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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
  
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This article covers the '''Manual editing''' of '''Task Links''' and provides discussions of '''manual editing''' of manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''' in the chart.  In the discussion that follows on '''manual editing''' using the '''Chart Editor ''', it is assumed that '''Data-driven Tasks '''are '''imported'''.
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form, shown below, is a tool you can use to manage '''Data-Driven '''and manual '''Task Links''' in charts and snapshots.
  
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For more information on the rules governing the '''importing Data-driven Task Links''' please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express]] <!--19.1.3.2-70-->
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Manual '''Task Links''' are provided in chart illustrations in this article where necessary to call attention to how '''editing '''techniques differ between '''Data-driven Task Links '''and manual '''Task Links'''.  The '''Task Link editing''' features provided in OnePager Express are quite comprehensive so this article contains all the topics on '''Manual editing '''of '''Task Links''' in this one place. 
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===Accessing the Where Are My Links? Form===
  
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There are references placed throughout the article to other related subjects and a list of '''related articles''' is provided end of this article.
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form can be accessed at any time by accessing the OnePager Pro '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Editing '''group, clicking the '''Show/Hide '''dropdown, and clicking the '''Where Are My Links? '''button as shown below:
  
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The organization of this article follows the process of '''Task Link editing '''from the selection of the '''Task Links''' through the various methods available to '''edit''' '''Task Link properties''' in the '''Chart Editor'''.  
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Please use the '''hyperlinks '''in the '''Contents''' box at the top of this article to go directly to specific topics.
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In OnePager Pro, the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Link '''tab, in the '''Data-Driven Task Links '''control group there is an additional button, the '''Where Are My Links? '''button, as shown here: 
  
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==Selecting Task Links for Editing in the Chart Editor==
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===Using the Mouse Left-Click to Select Task Links for Editing===
 
  
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As with all graphics managed by the '''Chart Editor''', '''Task Links '''(manual and '''Data-driven''') can be '''selected''' with a left-click where the mouse is placed on the desired '''Task Link'''.
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Each time the '''Where Are My Links? '''form is accessed, OnePager Pro builds the content of the form to specifically reflect the '''Data-Driven''' and/or manual''' Task Links''' contained in the chart or snapshot, whether they are in the '''shown''' or '''hidden''' '''status''', their '''predecessor''' and '''successor '''task shapes (with ID’s), and their source ('''Imported''' or '''Manual''').
  
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===Where Are My Links? Form Column Usage ===
  
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When you perform the left-click, the '''Task Link '''is highlighted at its '''Begin''' and '''End points''' and, depending upon the '''Task Link’s '''shape, at various points along the '''connection line '''between the '''predecessor '''and '''successor '''task bars as shown below:
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There are four (4) columns in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form.
  
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In the '''Show '''column (1)''' '''you can check or uncheck any entry’s checkbox '''ON''' or '''OFF''' to control the '''showing''' (or '''hiding'''), respectively, of the associated '''Task Links. '''
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Looking at the illustration above, the '''selected Data-driven Task Link '''is highlighted with '''green grab points '''at its '''Begin''' and '''End points''' and '''yellow grab points '''on its '''connection line '''segments. Using your mouse to click on one of these '''grab points''' and employing a left-click you can manually use '''drag and drop''' methods to adjust the positions of the '''grab point'''.  If you click on a '''yellow grab point''' on a selected manual or '''Data-driven Task Link''', you can move it left or right or up or down depending on its position.
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The '''Predecessor''' column (2) and '''Successor '''column (3) provide the '''Task/Milestone Name''' participating respectively in the '''Task Link''' pair.   The numbers in parenthesis following the task bar name label correspond to the '''Unique ID''' for Microsoft Project '''source plans'''.   
  
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For '''Data-driven Task Links''', grabbing a '''green grab point''' on a '''Begin '''or '''End point '''only allows you to move the '''grab point''' to the '''top''', '''middle''', or '''bottom''' of the task’s edge.  This is because '''Data-driven Task Links '''have their positions on '''predecessor''' or '''successor''' tasks determined by data '''imported '''from your '''source plan'''.
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The '''Source''' column (4) tells you which entries in the form are '''Data-Driven Task Links (Imported) '''or which are manual '''Task Links''' ('''Manual''').
  
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====Manual Task Links====
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===Sorting Columns===
  
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For manual '''Task Links''', grabbing a '''green grab point''' on a '''Begin '''or '''End point''' is not constrained to the edge of the task.   You have the option to move the '''green grab point''' to eight (8) initial positions on the task as shown below:
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The four (4) columns in the form can be '''sorted''' by clicking on the '''column’s header'''.
  
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Sorting on the '''Show '''column means that you are sorting between checked and unchecked entries.
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Using the '''drag and drop''' method for re-positioning a manual '''Task Link’s Begin '''or '''End point''' is limited with the '''Chart Editor.'''  However, you can more precisely re-position a manual '''Task Link’s Begin '''or '''End points '''along the duration of a task bar by using the '''Task Link Properties''' form.
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Sorting on the '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor '''columns means that you are sorting alphanumerically on the contents of the entire field.   Because of the relationship between these two columns, sorting on the '''Predecessor''' column, for example, brings along the corresponding '''Successor''' entry and vice versa.
  
