Format Calendar View dialog - Allocations tab
You use the Allocations tab of the Format Calendar View dialog to specify the way in which allocations are displayed in the active calendar view, when the calendar view is displaying resource or cost allocations from a RBS or CBS view. You can specify whether to display allocations according to the appearance of their parent tasks, according to the appearance of the appropriate resource or cost centre, according to the appearance of the codes that have been assigned to them from a particular code library, or using a standard appearance for each type of allocation.
How to access the Format Calendar View dialog
To access the Format Calendar View dialog, on the Format tab, in the Format group, click Format Calendar when the active view is a calendar view.
Explanation of the fields on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| From task | Click this radio button to colour allocations in the calendar view according to the appearance of their parent task, as currently defined on the General tab of the Format Calendar View dialog. |
| From resource | Click this radio button to colour allocations in the calendar view according to the appearance of their resource or cost centre. |
| From type default | Click this radio button to colour allocations in the calendar view according to their default appearance, as specified in the Default appearance grid on this tab. |
| From library |
Click this radio button to colour allocations in the calendar view according to the appearance of the codes that have been assigned to them from a particular code library, which you can select in the field to the right of the radio button.
If an allocation has no code assignments from the selected library, it is coloured according to the default allocation appearance, as specified in the Default appearance grid on this tab. |
| Default appearance | Use this grid to specify the appearance of different types of allocation in the calendar view, when the From type default radio button is selected. For each type of allocation you can select from the following colouring options in the Option column:
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How do I...
... display allocations in the calendar view using the current appearance of the tasks to which they are assigned?
- Click the From task radio button.
- Click Apply.
... display allocations in the calendar view using the appearance of the appropriate resource or cost centre?
- Click the From resource radio button.
- Click Apply.
... display allocations in the calendar view using the appearance of a code library that has been assigned to the allocation?
- Click the From library radio button.
- Select the code library whose appearance you want to display in the calendar view in the field to the right of the radio button.
- Click Apply.
... display allocations in the calendar view using a standard appearance for each type of allocation?
- Click the From type default radio button.
- For each type of allocation, click the Option column in the Default appearance grid and select one of the following colouring options:
- Theme - select this option to colour allocations according to the colour scheme that is currently selected.
- Pattern - select this option to colour allocations according to the foreground and background colours and pattern that you select in the columns to the right.
- Blend - select this option to colour allocations with the foreground and background colours that you select in the columns to the right, with the foreground colour at the top of each allocation graduating into the background colour at the bottom of each allocation.
- If you have selected either the Pattern or Blend colouring option, select the foreground and background colours to apply to each type of allocation in the Foreground and Background columns; if you have selected the Pattern colouring option, select the pattern to apply to each type of allocation in the Pattern column.
- Click Apply.