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Plan User Manual
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VIEWS
Plan supports the following views, all accessible from the toolbar:
 Task list
 Gantt view
 Resource list
 Holidays
The first two views show tasks using different display formats. The resource view shows the
list of resource available. The holiday view shows resource holidays for a single selected
resource.
Task list view
The task list view shows the following fields for each task:
 Description. Textual description of the task.
 Start. Calculated start date
 End. Calculated end date
 Work. Man hours work value
 Resources. Resources assigned to the task
 Dependencies. Other tasks this task depends upon to start/finish
 % done. Percentage of work completed.
 Saved work, start & end. Recorded/baselined work/start/end values
 Early start & end. Earliest dates task can start and end
 Late start & end. Latest dates task can start/end without delaying the final plan end date
 Res. cost. Costs associated with the resource labour costs
 Fixed cost. A fixed cost which can be entered for the task
 Total cost. Total cost of the task
 W.B.S. Work Breakdown Structure code – a unique identifier for the task
 Note. Freeform note associated with the task
 Text1 – Text5. Freeform text associated with the task
 Number1 – Number5. Freeform values associated with the task
In the task list view and Gantt view each task is shown on a separate line of the display. If
there are more tasks than will fit onto the screen then the scrollbars may be used to scroll the
display. Use the horizontal scrollbar to scroll the view left and right.
The task description will be indented to indicate the level of a task in the hierarchy of
summary and sub-tasks (see “Summary and sub-tasks” section of this manual).
Use the zoom options on the “Edit” menu to control the font size of the resource, task list and
Gantt views.
Gantt view
The Gantt view shows a Gantt chart. This chart shows a time axis at the top of the screen with
a bar for each task, indicating the duration of the task. The current date will be shown as a
dotted vertical line through the chart.