Open Workbench User Guide

About Views

About Spreadsheet Views

Spreadsheet views display project data in variety of ways. These views can appear as spreadsheets with editable cells, and can also display a Gantt chart that depicts the project’s schedule and the timing and relationships between tasks.

Depending on the field names used to define the view, spreadsheet views may contain several panes that display different types of project data. For example, a spreadsheet view may display any combination of the following:

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A task detail pane containing editable project data on tasks

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A pane displaying a Gantt chart and a time scale

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A resource detail pane containing editable data on resources that are available for task assignments or that are assigned to tasks

The default Gantt Chart view is available from the Favorites library group.

About CPM Network Views

Critical Path Method (CPM) Network views display data as a graphical model of tasks and their relationships. Each task is portrayed in a cell which may be linked to other cells in order of precedence. Unlike spreadsheet views, you cannot enter, sort, or filter data directly in CPM Network views. However, you can create dependency relationships in a

CPM Network view and you can edit task properties by opening the Task Properties dialog box from the view.

The default CPM Network view is available from the Favorites library group.

View the CPM Network View from the Overview Window

Use the Overview window to view a specific area of a CPM Network view. You can also select Zoom In from the shortcut menu to make objects in the current view larger, or

Zoom Out to make the current view hold and display more data.

Note: The Windows System Font does not scale and may be rendered unreadable by zooming out. One way to solve this is to change the Windows System Font to a scalable one, such as Arial. Another way is to zoom back in and manipulate your window on the

CPM display.

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