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For more information on '''Editing manual task link properties''', please see this section in the article at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#Manual Editing of Task Link Properties in the Chart Editor | Manual Editing of Task Link Properties in the Chart Editor]] <!--19.4.2-70-->
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Sorting on the '''Source '''column means that you are sorting between '''Imported''' and '''Manual '''entries.
  
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===Using the Mouse Right-Click to Select Task Links for Editing===
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===Resetting Show/Hide Defaults===
  
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Right-clicking on any '''Task Link''' selects the '''Task Link''' and accesses the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''for the type of '''Task Link '''selected.  The '''task link''' right-click '''context menus '''for manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''' differ slightly as explained below.
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The '''Use Show/Hide Defaults''' button at the bottom of the form controls the '''resetting of defaults''' for '''showing ('''or '''hiding''')''' Task Links''' based upon the '''Task Link Filter rules '''you established in the '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form.  This button also applies if you are '''Showing All Task Links''' instead of using '''Task Link Filter rules'''.  If after establishing which '''Task Links '''are to be '''shown''' (or '''hidden''') in the '''Task Links Filter Rules '''form and you later make '''edits''' to any '''Task Link '''individually, clicking the '''Use Show/Hide Defaults '''button '''restores''' all '''Task Links '''to the current '''Task Link Filter rules''' or the '''Show all '''selection.
  
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====Data-Driven Task Links====
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===Shortcut Controls===
  
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You can use a mouse right-click on a '''Data-driven Task Link''' to access its '''context menu''' as shown here:
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There are two (2) other shortcut buttons at the bottom of the form.
  
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The first shortcut button makes all '''Task Links''', '''imported '''or '''Manual''', '''show''' in the chart or snapshot (the '''Show All''' button).
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'''Data-driven Task Links '''can be '''hidden''' in the current snapshot or all snapshots.
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The second shortcut '''Hide '''all '''Task Links''' in the chart or snapshot (the '''Hide All''' button).
  
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'''Data-driven Task Links''' cannot be '''deleted''' as they are created from Microsoft Excel '''source plan '''data.
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==The Where Are My Links? form Filter Feature==
  
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The '''Order''' command functions the same for '''Task Links '''as for other objects in the chart.
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In some charts you can have many, many '''Data-Driven Task Links showing'''.  You can use the '''Filter''' feature on the '''Where Are My Links? '''form to '''find''' sets of '''Data-Driven Task Links''' based on search arguments found in the snapshot’s '''task bars name labels'''. Use either the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links''' tab or the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab to access the sample '''Where Are My Links?''' form shown here:
  
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Clicking the '''Properties … '''command accesses the '''Task Links Properties '''form as shown below so that you can '''edit''' the properties of individual or multiple selected '''Task Links''':
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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form above lists all the '''Data-Driven Task Links shown ('''or '''hidden''') in the '''current snapshot''' as well as any manual''' Task Links'''.  The '''Where Are My Links? '''form is '''“snapshot-dependent”''' in that OnePager '''creates''' the form’s content based upon the snapshot that is being displayed in the '''Chart Editor '''.   At the top of the form, are controls to '''Filter''' entries contained in the form based upon '''current snapshot''' '''task bar's name labels''' such that only task bars/milestone symbols that meet the '''task name filtering rule''' appears in the form’s data window.
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For example, if you want to show only those entries that relate to '''Engineering Team 2''' '''task bar's name labels''', type the '''task name''' into the window provided and click the '''Filter''' button and the '''Where Are My Links? '''form looks like this:
  
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When a '''Data-driven Task Link’s formatting '''is '''edited''' it becomes a '''maverick Data-driven Task Link'''.
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After clicking the '''Filter '''button, the entries shown in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s window are only those where the '''Engineering Team 2''' '''task bar name label''' appears in either a '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor task bar/milestone symbol name''' regardless of whether the '''Task Link '''is '''showing''' (or '''hidden''').  The current '''show/hide status''' is displayed in the '''Show '''column’s checkboxes as shown above.
  
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As with previous versions of OnePager, manual '''Task Links '''can also be selected with a right-click to access their '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''as shown below:
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The '''Filter''' feature provides you with access to a subset of '''Task Link''' entries and can help with the management of the associated '''Task Links'''.  Additionally, any '''edits''' you make to the '''Show '''column are imparted to the snapshot when the '''OK '''button on the form is clicked.  If you access the '''Where’s My Links? '''form after using the '''Filter '''feature to '''hide''' '''Task Links''', the form reappears without any '''Filtering''' of '''task bar's name labels'''.  However, the results of your '''show/hide edits '''are represented in the entries.  Clicking the '''Clear Filter''' button '''restores''' all the entries in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form and clears the contents of the search window.
  
