Customizing a Barchart View

You can customize a barchart view by controlling the display of relationships, the Time Now marker, and non-work periods. You can access these controls from the Barchart Preferences dialog box.

You can also use the Bar Sets Preferences dialog box to specify a bar set to be applied to the barchart view and to change the appearance of any bar.

Attention: For information about customizing the appearance of resource bars and time-phased data in a multi-table barchart, see "Customizing Barchart Views" in the Deltek Open Plan Developer’s Guide.

Using the Fill Column Down Command

This command is available in both spreadsheet views and in the spreadsheet pane of a barchart view.

The Fill Column Down command allows you to fill a spreadsheet column (or a selected range of cells in a column) with a single operation. To use this command, enter the value you want to apply to other cells in a spreadsheet column. Select a range of cells that includes the target cell as the topmost cell. Select Fill Column Down and Open Plan responds by filling all the selected cells with the value contained in the top cell of the range.

Note: If you want to fill an entire column with the information in its first cell, right-click the column heading, and click Fill Column Down on the context menu.

Control the Display of Resource and Activity Bars

You can control the display of resource and activity bars using the Bar Attributes tab of the Bar Set Preferences dialog box. To control the display of time-phased cost data, use the Crosstable tab of the Bar Set Preferences dialog box.

Related Topics

• Customizing the Date Scale
• Using the Barchart Preferences Dialog Box
• Bar Set Preferences Bar Attributes Tab
• Bar Set Preferences Crosstable Tab

Related Procedures

• Customize Barchart Display Options
• Display Relationships on a Barchart View
• Highlight Controlling Relationships in a Barchart View
• Define Activity Bar Attributes
• Create a New Bar Type