxes shown in the '''Row hiding choices''' form shown above, count consecutive '''empty rows''' from the '''top of the graph''' and the '''bottom of the graph''' respectively.
  
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Clicking the '''OK''' button on the '''Row hiding choices''' form '''hides''' the '''empty row''' as is done in the illustration below:
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For most OnePager distributed '''Templates''', the '''default setting for row borders '''are that they are '''hidden'''. As shown in the illustration above, the '''Show Row Borders''' checkbox in the '''Row Formatting '''form is checked '''OFF '''for this '''default setting'''. To '''show all row borders''', the '''Show Row Borders '''checkbox must be checked '''ON''' which also '''enables''' the remaining controls in the form as shown below:
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In the above illustration, please note that when '''rows are hidden''' that make up a '''swimlane''', that the '''swimlane''' too is '''hidden'''.
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There are three '''enabled '''controls in the above form for setting the '''line color '''of the '''row borders '''in the chart, setting the '''width '''of the '''row border lines''', and specifying the '''dash type''' for the '''row border lines'''.
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Clicking the '''Color:''' dropdown window’s button accesses the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''' form for selected the desired '''color '''for all '''row borders''' as shown here:
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You also have the option to set up and use the '''row hiding''' feature in an '''automatic mode'''.  That is, you can establish a set of '''options''' in the '''Template Properties''' form before charts are created to '''automatically hide empty rows''' under the conditions you wish.  Additionally, you can use the same controls found in the '''Chart Properties''' form to set or alter these '''options''' after charts are created.  Since the controls for '''automatically hiding rows''' are the same for both the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms, the example below uses the '''Chart Properties''' form.
  
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===Setting Up the Chart Properties Form's Advance Tab's Row Hiding Options===
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The '''Width:''' dial operates the same way other '''width '''dials operate in OnePager where '''valid values''' must be '''positive''' and range between '''1.0 and 20.0'''.
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The controls for setting up the '''automatic row hiding options''' are found in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Advanced''' tabs at the '''Row hiding options''' button shown below:
  
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Recall that the '''Width: '''setting applies to '''all row borders''' in the chart such that excessively '''wide row border settings''' may not have the desired visual effect. Since '''row borders '''are used to separate '''rows''' in the chart, their '''width''' can be used to highlight separation between '''rows''' of interest.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_05_1-(6)-07072020.png]]</center>
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The '''Dash:''' dropdown provides four options for configuring  all '''row borders '''in the chart including the '''solid line''', '''dash line''', a '''dash-dot''', and a '''dash-dot-dot''' as shown below:
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===Row Hiding Options===
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===Row Border Formatting - Examples===
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There are four (4) '''Row hiding options''' available singly or in combination as discussed in the following sub-sections:
  
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For some examples, we can look at a series of '''row border edits''' starting from the chart below with no '''row or swimlane borders''' but with the '''rows '''in the '''graph''' is '''zebra striped''':
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<center>[[File:P70-12_04_1-(5)-07022020.png]]</center>
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When the '''Look at current snapshot only''' checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager looks only at the '''current snapshot''' to determine which '''rows are empty'''. When the '''Look at current snapshot only''' checkbox is '''OFF''', OnePager looks at '''all snapshots''' before deciding that a '''row is empty'''.  In either case, please note that any '''rows''' that are '''hidden''' are '''hidden''' in '''all snapshots'''.
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If we update the '''Row Border Formatting''' form to '''show row borders '''and show them in green with a '''width '''of '''2.0''' using the '''dash-dot-dot dash type''', the chart looks like this:
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When the '''Hide newly-empty rows on import''' checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager '''automatically hides''' any '''rows''' that become '''empty''' when you '''add or update a snapshot'''.   This can happen when a task bar or milestone symbol is present in some '''snapshots''' but is missing from the '''snapshot''' that is currently being '''updating'''.    Please keep in mind, however, that the '''hidden rows''' are now being '''hidden''' in '''all snapshots''' and not just in the '''snapshot''' being '''updated'''.
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The illustration above shows the '''row borders '''as intended: (1) green '''color''', (2) '''width 2.0''', and (3) '''dash-dot-dot dash type'''.  The '''row borders '''extend out of the '''graph area '''to the left and include top and bottom '''row borders '''for all '''showing text columns''' in the chart.  Finally, '''row borders '''do not include the top or bottom '''lines''' that make up the '''Inner Frame''' of the chart.
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When this checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager '''automatically unhides''' task bars/milestone symbols, '''rows''', and '''swimlanes''' that were '''hidden''' in previous '''snapshots''' if any of the tasks/milestones in the '''source plan''' are '''flagged''' for '''import''' on the '''current snapshot'''.   This assures that in '''new snapshots''' all previously '''hidden''' task bars/milestone symbols and their previously '''hidden rows and swimlanes''' are visible.   If the '''Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones''' checkbox is checked '''OFF''', OnePager continues to '''hide''' previously '''hidden rows and swimlanes''' as the '''new snapshot''' is created.  The default setting for the '''Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones''' checkbox is checked '''ON'''.
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The '''Row Borders Formatting''' form can be used at any time to '''edit all row borders '''in the chart.  '''Row borders '''are '''snapshot-independent''' meaning that the last '''row border '''configuration established for the chart appears in all snapshots.  That is, the '''row borders '''do not change from snapshot to snapshot.
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When the '''Hide rows when dates are outside the date range''' option is checked '''ON''', clicking the '''Hide''' button '''hides rows''' that appear '''empty''' because the '''source plan''' task/milestones occupying those '''rows''' are outside the '''start-end dates''' for the chart .
  
