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==Overview==
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==Introduction to the OnePager Task Links==
  
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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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OnePager Pro and Express always supported the creation and showing of '''Task Links''' (previously called '''Event Links''').  The process for creating and editing '''Event Links''' was limited and totally manual. What was not previously possible was the capability to '''import Predecessors '''data from your Microsoft Project or Excel '''source plan '''and have OnePager produce a chart with these '''dependencies '''graphically displayed.  The two illustrations below show a simple Microsoft Project '''source plan '''with '''Predecessors '''data and the OnePager Pro chart created with the corresponding '''Task Links''':
  
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===Accessing the Where Are My Links? Form===
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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form can be accessed at any time by accessing the OnePager Express '''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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There are two sets of tables below contain links to detailed information on '''importing''', '''managing''', and '''editing''' '''Task Links''': [[Linking Task and Milestones Using Manual and Data-Driven Task Links for Version 7.0#Links to All Detailed Task Link Articles | Links to All Detailed Task Link Articles]] <!--19.0.1-70-->
  
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==Overview==
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In OnePager Express, 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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With OnePager Pro and Express you have the following enhanced capabilities.
  
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===Imported Task Link Data from Source Plans===
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Each time the '''Where Are My Links? '''form is accessed, OnePager Express 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 bars (with ID’s), and their source ('''Imported''' or '''Manual''').
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'''Task Link''' information can be '''imported''' from both Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel '''source plans '''and made available for display and '''editing''' in the chart.  '''Task Links''' imported from '''source plans''' are called '''Data-driven Task Links'''.  When discussing '''Data-driven Task Link imported''' from Microsoft Project, the capability is also supported to import '''Data-driven Task Links''' from Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Online.
  
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===Where Are My Links? Form Column Usage ===
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===Task Link Editing===
  
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There are four (4) columns in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form.
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'''Task Link''' '''editing''' capabilities are expanded so that you have a greater variety of options for formatting '''Task Link''' '''arrow shapes''', '''arrow''' '''sizes''', '''connection line''' options, '''connection line corner radii''', '''Task Link Dependency Types''', and '''Vertical and Horizontal Anchor points '''on task/milestone shapes. '''Manual editing''' capabilities are also enhanced so you can perform '''drag and drop''' operations and '''edit''' the''' properties''' of any and all '''Task Links '''using enhanced '''Task Link''' formatting options.  
  
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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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Manual '''Task Links''' can be '''Daisy Chained''', that is, you can select more than two task bars/milestone symbols and create a series (i.e., '''daisy chain''') of manual '''Task Links''' connecting these task bars/milestone symbols. You have full control over '''Task Link '''formatting and which '''Task Links '''are '''shown''' or '''hidden''' in charts through the use of the new '''Task Links '''tabs on the '''Template''' and '''Chart Properties '''forms.  There are '''Filtering control''' over '''showing''' (or '''hiding''')''' Task Links''' provided in a new '''Task Links Filter Rules '''form.  In a similar fashion to how OnePager assists you to manage '''hidden tasks''', OnePager provides a '''Where Are My Links?''' form that lists '''Task Links '''specific to each snapshot and allows you to edit the '''show/hide status''' of any '''Task Link''' in a snapshot. You also have the capability to manually select a '''Task Link''' with a right-click and use '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' to perform manual '''editing''' on the manual or '''Data-driven Task Link'''. You can perform enhanced '''editing''' of manual '''Task Link properties''' with the enhanced '''Task Link Properties''' form.
  
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The '''Predecessor''' column (2) and '''Successor '''column (3) provide the '''Task/Milestone Name''' participating respectively in the '''Task Link''' pair.
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OnePager Express is enhanced such that you can '''import Dependency''' values on tasks from Microsoft Excel '''source plans''' where the '''syntax format selection''' for specifying '''predecessor''' relationships corresponds to the Microsoft Project standards or the '''syntax format selection''' used by Oracle’s Primavera P6.
  
