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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
  
There are situations and environments where OnePager Express is used to represent '''timespans''' that are short periods during which '''work periods''' are possibly divided between''' working times''' and '''non-working times'''. The '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours '''feature in OnePager  provides a capability to display '''timespans''' in the chart that represent '''time periods''' where work is not being performed and where work is performed.  '''Non-working timespans '''take the visual form of '''colored''' '''Curtains''' in the '''graph''' as illustrated below:
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'''Daily Curtains''' is a feature of OnePager that allows you to add '''colored Curtains''' throughout the chart for specific '''days of the week'''.   The '''Daily Curtains''' feature is useful when it is important to visualize a particular '''day''' or '''days in a week''' that have special meaning. 
  
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The most common usage is to display '''Daily Curtains''' for weekend days.  
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Above, the '''Non-Working Hours''' are shown in blue for '''timespans '''from midnight to 8:00 AM, the lunch hour, and from 5:00 PM to midnight.  The controls for this feature are available in the '''Chart Properties ''' form '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab in the '''Days of the Week and Non-Working Times '''group’s '''Working Hours: '''sub-group as shown below:
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===Daily Curtains - An Example===
  
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Typically, '''Daily Curtains''' are used in charts where the '''timeline''' is short, say a few weeks or less as shown below:
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The '''Template Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab has identical controls where you can manage '''Working and Non-Working Hours''' at a '''global '''level. You can access the '''Set Working Times '''form for defining '''Working Hours '''by clicking the '''Define Working Hours…''' button as illustrated below:
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For example, if you go to the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab you can assign different colors to Sunday and Saturday in the '''Days of the Week and Non-Working Times '''control group as is done below:
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Once you establish your '''Working Hour '''periods in the '''Set Working Times''' form, the '''Non-Working Hours''' checkbox is available to display these '''non-working time periods''' as '''colored Curtains''' in the chart.  In the '''Working Hours:''' sub-group are the controls for '''showing/hiding Non-Working Hours''' and a Standard '''Color Chooser '''dropdown button for setting the '''color''' for '''Non-Working Hour Curtains'''.  The intent of this article is to provide the information essential for you to '''create''', '''edit''', and '''manage Working and Non-Working Hour time periods''' in the chart.
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==Accessing the Working Hours and Non-Working Hours Feature==
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When these settings are '''Applied''' to the chart, it looks like this:
  
The '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours '''feature is accessible from the '''Chart Properties '''form and the '''Template Properties '''form. Defining '''Working Hours '''in the '''Template Properties '''form allows you to define '''Working Hours''' and use them in any chart created using that specific '''Template'''.  Defining '''Working Hours '''in the '''Chart Properties '''form allows you to define '''Working Hours '''and use them in charts created with that specific '''Chart Properties '''form and in any follow on snapshots that might be created subsequently.  '''Chart Properties '''forms that contain '''Working Hours '''definitions can be '''saved''' as '''Template Properties '''forms for future use and to standardize '''Working Hours '''definitions throughout the organization.
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===Using the Chart Properties Form to Define Working and Non-Working Hours===
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===Limitations Of Daily Curtains===
  
You can access the controls for '''managing Working and Non-Working Hours''' by accessing the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab in the '''Days of the Week and Non-Working Hours''' group of controls and the '''Working Hours: '''sub-group as shown below:
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'''Daily Curtains''' cannot be manually '''selected''' or '''edited''' in the chart with a left or right-click.  However, the '''properties of all Daily Curtains''' as a group can be '''edited''' by accessing the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis''' tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab’s '''Days of the Week and Non-Working Times''' control group.  '''Daily Curtains''' also do not appear as entries in '''The Grid'''.  '''Daily Curtains''' can be eliminated from the chart by '''editing''' their '''color''' selection in the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser '''to '''No Fill'''.  '''Daily Curtains''' are '''snapshot-independent'''.
  
