Rolled up milestones

[Nenad80]

I'm setting up a master project that has multiple sub-projects inside of it.
I'm rolling up major milestones to summary bars. I have also added a progress
bar style to the summary bar and the project summary bar. Everything looks
good in a rolled up form and it has allowed me to show the project status in
various levels of detail (depending on the audience).

One if the things that would really help me out is if I could paint the
picture of how the different milestones are linked across sub-projects while
in this low detail view (single summary line per sub-project). Is it possible
to show links lines between milestones that are on summary bars?

 

[John]

I'm setting up a master project that has multiple sub-projects inside of it.
I'm rolling up major milestones to summary bars. I have also added a progress
bar style to the summary bar and the project summary bar. Everything looks
good in a rolled up form and it has allowed me to show the project status in
various levels of detail (depending on the audience).

One if the things that would really help me out is if I could paint the
picture of how the different milestones are linked across sub-projects while
in this low detail view (single summary line per sub-project). Is it possible
to show links lines between milestones that are on summary bars?

Nemad80,
Basically, no. But I've got a better idea. Instead of rolling up the
major milestones to summary level, use a spare flag to identify each one
and then use a filtered view of just those milestones. You could also
show related summary rows if desired. If you have links between the
milestones they will appear in the filtered view.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[Nenad80]

Nemad80,
Basically, no. But I've got a better idea. Instead of rolling up the
major milestones to summary level, use a spare flag to identify each one
and then use a filtered view of just those milestones. You could also
show related summary rows if desired. If you have links between the
milestones they will appear in the filtered view.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

John -

Thank you for the answer. Do you know if it is possible to add a formula
that would automatically set a flag field to True if the milestone is rolled
up?

 

[John]

John -

Thank you for the answer. Do you know if it is possible to add a formula
that would automatically set a flag field to True if the milestone is rolled
up?

Nenad80,
You're welcome. With regard to your new question, yes, use the following
formula in a customized flag field (e.g. Flag1).
Flag1=IIf([Rollup],True,False)

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[Arintra]

Hi John,
I've a question about the formula your provided
->Flag1=IIf([Rollup],True,False).
If we just set this formula for the custom fields, it will apply to all
rollup tasks. Is there any means to specify to only the milestone rollup?

Regards,
Arintra

John -

Thank you for the answer. Do you know if it is possible to add a formula
that would automatically set a flag field to True if the milestone is rolled
up?

Nenad80,
You're welcome. With regard to your new question, yes, use the following
formula in a customized flag field (e.g. Flag1).
Flag1=IIf([Rollup],True,False)

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[JulieS]

Hello Arintra,

Yes the formula below will set the flag to true if the task is both
set to rollup and the task is a milestone. If the task is not both a
rollup and milestone, the flag will remain "no".

IIf([Rollup]=True And [Milestone]=True,True,False)

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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Hi John,
I've a question about the formula your provided
->Flag1=IIf([Rollup],True,False).
If we just set this formula for the custom fields, it will apply to
all
rollup tasks. Is there any means to specify to only the milestone
rollup?

Regards,
Arintra

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I'm setting up a master project that has multiple
sub-projects inside of
it.
I'm rolling up major milestones to summary bars. I have also
added a
progress
bar style to the summary bar and the project summary bar.
Everything
looks
good in a rolled up form and it has allowed me to show the
project status
in
various levels of detail (depending on the audience).

One if the things that would really help me out is if I could
paint the
picture of how the different milestones are linked across
sub-projects
while
in this low detail view (single summary line per
sub-project). Is it
possible
to show links lines between milestones that are on summary
bars?

Nemad80,
Basically, no. But I've got a better idea. Instead of rolling
up the
major milestones to summary level, use a spare flag to identify
each one
and then use a filtered view of just those milestones. You
could also
show related summary rows if desired. If you have links between
the
milestones they will appear in the filtered view.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

John -

Thank you for the answer. Do you know if it is possible to add a
formula
that would automatically set a flag field to True if the
milestone is rolled
up?

Nenad80,
You're welcome. With regard to your new question, yes, use the
following
formula in a customized flag field (e.g. Flag1).
Flag1=IIf([Rollup],True,False)

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP