Resource Usage Chart (how to NOT display zero hours worked)

[Kellie F.]

I've done a resource usage chart, but on all the days where there is no work
to be done, it says "0h". Is there any way it could be left blank instead of
saying "0h"? If there is no way to do that, is there a way to do conditional
formatting, e.g., bolding or highlighting all non-zero hours?

The chart is almost impossible to read as it is right now. "0h" looks a lot
like "8h" when you're looking at a gigantic 11x17 chart.

Please help!! I've spent many, many hours on this chart,thinking I'd figure
out how to fix this problem, but I haven't had any luck. I'd hate for it all
to be for nothing. Thank you in advance!!

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Kellie ,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I don't know where all the Oh's are coming from - there are none on any of
mine. I suspect corruption of some sort. You could try the suggestions in
FAQ Item: 43. File Bloat? - Might be Corruption. FAQs, companion products
and other useful Project information can be seen at this web
address:http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

If not, we need to discover whether your project is at fault, whether it is
Project at fault, or whether it's your PC. Does the symptom occur with
other projects on this PC? Does it occur with this project on other PCs?
Does it occur with other projects on other PCs?

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on )

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Kellie F.]

It's actually a zero, not an "O". It's technically correct with the zeros,
but it's just not what I prefer. There has to be a way for me to set
preferences for this, but I cannot seem to find it.

 

[Mike Glen]

Have you done the checks I suggested?


Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Kellie F.]

Mike,

There is nothing wrong with the way Project is working; it's just not
displaying the chart the way I PREFER. I apologize if I've done a bad job of
explaining this.

I looked at the FAQs and tried what you suggested, but I really think you
misunderstand what I'm asking about. This seems like something I should be
able to set in tools-options.

Remember that this is a Resource Usage chart, not a Gantt chart. Here's
what I want:

For days when I have not entered any hours for a particular task, it's
displaying a "0h" (that's ZERO h), presumably for zero hours, when I'd really
prefer that the cell be left blank. What I have is a huge chart filled with
"0h" in almost every cell. It's hard to pick out which days and tasks say
"8h" in the sea of "0h"s.

I hope I've done a better job of explaining it this time. Thanks for your
help.

 

[Mike Glen]

I fully understood what you wanted, Kellie, but a sound project file has
nothing at all in the cells unless you put it there. All mine are blank
which leads me to believe there's something wrong with your file. Try a new
project and see if you get zeros all over the place.

Mike