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The '''Template Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab has identical controls as the '''Chart Properties''' form where you can manage '''Daily Curtains''' at a '''global '''level.
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Clicking the '''Define Working Hours… '''button accesses the '''Set Working Times '''form with the '''default settings''' as shown below:
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The intent of this article is to provide the information essential for you to '''create''', '''edit''', and '''manage Daily Curtains''' in the chart.
  
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==Using The Daily Curtain Feature==
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The '''default settings''' shown in the form above sets Monday through Friday as the default '''working days'''.  The '''Work Time Start '''and '''Work Time End''' are set to 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM respectively. 
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'''Daily Curtains''' are useful in charts that are focused on short '''timespans''' or resolutions down to the '''week''', '''day''', or '''hour '''levels of '''timespan '''granularity.  '''Daily Curtains''' provide the opportunity to highlight these '''timespans''' with '''color'''.  Control over the '''Daily Curtain '''feature is provided in the '''Format '''sub-tab of the '''Chart Properties Time Axis '''tab that looks like this:
  
You have the option of specifying the '''Time format: '''either as a 24 Hour or 12 Hour format depending on your selection of the appropriate radio button.
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The controls in the '''Set Working Times '''form are covered below.
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There are two control groups on this sub-tab for controlling the''' '''visualization of '''Days of the Week and Non-Working Times''' and a control group for '''creating''', '''editing''', and '''tracking''' '''Curtains and Timespans'''.
  
====Select Day(s): Option Control====
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===The Days of the Week and Working Times Control Group===
  
Making a selection of the '''days of the week''' to apply '''Working Hours''' is done by using the mouse left-click to select an individual day.  You can select a series of individual days by using the '''CTL+Left-Click '''operation.    Hold down the '''CTL key''' and use the mouse left-click to select more than one '''day of the week'''.  You can also select a continuous series of day by using the '''SHIFT+Left-Click '''operation.  Hold down the '''SHIFT key''' and click the first '''day of the week '''in the sequence and follow by continuing to hold down the '''SHIFT key''' and use the mouse left-click to select the last '''day of the week '''in your sequence.
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The '''Days of the Week and Non-Working Times''' control group has four sets of control sub-groups for enhancing the focus on '''Days of the Week''', '''Working Hours''', and '''Non-Working Hours'''.
  
====Set Working Times for Selected Day(s): ====
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After making the selection for '''days of the week''', the second step is to establish the '''Work Time Start''' and '''Work Time End''' settings.  You have the option to establish more than one set of '''Start/End''' settings by using the '''Add '''button.  Each '''Start''' and '''End''' dropdown provides time options in increments of '''15 minutes'''.  Use each '''Start/End''' dropdown to set the respective required '''Work Start''' and '''Work End '''times.  Once the '''Start/End '''times are set, either use the '''Add '''button to make another entry or click the '''OK '''button to finish the operation.
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====Show or Hide Selected Days of the Week====
  
===Using the Template Properties Form to Define Working and Non-Working Hours===
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The '''default setting''' specified in the checkboxes shown above ('''No-1)''' in this control group is the '''checked '''or '''ON''' value.  When these checkboxes are checked '''ON''', those '''Days of the Week '''are '''shown '''in the chart even if there is no '''color '''selection.  If a checkbox is unchecked or '''OFF''', the unchecked '''Day of the Week '''is '''hidden'''.
  
The '''Template Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab is identical to the corresponding sub-tab in the '''Chart Properties '''form.  The process for defining '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours''' described for the '''Chart Properties '''form is the same for the '''Template Properties''' form.  As mentioned above, '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours''' defined in the '''Chart Properties '''form can be made into '''Template Properties '''forms by '''saving''' the '''Chart Properties '''form as a '''Template Properties '''form. 
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====Cautions====
  
For more information on '''Managing the Current Template''', please see this section in the article at: [[Managing the Current Template for Version 7.0#Making a Template Properties Form from a Chart | Managing the Current Template – Making a Template Properties Form from a Chart]] <!--24.6.1-70-->
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Not '''showing '''a '''day of the week '''using these controls also '''hides''' the '''day''' in the '''Time Axis Levels'''. To prevent complete voiding of the chart, at least '''one of the''' '''Days of the Week''' checkboxes must be checked '''ON'''.   If all '''Days of the Week '''checkboxes are unchecked or '''OFF''', OnePager provides the warning message shown here:
  
'''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours''' defined in a '''Chart Properties '''form can also be '''edited '''for future use in subsequent snapshots.   However, '''edits''' made in the '''Chart Properties '''form to '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours''' do not change the information residing in the basic '''Template '''form used to create the initial chart.
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For more information on the '''Template''' form's '''Time Axis''' tab, please see this section in the article at: [[Template Only Features for Version 7.0 (OnePager Express)#Template Properties Form's Time Axis Tab | Template Only Features-OnePager Express – Template Properties Form's Time Axis Tab]] <!--24.2.1-70-->
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====Hiding Weekend Days - An Example====
  
==Defining Working Hours  - An Example==
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Suppose you have a chart as shown below that shows just the days of the month of December 2019:
  
The following is an example using the '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours '''feature:
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===Setting Up The Working Hours Example===
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Further, suppose you want to '''hide''' the '''weekend days'''.  You can do this by making the following '''edits''' to the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format''' sub-tab as shown below:
  
To establish '''Working Hours '''for the chart, click the '''Define Working Hours…''' button as discussed above.  Clicking the '''Define Working Hours…''' button accesses the '''Set Working Times''' form shown below:
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In the above illustration, the '''edits''' entail unchecking the '''Sunday''' and '''Saturday '''checkboxes. No other '''edit '''action is required. When these two '''edits''' are '''applied '''to the chart by clicking the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Apply '''or '''OK '''button, the chart looks like this:
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The form above is shown with Monday through Friday pre-selected so that the pre-defined '''Work Time Start''' and '''Work Time End''' settings are show in the '''Set working times for selected day(s): '''window. You can '''select''' more than one day of the week and your entries in the adjacent window apply to all these days.  Within '''selected days''' you are able to enter more than one set of '''Work Time Start''' and '''Work Time End''' sets.  This is particularly useful when there are multiple '''shift work schedules'''.
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Clicking the '''Add''' button below the window places a '''blank entry''' where you can use the '''Time Selector '''dropdowns to make '''time of day '''selections.  The '''Time Selector''' dropdown list provides '''time of day '''selections at '''15 minute''' intervals beginning at '''12:00 AM''' ('''00:00 hours''' for '''24 hour''' representations) and ending at '''midnight''' ('''24:00 hour''' for '''24 hour''' representations).
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====Adding Colors to Selected Daily Curtains - An Example====
  
The '''Delete''' button removes a selected entry from the window.  Instructions are provided in the area below the '''Add''' and '''Delete '''buttons.  As mentioned above, you have the option with the '''Time format: '''control to select between '''24 Hour''' and '''12 Hour''' representations of time in the '''Set working times for selected day(s): '''windowWhen all entries are made, click the '''OK '''button to complete the definition and the '''Apply '''or '''OK '''button on the '''Chart Properties '''form to apply the formats to the chart.
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The example above can be displayed in a different way by continuing to''' show''' all '''Days of the Week''', but '''coloring''' the weekend days with '''Daily Curtains'''.  If you change the controls slightly in the sub-tab by rechecking the checkboxes for '''Sunday''' and '''Saturday''' and select '''colors''' ('''No-2''') for these two weekend days, the sub-tab looks like this:
  
===Creating The Working Hours For The Example===
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As an example, suppose you want to '''define working hours''' as Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with a '''one hour lunch period''' from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. After accessing the '''Set Working Times '''form, you might do the followingFirst make the five day selections in the '''Select day(s): '''window so it looks like this:
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'''Selecting''' a '''color''' involves clicking the standard '''Color Chooser''' dropdown next to the '''day of the week''' checkbox and selecting the '''color''' from the '''Color Chooser '''form.  '''Applying''' these '''edits''' alters the chart to look like this:
  
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You can use the '''CTL+Left-Click''' to select several days of the week one at a time or use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' to select a range of days.  Shown above is the single predefined '''Working Time''' for a typical five-day work week.    Since you want to represent the '''time period''' between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM as the '''Non-Working Time''' lunch period, you need to modify the first entry above so that the '''Work Time End''' value is 12:00 PM.  This is done by clicking on the '''Time Picker '''dropdown and selected the desired '''work time '''from the list as shown below:
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Adding '''color''' for '''Daily Curtains''' requires that the '''Show Days''' checkboxes be checked '''ON'''.  If the checkboxes are not checked or '''OFF''', the '''colors''' and the '''Daily Curtains '''are not '''shown'''.
  
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====Editing Transparency for All Daily Curtains - An Example====
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Once the first '''edit''' above is made, you need to '''Add''' another entry to define the afternoon '''work hours''' from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM as shown below using the individual '''Time Pickers''' to make the '''time of day '''selections:
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'''Transparency''' for all '''Daily Curtains '''('''No-3''') can be '''edited''' by resetting the '''Daily Curtain Transparency''' '''percent setting'''. To make '''Daily Curtains''' more '''transparent''' increase the '''percentage setting''' in the '''Daily Curtain Transparency '''window as shown below:
  
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When this is done, click the '''OK '''button on the form and the desired '''Working Hours '''are entered.  If we take a segment of the chart used in this document and establish it with '''Time Axis Levels '''of '''Years''', '''Quarters''', and '''Days of the Week''', it looks like this:
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'''Applying''' this '''edit''' by clicking the '''Apply '''button on the '''Chart Properties '''form alters the chart’s '''Daily Curtains''' to look like this:
  
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If we set up the '''Working Hours and Non-Working Hours''' to equate to a standard work day, the '''Set Working Times '''form looks like this:
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====Designate a Color for Daily Curtain Borders - An Example ====
  
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'''Borders''' ('''No-4''') can also be erected around all '''Daily Curtains''' by using the '''Daily Curtain Border: '''Standard '''Color Chooser''' dropdown to select a '''color'''. In this example, the '''color''' black is chosen for all '''Daily Curtain Border:''' associated with the weekends:
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When you click '''OK '''on the above form you are taken back to the '''Chart Properties '''form where the next step is to select the '''color''' for the '''Non-Working Hours''' by clicking the Standard '''Color Chooser '''dropdown as shown below:
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'''Applying''' the selected '''color''' to the '''Daily Curtain''' '''Borders''' by clicking the '''Apply '''button on the '''Chart Properties '''form alters the chart as shown below:
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The light green '''color '''is selected from the Standard '''Color Chooser''' and becomes the '''color''' of the '''Curtains''' introduced into the chart across the day '''timespans '''to indicate the portion of the day that represents '''Non-Working Hours''' as shown in the chart below:
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'''Daily Curtains''' are not listed in the '''Curtains and Timespans Grid'''.   '''Daily Curtains cannot be selected with the mouse''' and cannot be '''mavericked''' or '''edited'''.  '''Editing''' '''Daily Curtains '''is only possible using the techniques discussed above.
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The above chart displays '''Non-Working Hours''' when the '''Show Non-Working Hours''' checkbox is checked '''ON'''.  Unchecking the '''Show Non-Working Hours '''checkbox to '''OFF''' '''hides''' all '''Non-Working Hour timespans''' and shrinks the '''width '''of the chart because these '''timespans '''are '''hidden'''.  Such a chart looks like this after the right edge of the chart is widened to the right:
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==Other Examples==
  
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===Daily Curtains for Weekdays===
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Above, Saturdays and Sundays are '''hidden''' as are '''Non-Working Hour''' portions of the five day work week.  With '''Non-Working Hours hidden''', the days of the week are represented above with uniform '''widths'''.
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Suppose you '''select''' to have '''alternating days of the week''' showing a '''blue color''' for the chart below:
  
===Restoring Default Working Hour Settings===
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The recommended method to restore a chart to the '''default settings '''is to remove unwanted '''timespans''' for '''Non-Working Hours'''.  To do this, go back to the '''Set Working Times '''form through the '''Chart Properties '''form access method and revert to a single entry with the '''default working hours''' for Monday through Friday. Click the '''OK''' button on the form when this action is completed.
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To put in alternating '''Daily Curtains''' for the chart above, '''edit''' the '''Curtain Colors:''' dropdowns so they look like this:
  
Next, access the Standard '''Color Chooser''' and reset the '''color''' by clicking the '''No Fill '''checkbox in the Standard '''Color Chooser''' form.  Make sure that the '''Show Non-Working Hours '''checkbox is checked '''ON'''. Last, click '''Apply/OK''' on the '''Chart Properties '''form.
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==The Honor Non-Working Time Feature==
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After the controls above are configured, click the '''Apply '''or '''OK '''button in the '''Chart Properties '''form and the chart looks like this:
  
The '''Honor Non-Working Time '''feature is an advanced feature provided in OnePager Express so that you can accurately display '''%Complete''' bars in your charts that adapted to match the '''%Complete''' bars in Microsoft Excel '''source plans''' when you configure the chart with appropriate '''Working '''and '''Non-Working Time'''.
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Specifying precise '''Working Hours '''and '''Non-Working Hours''' has an impact on how OnePager Express expresses '''Percent Complete''' ('''%Complete''') when you decide to '''Honor non-working time '''in the calculations.  This '''advanced feature''' assures that you can apply '''Non-Working Hours''' to the '''graph''' and have OnePager Express accurately reflect the '''percent complete''' information from your '''source plan'''.  You have the capability to select whether you want to take into account '''source plan''' '''Working Hours''' or '''Elapsed Time''' as is the case with previous versions of OnePager.
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====Caution When Checking/Unchecking Show Days: Checkboxes====
  
===Controls for Honoring Non-Working Time===
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Care must be taken when checking and unchecking the checkboxes for the '''Show Days:''' sub-group of controls.  These checkboxes are checked '''ON''' as the '''default setting''' so their respective '''Days of the Week '''are '''shown'''.  If one or more of these checkboxes are unchecked or '''OFF''', the '''day of the week '''associated with the unchecked checkbox is '''not shown''' and there is a '''gap''' in the '''timeline'''. 
  
If you specifically define '''Working '''and '''Non-Working Hours''' precisely you can tell OnePager Express to '''Honor non-working time''' by checking the checkbox in the '''Set percent-complete properties '''form accessed from the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Bars '''tab by clicking the '''%Complete Properties''' button as shown in the illustration below:  
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For example, if you retain the light blue '''color''' but uncheck those checkboxes for which there is the '''No-fill''' '''color''' selected, the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab looks like this:
  
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The '''Honor non-working time '''checkbox is shown above in the checked''' '''or '''ON''' setting.  The '''Honor non-working time '''checkbox is '''NOT '''provided in the '''Set percent-complete properties''' form for '''Milestone symbols.'''  The '''Template '''form '''Task Bars''' tab '''Task Bar Decorations '''control group’s '''%Complete Properties… '''button provides access to the '''Template '''form’s '''Set percent-complete properties''' form where its '''Honor non-working hours '''checkbox is located.
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When these '''edits''' are '''applied''' to the chart above, it looks like this:
  
===Honoring Non-Working Time - An Example===
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As an example, suppose you have a simple Microsoft Excel '''source plan '''that has five task bars with the '''%Complete''' information as shown below:
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===Using Alternating Colors for Daily Curtains===
  
