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Julian,
Sorry I couldnt get back to you yesterday; the system wouldnt allow access.
The way I tend to group-by, is by using the Text 1, Text 2, etc. columns - depending upon how many sub-groups you want to use. You can customise the title of the Text column via Tools>Customise>Fields.
In each text cell, you define the group name for the particular activity and then type it in the text cell. Do this for all activities. If you have thousands of activities, it can be a bit time-consuming, but technically it is very straight-forward.
Go to Project>Group By>More Groups>New, and there is your window to format the order of the Text column groupings. Having done it once, it’s surprisingly easy.
Have a go!
James.
Hi Julian,
Asking the obvious I know, but have you tried using the online help facility to see if that will jog your memory?
Chris Oggham
Howzit James!
The problem is I cant remeber exactly how I did it last, as it was quite a while back.
He! He!
Julian,
Please forgive if Im being a bit slow - but if youve used the grouping function before, then why not use it again? :-)
Youre quite right in that the use of the group-by function is a perfectly good way of achieving your objective. Again, it will give you a good visual. Ive used the group-by function quite extensively, so if further assistance is required, please feel free to ask.
Cheers.
James
Howzit James
I understand what you mean, but I have in the past used a grouping function in MS when applied groups everything together. You can clearly see where conflicts are occuring.
Regards
Cheers!
Julian,
Please could you expand a little on your requirements.
As you are probably aware, the "conflicts" are usually ironed-out by applying appropriate logic whilst compiling the programme. Doing this, of course depends upon knowing what the task conflicts are likely to be in the first place. However, in most of my instances, I apply a filter to the task name. By visually inspecting the result you can see when, and how many of such potentially conflicting tasks occur in parallel. Be a little careful, though, because you can have lots of the same tasks running in parallel, but each at a low level of effort. As long as the sum of all the work does not exceed the resource availability, then you have no conflict.
If further clarification is required, or Ive misinterpreted your question, please let me know.
Cheers.
James.