graphical indicators

[Mike Glen]

Hi Julie,

Have a medal!!

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[JulieS]

Hi Mike,

Aw shucks! Coming from you that is high praise indeed. Thanks ;-)

Julie

 

[Pooja]

Hi Julie...
It's me again...(pain)
okay,,,thanks for the link to the macros..but I need to know how to use them
or apply them...I have never used them...so if you could guide me
through..tht'll be great...

thanks for your help and yes you do deserve a MEDAL(GOLD)

 

[JulieS]

Hi Pooja,

Don't apologize -- you are most certainly *not* a pain and after all,
answering questions is what we are here for

As far as using the Copy Task Field Macro that Jack Dahlgren wrote, he has a
link on the URL I listed earlier ( http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm )
called "To Macros Installation" that explains the process well.

Jack's Copy Task Field macro takes information entered in to the *task*
Text5 field (inserted into a Task view like the Gantt chart) and copies it
into the *assignment* Text5 field (added to the Resource usage view).

Briefly, what you would do is click on the link on Jack's page to go to the
Copy Task Field page. This will take you to a page listing the actual code
for the macro.
Select all of the text on the page and copy it.

Open the Project file and choose Tools > Macro > Visual Basic Editor to open
the Visual Basic Editor (VBE). In the Project Explorer Window (left pane)
you should see a ThisProject (your filename) object and it should be
selected. You should also see a blank code window to the right. Click your
mouse into that window and paste. The code that Jack wrote should now be
there. If you have not entered data into Text5 but another field, you will
need to make a small edit to the code itself.

For example: In an earlier post you said that you had entered data into the
Text4 field. To copy that information into the assignment Text4 field you
would edit the line:
A.Text5 = t.Text5
I would change it to:
A.Text4 = t.Text4
to copy the data from the Task Text4 field to the assignment Text4 field.

Once you have made the edit you need in the code, in the VBE choose File >
Close and Return to Microsoft Project.

Back in the project file, choose Tools > Macro > Macros to open the Macros
dialog box. You should see a macro listed that includes as part of the
macro name - "CopyTaskFieldToAssignment".
Select the macro and click the Run button to run the macro.

Go to the Resource Usage view and insert the field Text4 and all of the data
you entered into the task Text4 field should now appear.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[Pooja]

Hi Julie
How are you? Thanks for the info on running Macros. I didn't get a chance
yesterday but today and tomorrow I am going to work on it.

I have one more issue. I am having trouble with resource graph. I laid out
the entire project and put resources against it and the graph looks fine in
the resource graph , but when you view this graph in print preview it looks
very different. The view comes out very enlarged and doesn't look normal.
Ex.
If I view this graph for one groups and it has two bars......it looks fine
in the resource graph but in print preview, these two bars gets enlarged and
takes up the entire paper size.

Thanks for your help..

Pooja

 

[JulieS]

Hi Pooja,

I see you have posted the issue with the resource graph as a new post --
good choice as often responders miss new questions. Do let me know how you
get along with the macro instructions.

Julie