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==Using the Where Are My Links? Form to Show or Hide Task Link==
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Manual '''Task Links''' can be '''deleted''' as there is no correspondence between manual '''Task Links '''and '''Predecessor''' data from the '''source plan'''.  Manual '''Task Links '''can be '''hidden''' by accessing its '''Where Are My Links? '''form entry and checking their '''Show '''checkbox '''OFF'''.   
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s capabilities''' '''can be used''' '''for '''showing ('''or '''hiding''') '''Task Links'''.  You can use the form to quickly '''edit''' the '''show/hide status '''of any '''Task Link '''entry in the form for the '''current snapshot'''.  The '''Where Are My Links?''' form provides a convenient list of all '''Task Links''' and a means to control the turning of individual '''Task Links''' from '''show''' to '''hide''' or vice versa.  The convenient search '''Filter''' feature, covered above, is also useful with '''show/hide editing'''.
  
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form is shown below being accessed from the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Links '''tab:
  
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When a manual''' Task Link’s formatting '''is '''edited''' it becomes a '''maverick''' manual''' Task Link.'''
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===Selecting Multiple Task Links===
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If you don’t use the '''Task Links Filter Rules''' form to '''conditionally control''' the '''showing ('''or '''hiding''') of '''Data-Driven Task Links''', the '''Where Are My Links?''' form gives you total manual control over the '''showing''' (or '''hiding''')''' '''of all '''Task Links''' in a snapshot at any time.  '''Editing''' the '''show/hide status '''of '''Task Link(s) '''in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form as described above can turn the '''edited''' '''Task Link(s) '''into '''maverick Task Link(s)'''.  The '''edit''' made to any entry in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form applies to the '''current snapshot'''.
  
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You can use your mouse to select '''multiple Task Links''' for '''editing '''using the same procedures as used to select '''multiple task bars/milestone symbols''', '''Rows''',''' Swimlanes''', and '''Time Axis Level Cells''' by combining the pointing of your mouse to the '''Task Link '''in combination with the '''CTL+Left-Click'''.    The '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' operation is not active for selecting '''Task Links'''.  The '''CTL+Left-Click''' technique is recommended if you want to '''edit''' the '''Task Link properties''' of '''multiple''' (but not all) '''Task Links''' such as their '''connection line color''', '''arrow head shape''', or '''connection line dash type''', for example. 
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==The Where Are My Links? form and Snapshots==
  
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'''Caution''': Since '''Task Link connection lines''' are generally not configured or routed the same, it is not possible to '''select multiple Task Links''' and use the '''drag and drop method''' on the '''connection lines''' to reroute them manually.
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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form is '''snapshot-dependent''' meaning that the content of the form is built to reflect the '''show/hide status''' of '''Task Links '''in each snapshot contained in the chart.  If a '''source plan''' task, '''imported '''in a first snapshot is not '''imported '''in a subsequent snapshot, the '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s contents for the snapshot without the '''imported '''task reflects absence of the '''non-imported '''task and its associated '''Task Links'''.  If different snapshots have '''Task Links hidden''', then the '''Where Are My Links? '''form for that snapshot reflects the '''show/hide status '''for the '''Task '''Link appropriate to the snapshot being displayed in the '''Chart Editor'''.  The next sub-section provides step wise examples of these two (2) situations.
  
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===Example of Changing A Task Import Flag Between Snapshots===
  
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As an example, suppose you have the BlueGrass Project Plan Report – Express chart with all '''Data-driven Task Links showing''' as illustrated above.  Using your mouse with the '''CTL+Left-Click''' '''selects''' several '''Data-driven Task Links'''.  When the first '''Task Link '''is '''selected''', it is highlighted with '''green grab points''' at the '''Begin '''and '''End point shapes''' and '''yellow grab points''' along the '''connection line''' if the routing has multiple corners.  When you '''select''' the second, third, and so on '''Task Link''' using this method, the selected '''Task Links''' are highlighted with only '''green grab points''' as shown below:
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Suppose we have the chart and its first snapshot shown in part below:
  
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To begin the''' edit''' process on the '''selected''' '''Task Links''', right-click on any of the '''selected Task Links''' to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''and click on the desired command as shown here:
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The '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection '''task, with '''Unique ID''' 22, is of interest in this example as it appears in '''Snapshot 1''' and it has '''Data-Driven Task Links '''associated with it as shown in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form below for the above snapshot.
  
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If you '''select''' the '''Properties … '''command, the '''Task Link Properties '''form appears as shown here:
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form above show two entries for '''Imported Task Links '''associated with the '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22)''' task.  Both entries are represented in the form as '''Task Links''' that are '''shown''' in the snapshot.
  
