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

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Alternative

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

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  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.

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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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