Options Tab
The Options tab of the Time Analysis dialog box controls the way in which Open Plan calculates time analysis.
If you perform time analysis without selecting the Analyze Each Time Data Changes option, Open Plan creates a time analysis session log.
If the project being calculated by time analysis contains unopened external subprojects, Open Plan treats foreign activities as if all calculated dates are On Targets.
You can also perform time analysis in Batch Mode. This enables you to run time analysis for multiple projects at one time. To run time analysis in Batch Mode, select more than one project from the Details pane of the Open Plan Explorer and then click the Time Analysis button. The Time Analysis [Batch Mode] dialog box will display. Set your options and then click OK.
If a project is closed, Open Plan will open it in Exclusive mode, perform the process, save the changes, and then close the project. If a project cannot be opened in Exclusive mode (because another user has it open in Exclusive or Shared mode), it will be skipped.
If you have a project open when the batch process is run, time analysis will be performed on the project, but the changes will not be saved and the project will remain open. You must manually save the changes yourself.
Open Plan creates one time analysis session log, listing the project results in the order in which the projects were processed in the batch.