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Now if we go back to the Microsoft Project '''source plan '''and change the '''Flag20 field''' for the '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection '''task from '''Yes '''to '''No '''and then use the OnePager Pro '''Data ''' ribbon tool bar tab and click the '''Add Snapshot''' button and provide the appropriate '''snapshot date''', the '''added snapshot '''looks like this:
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To complete the example, you can '''edit''' the '''Color: '''dropdown in the '''Line''' '''Style '''sub-group to red and click '''OK''' on the form and get the result shown below:
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form for '''Snapshot 2''' looks like this:
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After completing the '''edit''' operation above, the selected '''Task Links '''remain '''selected''' in case you want to make more '''edits'''. Clicking anywhere in open space deactivates the selections.  Using this technique, you can '''select multiple Data-driven Task Links '''as well as manual '''Task Links''' in one multiple selection operation and perform '''edits''' on all selected '''Task Links'''.  Making any formatting '''edits''' to '''Task Links '''either singly or in a '''multiple selection''' operation makes the '''edited Task Links mavericks'''.
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You can '''restore multiple selected Task Links '''back to their '''default formatting''' by accessing the '''Task Links Properties '''form shown above and clicking the '''Use Format Defaults '''button followed by clicking the '''OK '''button as shown below:
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Although OnePager Pro '''imported '''all '''Data-Driven Task Links '''when '''snapshot 2''' was created and '''added''' to the chart, because the '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) '''task did not get '''imported''', there are no entries in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form above associated with the '''non-imported''' task.
  
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If you go to the OnePager Pro '''View''' ribbon tool bar tab and click the '''Left Arrow''' in the '''Snapshot '''group you can access '''Snapshot 1''' as shown below:
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There is a feature available so you can select '''all''' '''Task Links''' '''shown''' in the chart that uses the OnePager Express '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab.  To '''select all Task Links '''('''Data-driven''' and manual) in one operation go to the OnePager Express '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Editing''' group and click the '''Select all''' dropdown and then click the '''Task Links '''option as shown below:
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When '''Snapshot 1''' is shown in the '''Chart Editor''', it shows the '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) '''task bar and looks like this:
  
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This action highlights (selects) all visible '''Task Links'''.    If you right-click on any selected '''Task Link''' to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''(depending on the '''Task Link '''type you right-clicked), you can access the '''Task Link Properties '''form and '''edit''' all the selected '''Task Link''' formats in one operation or used the commands in the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu'''.
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If you access the '''Where Are My Links? '''form while '''Snapshot 1 '''is displayed in the '''Chart Editor''', the form has entries for the '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) '''task bar which have the '''Show '''column checkboxes checked '''ON''' as shown below.
  
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It is recommended that when creating snapshots where task bars/milestone symbols are '''unflagged''' that you review the contents of this section in the article at: [[Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0#Row hiding options | Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro-Row hiding options]] <!--21.13.1-70-->
  
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Manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''' can be manually '''edited'''.  Manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''' manual '''editing''' results in the '''edited Task Link''' becoming a '''maverick'''.   Manual '''editing''' of '''Task Links''' can be done by accessing the '''Task Link Properties''' form which contains the controls found in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Links '''tab’s '''Default Task-Links Formatting '''control group.
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The '''Task Link Properties '''form is accessed by right-clicking on the '''Task Link''' to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown here:
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As a second example, suppose we use the same Microsoft Project '''source plan '''and create a '''NEW '''first snapshot with all task bars and '''Data-Driven Task Links''' '''showing''' and as seen below in this chart segment:
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form shows the same information as the '''Where Are My Link? '''form in the previous example above. If we further '''create''' a second snapshot and when it appears in the '''Chart Editor '''right-click on one of the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' associated with the '''MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) '''task bar and '''hide '''it, the snapshot looks like this before and after completing the operation:
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After making your '''edits''' to the selected '''Task Link(s)''', click the '''OK '''button to apply them to the selected '''Task Link(s)'''.   This action applies all the '''edits''' you made to the selected '''Task Link(s)''' at one time.  You can return to the '''Task Link Properties '''form as many times as necessary for further '''editing''' to selected '''Task Link(s)'''.
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<center>'''Before Hiding Selected Data-Driven Task Link in Snapshot 2'''</center>
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This '''context menu''' differs from the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' for manual '''Task Links''' because '''Data-driven Task Links''' cannot be '''deleted''' as they are '''imported''' from '''predecessor''' information in the '''source plan'''.  Accordingly, '''Data-driven Task Links '''can only be '''hidden''' in snapshots.
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The '''Put in all snapshots''' command assures that in a '''multi-snapshot''' chart the selected '''Task Link''' is included in snapshots where the two participating task bars/milestone symbols appear.  To have '''Task Links''' appear in only '''some''' snapshots, they must first be established '''in all''' '''snapshots''' and manually '''hidden''' in those snapshots where the '''Task Links''' are not desired.  You have the option, as noted in the '''hide''' '''Task Links''' discussion above, to '''hide Data-driven Task Links''' in individual snapshots.    To do this requires going to the desired snapshot and specifically using the '''Hide''' command with the '''At this snapshot''' sub-command to achieve the desired result as shown below:
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For '''Data-driven Task Links''', the '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', and '''Link Comments '''control sub-groups are '''enabled'''.  However, because '''Data-driven Task Links''' have their '''Task Link Dependency Type''' defined in the '''source plan''', the '''Horizontal Anchor''' controls are '''disabled'''.  Therefore, you cannot change the '''Horizontal Anchor points''', '''Dependency Type''', or the '''Slider bars '''for '''Predecessor '''or '''Successor'''.  You can, however, change the eight (8) '''Vertical Anchor point '''radio buttons.
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The '''Add another … '''command, when clicked, immediately adds another '''Task Link '''to the '''selected''' pair of task bars or milestone symbols with the same properties as the original manual '''Task Link''' selected.  Typically, the '''added''' manual '''Task Link''' is superimposed on the original so it may be difficult to see.  It is recommended that you '''select''' one of the manual '''Task Links''' and '''drag and drop''' it to a new '''connection line''' location to enhance its visibility.  This allows you to '''“add another”''' manual '''Task Link '''between the two selected task bars/milestone symbols with different properties. 
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When a manual '''Task Link(s)''' are selected and the '''Properties… '''command is selected from the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''', all controls in the '''Task Link Properties''' form are '''enabled'''.  You have the capability to modify all '''properties''' of the manual '''Task Links '''selected including the '''Horizontal Anchor points '''and '''Dependency Type:'''.
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For manual''' Task Links''', the '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', '''Link Comments''', and '''Vertical Anchor '''control groups are '''enabled'''.  The control groups in this form are almost identical to the '''Default Task-Link Formatting''' control group in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link''' Tab. 
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Making an '''edit''' in the above form such that the '''edit''' deviates from the '''default settings''' established in the '''Chart Properties''' form changes the selected '''Task Link(s)''' to a '''maverick.'''  The settings for a '''maverick Task Link''' can be '''restored''' to the '''default settings''' by clicking the '''Use Format Defaults''' button shown above.  This action '''restores''' the '''maverick Task Link '''to the settings in the current '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link '''tab shown in the '''Default Task-Link Formatting '''control''' '''group of the form.  Since making a '''Task Link a maverick''' is considered '''formatting''', '''edits''' to a '''Task Link''' in one snapshot '''mavericks '''that '''Task Link '''in '''all''' snapshots.  When clicking the '''Use Format Defaults''' button to '''restore''' '''default format properties''' to a '''Task Link''' in one snapshot, the action restores '''default format properties''' to that '''Task Link '''in '''all''' '''snapshots''' that it appears.
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There are five (5) '''Begin Type arrow styles '''and five (5) '''End Type arrow styles '''to select from.  The '''default''' setting is the '''None '''selection for the '''Begin Type''' and the '''Arrow''' selection for the '''End Type'''.  OnePager recognizes which end of the '''connection line''' is the '''Begin''' and '''End '''based upon the '''Dependency Type'''.
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OnePager permits you to select '''multiple''' '''Data-driven''' and manual '''Task Links''' using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' method.  The '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' operation is not active for selecting '''Task Links'''.  Because there are two different types of '''Task Links''' that can be '''shown''', it is recommended that when making '''multiple''' '''Task Link selections''' that the set selected consist of only one type.  When you want to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' and you '''select''' '''Task Links '''of different types, OnePager provides the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' for the '''Task Link '''type which you used the right-click to access the '''context menu'''.
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Clicking on any of these '''grab points''' allows you to use your mouse to move the '''Begin '''or''' End point shapes '''or the '''connection line segments''' in the '''Chart Editor'''.  Although you can '''select multiple''' '''Task Links''' and the '''green''' and '''yellow''' '''grab points''' are provided, OnePager only allows you to use the '''drag and drop''' method of re-positioning the '''connection line''' or the '''Begin '''or '''End point shape''' on one '''Task Link '''at a time.  When using the '''drag and drop '''method, the other selected '''Task Links '''remain '''selected'''.
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When a '''Task Link '''is '''selected''' as shown in the first illustration above, OnePager indicates where the '''Begin '''and '''End point shapes positions''' are with '''green grab points'''.  If you '''select''' the '''End point shape''' of the '''Task Link '''as shown in the second illustration above, OnePager provides '''unfilled green grab points''' to indicate valid '''snap-to-positions''' for the '''End point shape.'''  If you position the '''Task Link’s End point shape''' in between the '''snap-to-positions '''and release the mouse button the '''Task Link’s End point shape '''moves to the nearest '''snap-to-position'''. 
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When there is a '''multi-segment connection line '''representing a '''Task Link''', the '''yellow grab point(s) '''in the '''middle''' of the '''multi-segment connection line''' are displayed when the '''Task Link '''is selected''' '''as shown here:
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Grabbing a '''middle yellow grab point '''with the mouse allows you to move the '''yellow grab point '''in either a '''horizontal''' or '''vertical''' direction within the '''graph'''.  Attempting to move '''yellow grab point''' too far in the '''graph area '''can produce '''unexpected results'''.  You can manipulate the '''middle yellow grab point''' for either a '''Data-driven''' or manual '''Task Link''' without causing the '''Task Link''' to become a '''maverick'''.
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OnePager has a variety of task bars available, so we have a few tips for re-positioning '''Task Link Begin/End points '''when working with a task bar with rounded or pointed ends.  The two task bars shown below are rectangular with a '''Task Link Connection Line''' '''Begin point''' originating the '''Predecessor’s bottom vertical anchor''' to the '''Successor’s top vertical anchor''': 
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Changing the '''Successor '''task bar to a shape with a point on both ends, as in the example below, shifts the '''Task Link Connection Line’s End point '''to appear to be at the '''Successor’s middle vertical anchor'''.  In reality, the top anchor position have moved downward on the task bar do to its geometry.
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For a more clear view of how '''Task '''Links are attaching to your task bars, right-click on the '''Task Link '''and click the '''Properties … '''command.  You can now see that the '''Vertical Anchor point''' for this '''Successor '''task  shape is likely set to '''Auto '''as shown here:
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Creating a '''Daisy Chain '''of manual '''Task Links''' is a two-step process.  First, using your mouse and the '''CTL+Left-Click''', make a series of mouse '''selections''' of task bar/milestone symbol in the order desired from the first '''Predecessor''' to the last '''Successor '''task bar/milestone symbol as shown here:
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For creating simple '''Daisy Chains''' of manual '''Task Links''' it can be easier to use the '''Lasso''' technique with the mouse left-click, '''drag and drop''' to '''select''' all the task bars/milestone symbols you want to be included in the '''daisy chain''' of manual '''Task Links'''.
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As an alternative to using the '''Lasso''' to '''select''' all task bars/milestone symbols, you can use the OnePager Express '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab in the '''Editing '''group of controls to make the '''selection'''.    To do this, click on the '''Select all '''dropdown control in the group and select the '''Tasks/Milestones''' command as shown here:
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Once all the task bars/milestone symbols are '''selected''', use the right-click on any task bar/milestone symbol to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu '''and click the '''Insert task link(s) '''command to create the '''daisy chain'''.  Using the '''Lasso''' or the '''Select all''' technique to create a '''daisy chain '''of manual '''Task Links''' lets OnePager know that you want the resulting '''daisy chain '''to progress from upper left to lower right.  Not '''selecting all task bars/milestone symbols creates''' a '''daisy chain''' just involving those '''selected''' task bars/milestone symbols with manual '''Task Links''' applied in the order that your manual '''selection''' of the task bars/milestone symbols were made.
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With the chart and the task bar/milestone symbol '''selections''' shown above, using either the '''Insert ''' ribbon tool bar tab command or the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' command to '''Insert task link(s)''' results in the chart shown below:
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Some care needs to be exercised when using a combination of the '''Lasso''' or '''Select all''' technique with individual task bar/milestone symbol '''selections''' or '''de-selections''' to identify those task bars/milestone symbols to participate in the creation of a '''daisy chain'''.  If you do the combination of '''Lasso''' and then, holding the '''CTL+Left-Click''', you individually '''select''' additional task bars/milestone symbols, OnePager may not be able to follow your sequence and interpret your intentions.  The results may not turn out to meet your expectations.  It is recommend that you '''not '''combine these techniques for '''selecting''' task bars/milestone symbols in a single action but separate the actions into individual steps with the '''Insert task link(s)''' command used between steps making sure that '''selected''' task bars/milestone symbols are ''''de-selected''' between steps.
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Although the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' for manual '''Task Links '''differs slightly from the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''for '''Data-driven Task Links''', you can still use it to access the '''Task Links Properties '''form for any '''selected''' manual '''Task Link'''. 
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Manual '''Task Links''' even if '''created''' by the '''Daisy Chain '''method are always individually '''selected''' and their properties individually '''edited'''.  Likewise, manual '''Task Links '''must have their '''default '''properties individually '''restored''' using the '''Task Link Properties '''form’s '''Use Format Default''' button.
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As a review, a '''Virtual Summary Task''' ('''VST''') is a summary task bar created by OnePager that does not exist in Microsoft Project.  It represents the '''Start Date''' and '''End Date''' of two or more constituent task bars or milestone symbols.  In this respect the '''VST''' is a OnePager '''Summary''' task bar.  OnePager computes the '''Start''' and '''End Date boundaries''' of a VST as its constituent task bar/milestone symbol dates change from snapshot to snapshot.  It also constructs '''Baselines''', '''Percent Complete Bars''', and '''Critical Path Segments''' (OnePager Express ('''OPX''') only) for task bars/milestone symbols being summarized.
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When you want to create a '''VST '''from task bars/milestone symbols that have either manual or '''Data-driven Task Links''' as a '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor''', you can expect to have their manual or '''Data-driven Task Links''' '''hidden''' when the '''VST '''is created.  Suppose you want to create a '''VST '''from the three top task bars shown below:
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In the above illustration, the three task bars of interest each have a '''Data-driven Task Link '''associated with them as shown in the adjacent '''Where Are My Links?''' form.  Creating a '''Virtual Summary Task''' from the three top task bars using the procedure in the referenced article above produces the chart below:
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In the illustration above, the '''VST''' is created in the third row and the '''Where Are My Links?''' form indicates that two '''Data-driven Task Links''' are no longer '''shown''' due to their associated task bars being incorporated into the '''VST'''.  If there are any manual '''Task Links''' associated with the task bars being combined into a '''VST''', these too are not '''shown''' after the '''VST '''is created.
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Once a '''Virtual Summary Task''' is '''made''', it can be a '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor''' itself and be a part of a pair of manual '''Task Links'''.  This also applies to a '''VST''' '''made''' from task bars that do have '''Data-driven Task Links''' after the '''VST '''is '''made'''.  When a '''VST''' with manual '''Task Links''' is '''unmade''', the manual '''Task Links '''are '''deleted''' and the '''Where Are My Links? '''form entry for the manual '''Task Link''' is removed from the form.
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A bit of review on '''Absorption'''.  The idea is to '''absorb''' one task bar or milestone symbol into another task bar or milestone symbol, leaving behind only a '''Comment Box''' (or perhaps several '''Comment Boxes''') to indicate the presence of the '''Absorbed''' task bars/milestone symbols.
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Using the chart below, '''absorb''' the '''Create MERLIN System''' task bar into the '''Eng. Team 1 Dev. '''task bar in the row above:
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Revision as of 21:46, 19 January 2021