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The numbers in parenthesis following the task bar name correspond to the '''Task ID''' for Microsoft Excel '''source plans'''. 
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===Task Links Based On Predecessor Data===
  
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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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OnePager Pro and Express are designed to process '''Task Links''' that are specified as '''Predecessors''' '''ONLY'''. Although OnePager does not import '''Successor '''data from your '''source plan''', '''successor '''information''' '''is the inverse on '''predecessor '''information found in your '''source plan'''. This approach guaranties that all your '''Data-driven''' '''Task Links''' are based on valid information from your Microsoft Project '''source plan'''.
  
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===Template Properties and Chart Properties Forms and Task Links===
  
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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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The '''Template Properties''' forms distributed with OnePager Pro and Express contain an enhanced '''Task Links''' tab with basic settings that can be tailored as needed. As with all '''Chart Properties''' tabs, the '''Task Links''' tab takes on the '''properties''' for '''Task Links''' based on the '''properties''' in the current '''Template Properties''' form. The '''properties''' in the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Link''' tab can be '''edited''' at any time. Additionally, both '''Data-Driven''' and manual '''Task Links''' can be '''selected''' in the chart and '''edited''' individually.
  
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==Links to All Detailed Task Link Articles==
  
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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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Please use the Wiki article links below to access detailed information on the '''Data-driven Task Links''' feature and the enhancements made to manual '''Task Links''' in OnePager.  The articles in the top set of links below provide you with an '''overview''' to the new '''Data-driven Task Link''' feature and the enhancements made to the existing manual '''Task Link''' capabilities. The articles in the bottom set of links below provide detailed information on the '''importation''', '''management''', and '''editing''' of both '''Data-Driven Task Links''' and manual '''Task Links'''.
  
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Sorting on the '''Source '''column means that you are sorting between '''Imported''' and '''Manual '''entries.
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'''Manual Task Link and Data-Driven Overview Articles'''
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| [[Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager Pro]] <!--19.1.1.1-70-->
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'''Importing, Managing, and Editing Data-Driven and Manual Task Links'''
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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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[[Getting Started with Version 7.0 (Portal) | Getting Started (Portal)]] <!--3.0.1-70-->
  
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The first shortcut button makes all '''Task Links''', '''imported '''or '''Manual''', '''show''' in the chart or snapshot (the '''Show All''' button).
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In some charts you can have many, many '''Data-Driven Task Links showing'''.  You can use the '''Filter''' feature on the '''Where Are My Links? '''form to '''find''' sets of '''Data-Driven Task Links''' based on search arguments found in the snapshot’s '''task names'''.  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 names''' 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 '''Eng. Team’s 1''', just type '''"Eng. Team 1” '''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 1''' '''task bar name''' appears in either a '''Predecessor''' or '''Successor task bar/milestone symbol name''' regardless of whether the '''Task Link '''is '''showing''' (or '''hidden''').  The current '''show/hide status''' is displayed in the '''Show '''column’s checkboxes as shown above.
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The '''Filter''' feature provides you with access to a subset of '''Task Link''' entries and can help with the management of the associated '''Task Links'''.  Additionally, any '''edits''' you make to the '''Show '''column are imparted to the snapshot when the '''OK '''button on the form is clicked.  If you access the '''Where’s My Links? '''form after using the '''Filter '''feature to '''hide''' '''Task Links''', the form reappears without any '''Filtering''' of '''task bar's names'''.  However, the results of your '''show/hide edits '''are represented in the entries.  Clicking the '''Clear Filter''' button '''restores''' all the entries in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form and clears the contents of the search window.
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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form is '''snapshot-dependent''' meaning that the content of the form is built to reflect the '''show/hide status''' of '''Task Links '''in each snapshot contained in the chart.  If a '''source plan''' task, '''imported '''in a first snapshot is not '''imported '''in a subsequent snapshot, the '''Where Are My Links? '''form’s contents for the snapshot without the '''imported '''task reflects absence of the '''non-imported '''task bar and its associated '''Task Links'''.  If different snapshots have '''Task Links hidden''', then the '''Where Are My Links? '''form for that snapshot reflects the '''show/hide status '''for the '''Task '''Link appropriate to the snapshot being displayed in the '''Chart Editor'''.  The next sub-section provides step wise examples of these two (2) situations.
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The '''Internal Perf. Test '''task, with '''Task ID''' 53, 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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Revision as of 22:11, 19 January 2021

Introduction to the OnePager Task Links

OnePager Pro and Express always supported the creation and showing of Task Links (previously called Event Links). The process for creating and editing Event Links was limited and totally manual. What was not previously possible was the capability to import Predecessors data from your Microsoft Project or Excel source plan and have OnePager produce a chart with these dependencies graphically displayed. The two illustrations below show a simple Microsoft Project source plan with Predecessors data and the OnePager Pro chart created with the corresponding Task Links:

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There are two sets of tables below contain links to detailed information on importing, managing, and editing Task Links: Links to All Detailed Task Link Articles

Overview

With OnePager Pro and Express you have the following enhanced capabilities.

