Nuncias
Thu Mar 13 10:37:01 CDT 2008
Excellent, thanks for the quick response, i'll give this a try.
"JulieS" wrote:
> Hello Nuncias,
>
> Sure, this can be accomplished with flag fields and some custom bar
> styles. In your scenario, with 3 tasks (A,B,C) you wish to show in
> different color:
>
> Insert Flag1, Flag2, and Flag3 fields into your task table.
> For Task A, set Flag1 to Yes, leave Flag2 and Flag3 to No.
> For Task B, set Flag2, to Yes, leave Flag1 and Flag3 to No.
> For Task C, set Flag3 to Yes, leave Flag1 and Flag2 to No.
>
> Choose Format > Bar Styles and find the bar definition for *Rolled Up
> Task. Select the bar and choose Cut Row (once) and then Paste Row 3
> times. You are going to create a custom bar for each Flag. In the
> first *Rolled Up Task row, change the name as you need, select a
> different color for the appearance of the bar and in the Show For...
> section, edit the list to add Flag1. Repeat for the Flag2 task and
> Flag3 tasks.
>
> You can insert as many as 20 flag fields to get up to 20 different
> combinations. You can also remove the flag fields from the table once
> you've set the flag choices as needed.
>
> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
>
> Julie
> Project MVP
>
> Visit
http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
> about Microsoft Project
>
> "Nuncias" <Nuncias@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6EAB5D6-7EAC-43F2-97B6-3EC08E77F0F1@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks, the problem is we'd like to show the different tasks in one
> > bar, with
> > different color fills for each task.
> >
> > Think of one bar containing three consecutive tasks, each must finish
> > for
> > the next to begin, if the project were nine months long and each task
> > was
> > three months in duration the bar would be divided into three sections,
> > each a
> > different color/fill.
> >
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > "JulieS" wrote:
> >
> >> "Nuncias" <Nuncias@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:A860BE12-E3CE-408B-9539-83075487E55C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hope someone can help. what I'm trying to do is display multiple,
> >> > consecutive
> >> > taskbars in one line on a Gantt chart. The boss doesn't want the
> >> > bars
> >> > displayed in the "waterfall" manner and I've been unsuccessful in
> >> > finding a
> >> > way to do this.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >>
> >> Hello Nuncias,
> >>
> >> You can roll up subtasks to a summary bar. Select the subtasks and
> >> then
> >> show the Task Information dialog (Project > Task Information or use
> >> the
> >> button on the Standard toolbar). On the General tab, enable the
> >> "Show
> >> rolled up Gantt bars" option. Then when you collapse up the summary
> >> bar
> >> (click the [-]) you'll see each individual subtask bar on the
> >> Summary.
> >>
> >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
> >>
> >> Julie
> >> Project MVP
> >>
> >> Visit
http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
> >> information
> >> about Microsoft Project
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>