Overview

The Where Are My Links? form, shown below, is a tool you can use to manage Data-Driven and manual Task Links in charts and snapshots.

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Accessing the Where Are My Links? Form

The Where Are My Links? form can be accessed at any time by accessing the OnePager Pro Home ribbon tool bar tab in the Editing group, clicking the Show/Hide dropdown, and clicking the Where Are My Links? button as shown below:

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In OnePager Pro, the Chart Properties form Task Link tab, in the Data-Driven Task Links control group there is an additional button, the Where Are My Links? button, as shown here:

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Each time the Where Are My Links? form is accessed, OnePager Pro builds the content of the form to specifically reflect the Data-Driven and/or manual Task Links contained in the chart or snapshot, whether they are in the shown or hidden status, their predecessor and successor task shapes (with ID’s), and their source (Imported or Manual).

Where Are My Links? Form Column Usage

There are four (4) columns in the Where Are My Links? form.

In the Show column (1) you can check or uncheck any entry’s checkbox ON or OFF to control the showing (or hiding), respectively, of the associated Task Links.

The Predecessor column (2) and Successor column (3) provide the Task/Milestone Name participating respectively in the Task Link pair. The numbers in parenthesis following the task bar name label correspond to the Unique ID for Microsoft Project source plans.

The Source column (4) tells you which entries in the form are Data-Driven Task Links (Imported) or which are manual Task Links (Manual).

Sorting Columns

The four (4) columns in the form can be sorted by clicking on the column’s header.

Sorting on the Show column means that you are sorting between checked and unchecked entries.

Sorting on the Predecessor or Successor columns means that you are sorting alphanumerically on the contents of the entire field. Because of the relationship between these two columns, sorting on the Predecessor column, for example, brings along the corresponding Successor entry and vice versa.

Sorting on the Source column means that you are sorting between Imported and Manual entries.

Resetting Show/Hide Defaults

The Use Show/Hide Defaults button at the bottom of the form controls the resetting of defaults for showing (or hiding) Task Links based upon the Task Link Filter rules you established in the Task Link Filter Rules form. This button also applies if you are Showing All Task Links instead of using Task Link Filter rules. If after establishing which Task Links are to be shown (or hidden) in the Task Links Filter Rules form and you later make edits to any Task Link individually, clicking the Use Show/Hide Defaults button restores all Task Links to the current Task Link Filter rules or the Show all selection.

Shortcut Controls

There are two (2) other shortcut buttons at the bottom of the form.

The first shortcut button makes all Task Links, imported or Manual, show in the chart or snapshot (the Show All button).

The second shortcut Hide all Task Links in the chart or snapshot (the Hide All button).

The Where Are My Links? form Filter Feature

In some charts you can have many, many Data-Driven Task Links showing. You can use the Filter feature on the Where Are My Links? form to find sets of Data-Driven Task Links based on search arguments found in the snapshot’s task bars name labels. Use either the Chart Properties form’s Task Links tab or the OnePager Home ribbon tool bar tab to access the sample Where Are My Links? form shown here:

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The Where Are My Links? form above lists all the Data-Driven Task Links shown (or hidden) in the current snapshot as well as any manual Task Links. The Where Are My Links? form is “snapshot-dependent” in that OnePager creates the form’s content based upon the snapshot that is being displayed in the Chart Editor . At the top of the form, are controls to Filter entries contained in the form based upon current snapshot task bar's name labels such that only task bars/milestone symbols that meet the task name filtering rule appears in the form’s data window.

For example, if you want to show only those entries that relate to Engineering Team 2 task bar's name labels, type the task name into the window provided and click the Filter button and the Where Are My Links? form looks like this:

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After clicking the Filter button, the entries shown in the Where Are My Links? form’s window are only those where the Engineering Team 2 task bar name label appears in either a Predecessor or Successor task bar/milestone symbol name regardless of whether the Task Link is showing (or hidden). The current show/hide status is displayed in the Show column’s checkboxes as shown above.

