Bars tab of the Manage Views Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page or Assignments Page

Overview

Use this tab to configure the bar type, height, and color options of bars for the Gantt chart.

Screen Elements

Configure button

Displays the Configure panel.

Preview button

Displays the Preview panel.

Add menu

Bar: Adds a new bar.

Label: Adds a new label.

Reset button

Restores all options to default settings.

Theme list

Determines the color theme for the bars.

Configure panel

Bar Type field

The type of bar in the Gantt.

Current Bar: Spans the early remaining/actual start to the early remaining/actual finish for each activity, and indicates how the schedule is progressing according to the original plan.

Late Bar: Shows the late start to the late finish of an activity.

Early Bar: Shows the early start to the early finish of an activity.

Planned Bar: Shows the forecasted status of planned activities, and is used for simulating the outcome of the project schedule as part of project planning.

Project Baseline Bar: Shows the project baseline start and finish dates of an activity, and indicates how the schedule is progressing according to the original plan.

User's Primary Baseline Bar: Shows the primary baseline start and finish dates of an activity, and indicates how the schedule is progressing according to the original plan.

Float Bar: Shows the total amount of time that an activity can be delayed without delaying completion of a project.

Free Float Bar: Shows the amount of time that an activity can be delayed without causing subsequent activities to be delayed.

Percent Complete Bar: Shows the completion percentage of an activity.

Pre Response Bar: Shows the pre response pessimistic dates of activities calculated by Oracle Primavera Cloud.

Post Response Bar: Shows the post response pessimistic dates of activities calculated by Oracle Primavera Cloud.

User Defined Bar: Shows the amount of time spanning the selected Activity UDF start date and the Activity UDF finish date. UDF bars can be used to show a risk adjusted schedule using dates imported from Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis.

Label Field list

Determines the field to be used as the label for the bar. You can use any field that is editable at the group level, or any field whose values can be rolled up to group level. If you select to use a Summary Bar label, the label shows the rolled-up value of the field you select or the value of the field if the field is editable at the group level. To see this list, select a bar label in the preview area.

For example, if your view is grouped by WBS and you select Activity Count, then the summary bar will be labelled with the number of activities in the group. However, if you select a WBS UDF, the summary bar will be labelled with the value of the UDF at the group level.

Progress Color picker

Determines the color of progress bars. To see this picker, select Current Bar as the bar type and the Show Progress option.

Swap Colors button

Swaps the Progress Color and Bar Color. To see this button, select Current Bar as the bar type.

Bar Color picker

Determines the color of bars.

Height list

Determines the height of the bar.

Bar Name field

The name you want to assign to the bar. To see this field, select User Defined as the bar type.

Progress Color by Activity Code option

Determines that the color of progress on a current bar is dependent on the colors assigned to the values of the selected activity code. To see this option, select Current on the Bar Type list. To see this option, select Current Bar as the bar type and the Show Progress option.

Progress Color by Activity Code list

Determines the activity code to use for color coding progress on a current bar. To see this list, select Current on the Bar Type list. To see this list, select Current Bar as the bar type and the Show Progress option.

Configure link

Click to customize the colors assigned to values of the selected activity code. To see this link, enable the Progress Color by Activity Code option.

Bar Color by Activity Code option

Determines that the color of the bar is dependent on the colors assigned to the values of the selected activity code.

Bar Color by Activity Code list

Determines the activity code to use for color coding the bar.

Show Expanded Summary Bars option

Determines whether the summary bar will show for expanded groups as well as collapsed groups. If this option is selected, the summary bar will be shown for both collapsed and expanded groups. If this option is not selected, the summary bar will only show for collapsed groups. To see this option, select the summary bar in the preview area

Configure link

Click to customize the colors assigned to values of the selected activity code. To see this link, enable the Bar Color by Activity Code option.

Start Date Field list

Determines the user defied date field to use for the start date of the bar. To see this list, select User Defined as the bar type.

Show Progress option

Determines whether to display progress for the activity, project, or assignment. To see this option, select Current Bar as the bar type.

Finish Date Field list

Determines the user defied date field to use for the finish date of the bar. To see this list, select User Defined as the bar type.

Show Critical option

Determines how to show critical activities in the Gantt chart. Select the option to represent critical activities with a red bar instead of the color you selected for the Current Bar. To see this option, select Current Bar as the bar type.

Progress Style list

Determines the style for progress bars. To see this option, select Current Bar as the bar type and the Show Progress option.

Preview panel

Preview area

Provides a preview of how the selected options will look.

Getting Here

Click Projects or Resources.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click Activities, EPS, or Assignments.
- On the Resources navigation bar, click Assignments.
Click the Views menu and select Manage Views....
In the Manage Views dialog box, click Bars.

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