Imported Task Link Data from Source Plans

Task Link information can be imported from both Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel source plans and made available for display and editing in the chart. Task Links imported from source plans are called Data-driven Task Links. When discussing Data-driven Task Link imported from Microsoft Project, the capability is also supported to import Data-driven Task Links from Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Online.

Task Link Editing

Task Link editing capabilities are expanded so that you have a greater variety of options for formatting Task Link arrow shapes, arrow sizes, connection line options, connection line corner radii, Task Link Dependency Types, and Vertical and Horizontal Anchor points on task/milestone shapes. Manual editing capabilities are also enhanced so you can perform drag and drop operations and edit the properties of any and all Task Links using enhanced Task Link formatting options.

Manual Task Links can be Daisy Chained, that is, you can select more than two task bars/milestone symbols and create a series (i.e., daisy chain) of manual Task Links connecting these task bars/milestone symbols. You have full control over Task Link formatting and which Task Links are shown or hidden in charts through the use of the new Task Links tabs on the Template and Chart Properties forms. There are Filtering control over showing (or hiding) Task Links provided in a new Task Links Filter Rules form. In a similar fashion to how OnePager assists you to manage hidden tasks, OnePager provides a Where Are My Links? form that lists Task Links specific to each snapshot and allows you to edit the show/hide status of any Task Link in a snapshot. You also have the capability to manually select a Task Link with a right-click and use task link right-click context menu to perform manual editing on the manual or Data-driven Task Link. You can perform enhanced editing of manual Task Link properties with the enhanced Task Link Properties form.

OnePager Express is enhanced such that you can import Dependency values on tasks from Microsoft Excel source plans where the syntax format selection for specifying predecessor relationships corresponds to the Microsoft Project standards or the syntax format selection used by Oracle’s Primavera P6.

Task Links Based On Predecessor Data

OnePager Pro and Express are designed to process Task Links that are specified as Predecessors ONLY. Although OnePager does not import Successor data from your source plan, successor information is the inverse on predecessor information found in your source plan. This approach guaranties that all your Data-driven Task Links are based on valid information from your Microsoft Project source plan.

Template Properties and Chart Properties Forms and Task Links

The Template Properties forms distributed with OnePager Pro and Express contain an enhanced Task Links tab with basic settings that can be tailored as needed. As with all Chart Properties tabs, the Task Links tab takes on the properties for Task Links based on the properties in the current Template Properties form. The properties in the Chart Properties form's Task Link tab can be edited at any time. Additionally, both Data-Driven and manual Task Links can be selected in the chart and edited individually.

Links to All Detailed Task Link Articles

Please use the Wiki article links below to access detailed information on the Data-driven Task Links feature and the enhancements made to manual Task Links in OnePager. The articles in the top set of links below provide you with an overview to the new Data-driven Task Link feature and the enhancements made to the existing manual Task Link capabilities. The articles in the bottom set of links below provide detailed information on the importation, management, and editing of both Data-Driven Task Links and manual Task Links.

Manual Task Link and Data-Driven Overview Articles

Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager Pro Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager Express
Manual Task Links for OnePager Pro Manual Task Links for OnePager Express
Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Pro Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager Express

Importing, Managing, and Editing Data-Driven and Manual Task Links

Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager Pro Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager Express
Editing Task Links with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro Editing Task Links with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Express
Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Pro Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager Express
Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Pro Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Express
Notes on Data-Driven Task Links for OnePager 7.0

Related Links

Getting Started (Portal)

Basic Workflows (Portal)

Conditional Import Filters (Portal)

Conditional Formatting (Portal)

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

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