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An easy way to differentiate between days is to '''edit''' some of the '''colors''' for the remaining '''Daily Curtains''' in the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis''' tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab''' '''in the '''Curtain Colors:''' control sub-group as shown below:
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If you create a standard chart from the above '''source plan '''it looks like this:
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<center>'''Honor Non-Working Time Checkbox is Off'''</center>
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Above, '''Monday''', '''Wednesday''', and '''Friday''' are the only days '''shown'''.   The remaining days have their '''Show Days:''' checkboxes unchecked or '''OFF'''.
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In the chart above, the '''Honor non-working time''' checkbox is unchecked or '''OFF'''.  This means that OnePager Express does '''not''' take into consideration any of the '''Non-Working Time '''information you provided in the '''Set Working Times '''form to display '''%Complete''' information.  To show the change when '''Non-Working Time''' information is specified, suppose you establish rules in the '''Set Working Times''' form that show '''working times''' from 8:00 AM to Noon and from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM for Monday through Friday as shown below:
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When the above '''edits''' are '''applied''', the chart looks like this:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_5_4-70-(16)-11252020.png]]</center>
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After clicking the '''OK''' button on the form above and the '''Apply''' button on the '''Chart Properties''' form, go back to the '''Task Bars''' tab on the '''Chart Properties''' form and access the '''Set percent-complete properties '''form as you did before and check the '''Honor non-working time''' checkbox to '''ON'''.  This step is completed when you click '''OK '''on the '''Set percent-complete properties''' form and the '''Apply''' or '''OK''' buttons on the '''Chart Properties '''form.  The last step required is to do a snapshot '''Replace All''' by going to the OnePager Express '''Data''' ribbon tool bar tab and clicking the '''Replace Snapshot '''button.  After the '''Replace Snapshot '''operation is complete,''' '''the chart looks like this:
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===Setting Transparency and Border Colors for Alternating Color Daily Curtains===
  
<center>'''Honor Non-Working Time Checkbox is On'''</center>
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To make changes to '''Daily Curtain transparency''' and '''color '''use the sub-group controls in the '''Format Days of the Week and Working Times''' control group for '''globally''' setting the '''transparency '''and '''border colors''' for '''Daily Curtains''' as shown below in this example:
<center>[[File:X70-22_5_4-70-(15)-11252020.png]]</center>
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The differences can be emphasized more if the two illustrations are placed in a before and after arrangement as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-22_5_5-70-(23)-11112020.png]]</center>
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<center>'''Honor Non-Working Time Checkbox is Off'''</center>
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If you take the chart above and '''edit''' the '''Daily Curtain Transparency '''to 75 percent, the chart looks like this:
<center>[[File:X70-22_5_4-70-(13)-11252020.png]]</center>
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<center>'''Honor Non-Working Time Checkbox is On'''</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_5_5-70-(24)-11112020.png]]</center>
<center>[[File:X70-22_5_4-70-(15)-11252020.png]]</center>
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The result from looking at the two charts above, is that when '''Non-Working Time''' is displayed for '''%Complete''' bars they appear shorter when '''Non-Working Time''' is precisely defined''' '''and the '''Honor Non-Working Time '''checkbox is checked '''ON'''. This is because in the second chart above, no work is performed between 12 noon and 1:00 PM or from 5:00 PM to 8:00 AM the next day.  Since the example above used the '''Standard Calendar''' in Microsoft Project, the '''graph '''above with the '''Honor Non-Working Time '''checkbox checked''' On''' is exactly like the Microsoft Project Gantt chart shown here.
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In the chart above, the '''Daily Curtains''' look lighter.  However, if there is a '''background image''', it stands out more while not diminishing the value of the '''Daily Curtains'''.  To create '''borders '''for these '''Daily Curtains''', you need to select a '''color''' for the '''borders '''using the dropdown standard '''Color Chooser'''.  If you want a '''red border''' you can use the standard '''Color Chooser '''to make the selection shown below:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_5_4-70-(17)-11252020.png]]</center>
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After''' Applying''' the '''edit''' to the chart, it looks like this:
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'''Daily Curtains''' are '''not listed in The Grid''', they cannot be '''selected''' with the mouse, and they cannot be '''mavericked''' or '''edited'''.  '''Daily Curtains''' can only be '''edited''' with the controls discussed above.
  