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Like '''global row border '''controls, '''global swimlane level '''controls are found in the '''Template Properties '''and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Rows/Swimlanes '''tab in the middle '''Swimlanes '''control group. The controls for '''managing swimlane borders''' in these forms are identical so this article uses the '''Chart Properties '''form for the discussion and examples assuming that the charts used in the examples were created with the '''Template ''' oriented toward Gantt chart layouts. The controls that apply to Gantt chart layouts apply equally well to '''Timeline '''layout charts containing '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' either at a '''single swimlane level''' or '''multiple swimlane levels'''.
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When the '''Hide rows when dates are outside the date range''' option is checked '''ON''', OnePager knows that you want '''rows''' where '''source plan''' tasks/milestones are not within the '''start-end dates''' range of the chart to be '''hidden''' when you click the '''Hide''' button on the ribbon. As with the '''Look at current snapshot only''' row '''hiding''' action, the '''row hiding'''  for this option does not occur until you click the '''Hide''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab.
  
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Because there are '''three swimlane levels''' available, '''borders''' for each '''swimlane level''' can be managed separately for each '''swimlane level'''.  Like '''row borders''' in the '''graph area''', the controls for '''managing each swimlane level’s borders '''are found in the '''Swimlane Formatting – Left#n '''form accessed by clicking the '''Swimlane Formatting… '''button in the '''Swimlanes '''control group of the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Rows/Swimlanes '''tab.  Accessing the '''Chart Properties '''form from the OnePager’s '''Home '''ribbon tool bar tab and navigating to the '''Rows/Swimlanes '''tab and its '''Swimlanes '''control group there is a '''Swimlane Formatting…''' button.
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Clicking the '''Swimlane Formatting… '''button accesses the '''Swimlane Formatting – Left#1 '''form as shown in the example below for the '''Left#1 swimlane level''':  
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If '''rows and/or swimlanes''' are '''hidden''', for any reason, they can be found by using the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' feature accessed from the '''Show/Hide''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab as shown below for the example used in this article:
  
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For most OnePager distributed '''Templates''', the '''default setting for all swimlane level borders '''are that they are '''hidden'''.  As shown in the illustration above, the '''Show Borders''' checkbox in the '''Row Formatting '''form is checked '''OFF '''for this '''default setting'''.
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When the “Where’s My Stuff?!” is clicked, the form is accessed showing which '''task names''' are '''hidden''' and the reasons for being '''hid''' as shown below:
  
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The '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form shown above, indicates that four (4) tasks are '''hidden''' in the chart and that their respective '''rows''' are '''hidden''' as well. The '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form keeps track of all covered items that are '''hidden''' by indicating the '''task name''' from the '''source plan''' and the reason that the '''items''' are '''hidden''' by indicating a red X in the column appropriate for the '''task name'''.
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The above illustration shows that the '''zebra striping '''of the '''Left#1 swimlane level ''' is helpful but to highlight the chart better we can first place '''swimlane level borders''' for the '''Left#1 swimlane level''' in the chart by resetting the appropriate controls in the '''Swimlane Formatting – Left#1 '''form to have '''Left#1 swimlane borders '''that are '''colored''' red, with a '''width''' of '''2.0''', and a '''dash type ''' of '''dashed''' as shown below:
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==Related Links==
 
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[[Basic Workflows for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Basic Workflows (Portal)]] <!--7.0.1-70-->
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[[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)]] <!--12.0.1-70-->
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[[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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[[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.0 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-70-->
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Revision as of 17:08, 14 January 2021

Overview

When you are moving task bars/milestone symbols to different rows and swimlanes, you can end up with unoccupied rows that you can hide, if desired. Rows can become empty for other reasons such as a change made to the chart's Date Range (i.e., the chart's Start Date and Finish Date) or because a new snapshot is not importing one or more task bars/milestone symbols that were present in previous snapshots. OnePager provides the option for you to manually hide rows in the chart or to specify automatic hiding of rows through controls in the Template Properties and Chart Properties form as explained in this article.

