Working with activity and subproject tables

The Activity and Subproject tables display the most important parameters. You can adjust the tables to you requirements doing the following:

1. click on the menu Format > Columns

Alternative

1. rightclick on the column names of the table and choose Properties in the context menu.

1. In the appearing window you can edit the column layout and choose which of the columns (also user-defined fields) you want to have on display.

Change the width of the table

• change the width of a column and so affect the overall width of the table.

• temporarily collapse and unfold a table via the button.

Navigation

• You can use the arrow buttons upwards and downwards to toggle between activities and subprojects. You can use the buttons Tab and Shift+Tab to jump forwards and backwards among the single columns.

Unit of measurement

is in Project / Project Properties / General / Project Settings by specifying the duration and effort for tasks in hours or define in working days, weeks, etc.

Fields in the table

No.	Number of WBS code
Info	Signals whether it has been referred to internal documents or external links from an activity / subproject
Warning	Alert about overallocated, failed resources, or late activities
Name	Name of activity or subproject
Code	Code of activity or subproject
Category	Project category
Priority	Project priority
Status	Project status
Quantity	Quantity of the working results, measured by the measurement unit defined for the activity
Completed	Completed quantity
Open	Open quantity
Measurement unit	Measurement unit for the activity’s working result (such as: m3, freight, …) .
Norm	Norm in man-hours required for the completion of a measurement unit within an activity
Effort	Effort of the activity or subproject
Completed	Completed effort
Open	Open effort
Duration	Duration of the activity or subproject
Completed	Completed duration
Open	Open duration
Start	Start time (date and time of day) of the activity or subproject
Start	Start time (date) of the activity or subproject
Finish	Finish time (date and time of day) of the activity or subproject
Finish	Finish time (date) of the activity or subproject
Earliest possible start	Earliest possible start of activity Caution! Will only be shown if the option Calculation of contingency reserve is activated in Tools / Global settings / General.
Start, reserve	Contingency reserve (difference between start and earliest possible start). Caution! Will only be shown if the option Calculation of contingency reserve is activated in Tools / Global settings / General.
Latest possible finish	Latest possible finish of activity Caution! Will only be shown if the option Calculation of contingency reserve is activated in Tools / Global settings / General.
Finish, reserve	Contingency reserve (difference between latest possible finish and finish). Caution! Will only be shown if the option Calculation of contingency reserve is activated in Tools / Global settings / General.
Fixed costs	Separate costs of the activity or subproject that are not shown by the view of resources
HR costs	Costs for the activity or subproject’s personnel resources
Material costs	Material costs for the activity or subproject
Machine costs	Machine costs for the activity or subproject
Costs	Total costs for the activity or subproject
Completed	Percentage of completion of the activity / percentage of progress
Amount of invoice	Amount for the invoicing period of the project
Payment period	Period of time in working days for the due date of the payment
Receipt of payment	Date of payment receipt
Predecessor	“From” activities
Successor	“To” activities
Roles	Assigned roles
Teams	Assigned teams
Employees	Assigned employees
Material	Allocated materials
Machine types	Allocated machine types
Machinery	Allocated machinery
Balance	Difference between the demand for assigned roles and the demand for assigned employees (for a quick overview over missed assignations of employees in activities)
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