 
==Related Links==
 
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[[Template Only Features for Version 7.0 (OnePager Express) | Template Only Features-OnePager Express]] <!--24.2.1-70-->
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[[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro <!--22.1.7-70-->
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[[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro <!--22.3.3-70-->
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[[The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro <!--22.3.7-70-->
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[[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro <!--22.3.9-70-->
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[[Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro <!--22.4.1-70-->
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[[Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro <!--22.4.3-70-->
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[[The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro <!--22.5.1-70-->
  
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Revision as of 16:09, 19 January 2021

Overview

Daily Curtains is a feature of OnePager that allows you to add colored Curtains throughout the chart for specific days of the week. The Daily Curtains feature is useful when it is important to visualize a particular day or days in a week that have special meaning.

The most common usage is to display Daily Curtains for weekend days.

Daily Curtains - An Example

Typically, Daily Curtains are used in charts where the timeline is short, say a few weeks or less as shown below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(1)-11112020.png

For example, if you go to the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Format sub-tab you can assign different colors to Sunday and Saturday in the Days of the Week and Non-Working Times control group as is done below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(2)-11112020.png

When these settings are Applied to the chart, it looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(3)-11112020.png

Limitations Of Daily Curtains

Daily Curtains cannot be manually selected or edited in the chart with a left or right-click. However, the properties of all Daily Curtains as a group can be edited by accessing the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Format sub-tab’s Days of the Week and Non-Working Times control group. Daily Curtains also do not appear as entries in The Grid. Daily Curtains can be eliminated from the chart by editing their color selection in the OnePager standard Color Chooser to No Fill. Daily Curtains are snapshot-independent.

The Template Properties form Time Axis tab’s Format sub-tab has identical controls as the Chart Properties form where you can manage Daily Curtains at a global level.

The intent of this article is to provide the information essential for you to create, edit, and manage Daily Curtains in the chart.

Using The Daily Curtain Feature

Daily Curtains are useful in charts that are focused on short timespans or resolutions down to the week, day, or hour levels of timespan granularity. Daily Curtains provide the opportunity to highlight these timespans with color. Control over the Daily Curtain feature is provided in the Format sub-tab of the Chart Properties Time Axis tab that looks like this:

P70-21 17 1-70-(3)-10242020.png
P70-21_17_1-70-(3)-10242020.png

There are two control groups on this sub-tab for controlling the visualization of Days of the Week and Non-Working Times and a control group for creating, editing, and tracking Curtains and Timespans.

The Days of the Week and Working Times Control Group

The Days of the Week and Non-Working Times control group has four sets of control sub-groups for enhancing the focus on Days of the Week, Working Hours, and Non-Working Hours.

P70-22 5 5-70-(5)-11112020.png

Show or Hide Selected Days of the Week

The default setting specified in the checkboxes shown above (No-1) in this control group is the checked or ON value. When these checkboxes are checked ON, those Days of the Week are shown in the chart even if there is no color selection. If a checkbox is unchecked or OFF, the unchecked Day of the Week is hidden.

Cautions

Not showing a day of the week using these controls also hides the day in the Time Axis Levels. To prevent complete voiding of the chart, at least one of the Days of the Week checkboxes must be checked ON. If all Days of the Week checkboxes are unchecked or OFF, OnePager provides the warning message shown here:

P70-22 5 5-70-(6)-11112020.png

Hiding Weekend Days - An Example

Suppose you have a chart as shown below that shows just the days of the month of December 2019:

P70-22 5 5-70-(7)-11112020.png

Further, suppose you want to hide the weekend days. You can do this by making the following edits to the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Format sub-tab as shown below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(8)-11112020.png

In the above illustration, the edits entail unchecking the Sunday and Saturday checkboxes. No other edit action is required. When these two edits are applied to the chart by clicking the Chart Properties form’s Apply or OK button, the chart looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(9)-11112020.png

Adding Colors to Selected Daily Curtains - An Example

The example above can be displayed in a different way by continuing to show all Days of the Week, but coloring the weekend days with Daily Curtains. If you change the controls slightly in the sub-tab by rechecking the checkboxes for Sunday and Saturday and select colors (No-2) for these two weekend days, the sub-tab looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(10)-11112020.png

Selecting a color involves clicking the standard Color Chooser dropdown next to the day of the week checkbox and selecting the color from the Color Chooser form. Applying these edits alters the chart to look like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(11)-11112020.png

Adding color for Daily Curtains requires that the Show Days checkboxes be checked ON. If the checkboxes are not checked or OFF, the colors and the Daily Curtains are not shown.

