Chapter 8: Display Project Plan Data Using

Views

This section contains the following topics:

About Views

(see page 179)

About the Open Workbench Library

(see page 181)

Configure Gantt Charts

(see page 184)

Create Views

(see page 186)

Apply Filters to Views

(see page 194)

Apply Views to Projects

(see page 195)

Insert and Delete Rows in Views

(see page 195)

About Changing View Display Colors

(see page 196)

Save Views

(see page 199)

Edit Views

(see page 200)

About Views

Views are the means by which you display a project plan and other project data. You can use views to enter project data, add or delete tasks, and otherwise modify a project plan. Open Workbench provides standard views, sorts, filters, and highlights to display, enter, and organize project information.

You can apply views, sorts, filters, and highlights to see different aspects of your project and access specific project information. The Open Workbench window displays a Library that contains views which you can apply to projects. The view that is set as the default view is automatically displayed in this window, even if you have not opened a project. If you have not set your default view, this window is blank.

Project data is displayed in views that take the form of spreadsheets, which can use

Gantt charts to graphically display project status and task relationships, or Critical Path

Method (CPM) Network views, which display task relationships and the project’s critical path. Most of the predefined views in Open Workbench are spreadsheet views. CPM

Network views display in an organizational chart format, with the boxes representing task dependencies rather than organizations.

Both types of views use field names in their definitions to determine what data they display, and both are created in the View Definition dialog box. Each type displays project information in a different format.

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