For the purpose of illustration, this article uses the OnePager Pro chart below as the starting point for the discussions of manual row hiding and automatic row hiding provided in the sub-sections that follow:

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Manually Hiding Empty Rows

In the examples that follow, four task bars are hidden:

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To use the manual row hiding feature, click the Hide button on the OnePager Home ribbon tool bar tab, which is enabled when the chart has empty rows, as shown below:

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Clicking the Home ribbon tool bar tab's Hide Rows button accesses the Row hiding choices form shown here:

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The Row hiding choices form shown above shows that four (4) Interior rows are empty and can be hidden. Interior rows are rows that neither are the top most rows in the chart nor the bottom most rows in the chart. Top and Bottom value boxes shown in the Row hiding choices form shown above, count consecutive empty rows from the top of the graph and the bottom of the graph respectively.

Clicking the OK button on the Row hiding choices form hides the empty row as is done in the illustration below:

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In the above illustration, please note that when rows are hidden that make up a swimlane, that the swimlane too is hidden.

Automatically Hiding Empty Rows

You also have the option to set up and use the row hiding feature in an automatic mode. That is, you can establish a set of options in the Template Properties form before charts are created to automatically hide empty rows under the conditions you wish. Additionally, you can use the same controls found in the Chart Properties form to set or alter these options after charts are created. Since the controls for automatically hiding rows are the same for both the Template Properties and Chart Properties forms, the example below uses the Chart Properties form.

Setting Up the Chart Properties Form's Advance Tab's Row Hiding Options

The controls for setting up the automatic row hiding options are found in the Chart Properties form's Advanced tabs at the Row hiding options button shown below:

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Accessing the Row Hiding Options form requires clicking the Row hiding options button as shown above.

Row Hiding Options

There are four (4) Row hiding options available singly or in combination as discussed in the following sub-sections:

Look at current snapshot only

When the Look at current snapshot only checkbox is checked ON, OnePager looks only at the current snapshot to determine which rows are empty. When the Look at current snapshot only checkbox is OFF, OnePager looks at all snapshots before deciding that a row is empty. In either case, please note that any rows that are hidden are hidden in all snapshots.

Hide newly-empty rows on import

When the Hide newly-empty rows on import checkbox is checked ON, OnePager automatically hides any rows that become empty when you add or update a snapshot. This can happen when a task bar or milestone symbol is present in some snapshots but is missing from the snapshot that is currently being updating. Please keep in mind, however, that the hidden rows are now being hidden in all snapshots and not just in the snapshot being updated.

Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones

When this checkbox is checked ON, OnePager automatically unhides task bars/milestone symbols, rows, and swimlanes that were hidden in previous snapshots if any of the tasks/milestones in the source plan are flagged for import on the current snapshot. This assures that in new snapshots all previously hidden task bars/milestone symbols and their previously hidden rows and swimlanes are visible. If the Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones checkbox is checked OFF, OnePager continues to hide previously hidden rows and swimlanes as the new snapshot is created. The default setting for the Unhide rows for flagged tasks/milestones checkbox is checked ON.

Hide rows when dates are outside the date range

When the Hide rows when dates are outside the date range option is checked ON, clicking the Hide button hides rows that appear empty because the source plan task/milestones occupying those rows are outside the start-end dates for the chart .

For more information on setting and changing the date range of the chart, please see the article at: Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro

When the Hide rows when dates are outside the date range option is checked ON, OnePager knows that you want rows where source plan tasks/milestones are not within the start-end dates range of the chart to be hidden when you click the Hide button on the ribbon. As with the Look at current snapshot only row hiding action, the row hiding for this option does not occur until you click the Hide button on the Home ribbon tool bar tab.

Finding Hidden Rows

If rows and/or swimlanes are hidden, for any reason, they can be found by using the Where’s My Stuff?! feature accessed from the Show/Hide button on the Home ribbon tool bar tab as shown below for the example used in this article:

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When the “Where’s My Stuff?!” is clicked, the form is accessed showing which task names are hidden and the reasons for being hid as shown below:

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The Where's My Stuff?! form shown above, indicates that four (4) tasks are hidden in the chart and that their respective rows are hidden as well. The Where's My Stuff?! form keeps track of all covered items that are hidden by indicating the task name from the source plan and the reason that the items are hidden by indicating a red X in the column appropriate for the task name.

For more information on the use of the Where's My Stuff?! feature and form, please see the article at: Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"

Related Links

Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro

Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro

Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"

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