multiple task bars in one row, Part II

H

Hawk

Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled "Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any way to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having to select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task A, B, C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and "flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display the color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 said:
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 said:
Nuncias said:
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
 
J

Jan De Messemaeker

Yes... trying it would have been faster than writing the post :))
YOu can have many, many bars on one line even without rolling up.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled "Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any way to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having to
select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task A, B,
C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and "flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display the
color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 said:
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 said:
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
 
H

Hawk

Well, I set up the custom flags/colors just like in the original post.
However, when i selected "yes" on summary task ("yes" corresponding to a
color I changed through format/bar styles...), no color ever showed up. only
when i put a "yes" on a single/ or multiple tasks below the summary task did
the color show up.

any thoughts on what I might try?

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Yes... trying it would have been faster than writing the post :))
YOu can have many, many bars on one line even without rolling up.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled "Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any way to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having to
select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task A, B,
C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and "flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display the
color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 said:
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?

:

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
 
J

Jan De Messemaeker

Hi,

In Bar Styles create a style for each Flag condition.
Below the current list, for instance, make the following line
Name: Summary Flag 1
Appearance: what you like
Show for... Summary;Flag1 (or comma if you are in US)
Then from where to where? Your choice.
You can ONLY use summary task's fields here, not those of the underlying
tasks of course!

Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Well, I set up the custom flags/colors just like in the original post.
However, when i selected "yes" on summary task ("yes" corresponding to a
color I changed through format/bar styles...), no color ever showed up.
only
when i put a "yes" on a single/ or multiple tasks below the summary task
did
the color show up.

any thoughts on what I might try?

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Yes... trying it would have been faster than writing the post :))
YOu can have many, many bars on one line even without rolling up.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled
"Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any way
to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having to
select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task A,
B,
C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and
"flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display the
color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

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?

:

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
 
H

Hawk

That did it- I also added 'Rolled Up' to the "show for..." section along
with 'summary' and 'flag1' and that seems to display everything correctly in
the overarching summary task. Thanks!

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Hi,

In Bar Styles create a style for each Flag condition.
Below the current list, for instance, make the following line
Name: Summary Flag 1
Appearance: what you like
Show for... Summary;Flag1 (or comma if you are in US)
Then from where to where? Your choice.
You can ONLY use summary task's fields here, not those of the underlying
tasks of course!

Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Well, I set up the custom flags/colors just like in the original post.
However, when i selected "yes" on summary task ("yes" corresponding to a
color I changed through format/bar styles...), no color ever showed up.
only
when i put a "yes" on a single/ or multiple tasks below the summary task
did
the color show up.

any thoughts on what I might try?

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Yes... trying it would have been faster than writing the post :))
YOu can have many, many bars on one line even without rolling up.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled
"Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any way
to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having to
select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task A,
B,
C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and
"flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display the
color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

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?

:

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
 
H

Hawk

Not sure if i need to address this into a new thread or not, but I've come
upon something odd. i've got one outline level-1 summary task, and two
outline level-2 summary tasks. under each level-2 summary tasks/sections i
have five level-3 summary tasks. it is these five summary tasks that i've
applied the custom flags to as described in the previous discussions. i went
through the first five outline level-3 summary tasks, applied the custom
flags and bars to it and it works great (all three outline levels display the
five different colors). however, when i apply the same custom flags to the
second set of outline level-3 summary tasks, the second outline level-2 task
bar does not show any color (tho it does, however, populate the outline
level-1 summary task with color).
Why is this happening and is there any way around it? I'd like to be able to
collapse both level- 2 outlines and see the 5 colors (flagged summary tasks)
displayed on both level-2 outline bars.

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Hi,

In Bar Styles create a style for each Flag condition.
Below the current list, for instance, make the following line
Name: Summary Flag 1
Appearance: what you like
Show for... Summary;Flag1 (or comma if you are in US)
Then from where to where? Your choice.
You can ONLY use summary task's fields here, not those of the underlying
tasks of course!

Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Well, I set up the custom flags/colors just like in the original post.
However, when i selected "yes" on summary task ("yes" corresponding to a
color I changed through format/bar styles...), no color ever showed up.
only
when i put a "yes" on a single/ or multiple tasks below the summary task
did
the color show up.

any thoughts on what I might try?

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Yes... trying it would have been faster than writing the post :))
YOu can have many, many bars on one line even without rolling up.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled
"Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any way
to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having to
select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task A,
B,
C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and
"flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display the
color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

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?

:

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
 
J

Jan De Messemaeker

Hi,
Do the level 3 tasks all have "Roll up Gantt bars" checked? And does the
level 2 task have "Show Rolled Up Gantt Bars" checked?

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Not sure if i need to address this into a new thread or not, but I've come
upon something odd. i've got one outline level-1 summary task, and two
outline level-2 summary tasks. under each level-2 summary tasks/sections
i
have five level-3 summary tasks. it is these five summary tasks that i've
applied the custom flags to as described in the previous discussions. i
went
through the first five outline level-3 summary tasks, applied the custom
flags and bars to it and it works great (all three outline levels display
the
five different colors). however, when i apply the same custom flags to
the
second set of outline level-3 summary tasks, the second outline level-2
task
bar does not show any color (tho it does, however, populate the outline
level-1 summary task with color).
Why is this happening and is there any way around it? I'd like to be able
to
collapse both level- 2 outlines and see the 5 colors (flagged summary
tasks)
displayed on both level-2 outline bars.

Jan De Messemaeker said:
Hi,

In Bar Styles create a style for each Flag condition.
Below the current list, for instance, make the following line
Name: Summary Flag 1
Appearance: what you like
Show for... Summary;Flag1 (or comma if you are in US)
Then from where to where? Your choice.
You can ONLY use summary task's fields here, not those of the underlying
tasks of course!

Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hawk said:
Well, I set up the custom flags/colors just like in the original post.
However, when i selected "yes" on summary task ("yes" corresponding to
a
color I changed through format/bar styles...), no color ever showed up.
only
when i put a "yes" on a single/ or multiple tasks below the summary
task
did
the color show up.

any thoughts on what I might try?

:


Yes... trying it would have been faster than writing the post :))
YOu can have many, many bars on one line even without rolling up.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
Hi - was reading through the posts on the below thread (titled
"Multiple
Task Bars In One Row") and was hoping I could add a question to
it...
I've been able to show it like you describe. However, is there any
way
to
select a custom flag for one of the summary tasks instead of having
to
select
specific tasks to "roll up" to the summary task? for instance, task
A,
B,
C
and D roll up to a
summary task. Instead of selecting tasks A-D individually and
"flagging"
them so they display a color bar, is there a way to just use the
custom
"flag" to flag the summary task and have the summary task display
the
color
bar?


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

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?

:

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
 

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