The Filter feature provides you with access to a subset of Task Link entries and can help with the management of the associated Task Links. Additionally, any edits you make to the Show column are imparted to the snapshot when the OK button on the form is clicked. If you access the Where’s My Links? form after using the Filter feature to hide Task Links, the form reappears without any Filtering of task bar's name labels. However, the results of your show/hide edits are represented in the entries. Clicking the Clear Filter button restores all the entries in the Where Are My Links? form and clears the contents of the search window.

Using the Where Are My Links? Form to Show or Hide Task Link

The Where Are My Links? form’s capabilities can be used for showing (or hiding) Task Links. You can use the form to quickly edit the show/hide status of any Task Link entry in the form for the current snapshot. The Where Are My Links? form provides a convenient list of all Task Links and a means to control the turning of individual Task Links from show to hide or vice versa. The convenient search Filter feature, covered above, is also useful with show/hide editing.

The Where Are My Links? form is shown below being accessed from the Chart Properties form Task Links tab:

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If you don’t use the Task Links Filter Rules form to conditionally control the showing (or hiding) of Data-Driven Task Links, the Where Are My Links? form gives you total manual control over the showing (or hiding) of all Task Links in a snapshot at any time. Editing the show/hide status of Task Link(s) in the Where Are My Links? form as described above can turn the edited Task Link(s) into maverick Task Link(s). The edit made to any entry in the Where Are My Links? form applies to the current snapshot.

The Where Are My Links? form and Snapshots

The Where Are My Links? form is snapshot-dependent meaning that the content of the form is built to reflect the show/hide status of Task Links in each snapshot contained in the chart. If a source plan task, imported in a first snapshot is not imported in a subsequent snapshot, the Where Are My Links? form’s contents for the snapshot without the imported task reflects absence of the non-imported task and its associated Task Links. If different snapshots have Task Links hidden, then the Where Are My Links? form for that snapshot reflects the show/hide status for the Task Link appropriate to the snapshot being displayed in the Chart Editor. The next sub-section provides step wise examples of these two (2) situations.

Example of Changing A Task Import Flag Between Snapshots

Suppose we have the chart and its first snapshot shown in part below:

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The MERLIN Subcontractor Selection task, with Unique ID 22, is of interest in this example as it appears in Snapshot 1 and it has Data-Driven Task Links associated with it as shown in the Where Are My Links? form below for the above snapshot.

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The Where Are My Links? form above show two entries for Imported Task Links associated with the MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) task. Both entries are represented in the form as Task Links that are shown in the snapshot.

Now if we go back to the Microsoft Project source plan and change the Flag20 field for the MERLIN Subcontractor Selection task from Yes to No and then use the OnePager Pro Data ribbon tool bar tab and click the Add Snapshot button and provide the appropriate snapshot date, the added snapshot looks like this:

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The Where Are My Links? form for Snapshot 2 looks like this:

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Although OnePager Pro imported all Data-Driven Task Links when snapshot 2 was created and added to the chart, because the MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) task did not get imported, there are no entries in the Where Are My Links? form above associated with the non-imported task.

If you go to the OnePager Pro View ribbon tool bar tab and click the Left Arrow in the Snapshot group you can access Snapshot 1 as shown below:

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When Snapshot 1 is shown in the Chart Editor, it shows the MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) task bar and looks like this:

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If you access the Where Are My Links? form while Snapshot 1 is displayed in the Chart Editor, the form has entries for the MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) task bar which have the Show column checkboxes checked ON as shown below.

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It is recommended that when creating snapshots where task bars/milestone symbols are unflagged that you review the contents of this section in the article at: Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro-Row hiding options

For more information on the Add Snapshot workflow, please see the article at: ADDING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro

Example of Hiding A Data-Driven Task Link Between Snapshots

As a second example, suppose we use the same Microsoft Project source plan and create a NEW first snapshot with all task bars and Data-Driven Task Links showing and as seen below in this chart segment:

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The Where Are My Links? form shows the same information as the Where Are My Link? form in the previous example above. If we further create a second snapshot and when it appears in the Chart Editor right-click on one of the Data-Driven Task Links associated with the MERLIN Subcontractor Selection (22) task bar and hide it, the snapshot looks like this before and after completing the operation:

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The contents of the Where Are My Link? form for Snapshot 2 looks like this:

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The above form’s contents indicate that the Data-Driven Task Link is available but hidden in Snapshot 2. If we transition back to Snapshot 1, the snapshot itself and the corresponding Where Are My Links? form looks like this:

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The Data-Driven Task Link hidden in Snapshot 2 is shown in Snapshot 1 and the Where Are My Links? form entry for this Task Link records its status.

Related Links

ADDING a Snapshot via Pull Operation - OnePager Pro

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

Advanced Tab for OnePager Pro

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