Multiple task bars in one row

[Nuncias]

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,

 

[JulieS]

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

 

[Nuncias]

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

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

 

[JulieS]

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

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project

 

[Nuncias]

Excellent, thanks for the quick response, i'll give this a try.

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

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project

 

[JulieS]

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
Julie

Excellent, thanks for the quick response, i'll give this a try.

<snip>

 

[Ed Ryan - Wrigley]

Julie,

I tried your recommendation but the Rolled up summary task does not have 3
different colors. Only each individual task has a different color. I
believe the original request asked for one bar line with multiple colors to
show the 3 different tasks timeline in one line instead of 1 black line.
Please let me know if it is possible to have 3 different colors showing the
timeline for each subtask in the summary bar.

Thanks

 

[JulieS]

Hi Ed,

No the summary task bar remains one solid color -- usually black. The
rolled-up bars have the separate colors and they overlay the summary
bar.

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

Julie
Project MVP

PS in the future, please make sure to include the steps you are
referencing -- either by adding your question to the post with the
details or copying and pasting the relevant information. I had to go
back to Google groups to pick up the original thread. I'd love to say
I remember all comments I've made but that would not be true

Julie,

I tried your recommendation but the Rolled up summary task does not
have 3
different colors. Only each individual task has a different color.
I
believe the original request asked for one bar line with multiple
colors to
show the 3 different tasks timeline in one line instead of 1 black
line.
Please let me know if it is possible to have 3 different colors
showing the
timeline for each subtask in the summary bar.

Thanks

<snip original message portion from March 13, 2008>

 

[Ed Ryan - Wrigley]

What does overlay the summary bar mean?

I think you answered my question though. It is not possible to have a
summary bar that has the multiple colors of the rolled up bars... so if you
want only 1 line to show the timeline of the subtasks.... it is not possible
or microsoft project does not have the solution today.

Thanks

Ed

 

[JulieS]

Hi Ed,

If you have set the task bars to rollup, the individual bars appear on
top of the summary bar in the Gantt chart view. Try double clicking
on a task bar and on the General tab of the Task Information dialog
box, click the option "Roll up Gantt bar to summary bar" and I think
you'll see a bit more clearly what I am referring to.

If you collapse up subtasks and the tasks have different colors and
they roll up, it does appear to show the individual colored bars on
the summary task.

I hope this is a bit clearer -- I think you and I are using the phrase
"roll up" in different manners.

Julie

in message

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Ed,

It DOES work, I've done it for a customer.
The only thing you need is to also define the rolled up bars in Bar styles
in the same color.

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
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[Hawk]

Julie - was reading through the posts on this one and 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

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project