Editing Transparency for All Daily Curtains - An Example

Transparency for all Daily Curtains (No-3) can be edited by resetting the Daily Curtain Transparency percent setting. To make Daily Curtains more transparent increase the percentage setting in the Daily Curtain Transparency window as shown below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(12)-11112020.png

Applying this edit by clicking the Apply button on the Chart Properties form alters the chart’s Daily Curtains to look like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(13)-11112020.png

Designate a Color for Daily Curtain Borders - An Example

Borders (No-4) can also be erected around all Daily Curtains by using the Daily Curtain Border: Standard Color Chooser dropdown to select a color. In this example, the color black is chosen for all Daily Curtain Border: associated with the weekends:

P70-22 5 5-70-(14)-11112020.png

Applying the selected color to the Daily Curtain Borders by clicking the Apply button on the Chart Properties form alters the chart as shown below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(15)-11112020.png

Daily Curtains are not listed in the Curtains and Timespans Grid. Daily Curtains cannot be selected with the mouse and cannot be mavericked or edited. Editing Daily Curtains is only possible using the techniques discussed above.

Other Examples

Daily Curtains for Weekdays

Suppose you select to have alternating days of the week showing a blue color for the chart below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(16)-11112020.png

To put in alternating Daily Curtains for the chart above, edit the Curtain Colors: dropdowns so they look like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(17)-11112020.png

After the controls above are configured, click the Apply or OK button in the Chart Properties form and the chart looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(18)-11112020.png

Caution When Checking/Unchecking Show Days: Checkboxes

Care must be taken when checking and unchecking the checkboxes for the Show Days: sub-group of controls. These checkboxes are checked ON as the default setting so their respective Days of the Week are shown. If one or more of these checkboxes are unchecked or OFF, the day of the week associated with the unchecked checkbox is not shown and there is a gap in the timeline.

For example, if you retain the light blue color but uncheck those checkboxes for which there is the No-fill color selected, the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Format sub-tab looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(19)-11112020.png

When these edits are applied to the chart above, it looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(20)-11112020.png

Using Alternating Colors for Daily Curtains

An easy way to differentiate between days is to edit some of the colors for the remaining Daily Curtains in the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Format sub-tab in the Curtain Colors: control sub-group as shown below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(21)-11112020.png

Above, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are the only days shown. The remaining days have their Show Days: checkboxes unchecked or OFF.

When the above edits are applied, the chart looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(22)-11112020.png

Setting Transparency and Border Colors for Alternating Color Daily Curtains

To make changes to Daily Curtain transparency and color use the sub-group controls in the Format Days of the Week and Working Times control group for globally setting the transparency and border colors for Daily Curtains as shown below in this example:

P70-22 5 5-70-(23)-11112020.png

If you take the chart above and edit the Daily Curtain Transparency to 75 percent, the chart looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(24)-11112020.png

In the chart above, the Daily Curtains look lighter. However, if there is a background image, it stands out more while not diminishing the value of the Daily Curtains. To create borders for these Daily Curtains, you need to select a color for the borders using the dropdown standard Color Chooser. If you want a red border you can use the standard Color Chooser to make the selection shown below:

P70-22 5 5-70-(25)-11112020.png

After Applying the edit to the chart, it looks like this:

P70-22 5 5-70-(26)-11112020.png

Daily Curtains are not listed in The Grid, they cannot be selected with the mouse, and they cannot be mavericked or edited. Daily Curtains can only be edited with the controls discussed above.

Related Links

[[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro

[[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro

[[The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro

[[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro

[[Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro

[[Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro

[[The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | The Custom Date Format Feature for OnePager Pro

[[Managing Working Hours and Non-Working Hours for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Managing Working Hours and Non-Working Hours for OnePager Pro

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