vertical bars in gantt view (MS Project)

[Heather]

I've worked with Project for three years now, and recall that you can add
vertical bars in the gantt view to highlight the duration of an event
throughout the entire file (helps to highlight possible conflict areas). I
cannot recall if it can be done without writing a macro. I believe when I
worked with it before the vertical bars came through after running a macro.
But if it can be done without running a macro, I would prefer to do that.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Heather,

Through Format, Gridlines, you can define some vertical linessuch as for
Project Start or Status Date; if you do not use the status date for other
purposes, you can set it at any date you want to draw the vertical line you
want.

 

[Heather]

Hi Jan -

Thanks for the response. How do you change the date for the status line?
Also I'm needing a date range versus one day. I think I'm going to have to
learn macros.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

The status date can be set in Project, Project Information.
Your date range problem is not the same question is it?

 

[Heather]

Jan,

Yes, the date range question is the same. I just wanted to know how to
change the status date because I do use the gridlines.

Essentially in my schedule, I have an event of 30+days in duration that
requires no other work to be done during that event's duration so I wanted to
visually block out that time throughout the whole schedule - with a vertical
bar during the duration of the event. The scheduling team I worked with a
few years ago was able to do this but as I recall it was the result of
running a macro. I wanted to try to get the vertical bars in the gantt view
without running a macro. Thanks!

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

I interpreted "bar" as "line"
To show the nonworking bar is just as soimple, no macro required.
Create a new calendar as a copy of the project calendar (Tools, Cghabge
Working time, New)
In that calendar set the interruption as nonworking time
Now in Format, Timescalee, nonworking time, select teh new calendar.
I dearly love and adore VBA but there isn't always a need for it!
HTH

 

[Heather]

Jan,

Extremely helpful - I learned something new today. However, Project is only
showing the nonworking time for whole months versus showing the nonworking
time that spans from mid-month to the next mid-month (ex: 9 Jan to 8 Feb).
It's a 30 day period but it's over two months. Now if I change the
nonworking time to 1 Jan to 31 Jan - the veritcal bar appears. Any
suggestions? I've been messing with the timescale but can't figure it out.
Thanks Jan!

 

[Heather]

Jan - I did get it to work but now because I put days as the minor time scale
it's showing all the weekends - do you know how to change it so it doesn't
show the weekends as nonworking time? Thanks!

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

You will only see the bar for whole multiples of the minor timescale. Make
that days (if necessary iuse three scale and put the scale to very low).
HTH

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

No, it will alsways show the whole time, sorry.
(If you use hours it will f.i. always display all 24 hours!)
HTH