Options dialog - View tab

You use the View tab of the Options dialog to specify a number of options relating to the way information is displayed in Asta Powerproject.

Explanation of the fields and buttons on the dialog

Field/Button	Description
Show Types	Click this button to display a dialog in which you can specify which types of information to display in the project view. Specifying which information is displayed in the project view
Display WBS by - Name	Click this radio button to identify WBS codes in the project view and in subheadings in WBS code-based sorts/groups by their descriptive WBS name. Setting up a workbreakdown structure (WBS)
Display WBS by - Code	Click this radio button to identify WBS codes in the project view and in subheadings in WBS code-based sorts/groups by their alphanumeric WBS code. Setting up a work breakdown structure (WBS)
Sort milestone appearances by - Name	Click this radio button to order milestone appearances in the project view alphanumerically, according to the name of each milestone appearance. Configuring different milestone appearances
Sort milestone appearances by - Sort order	Click this radio button to order milestone appearances in the project view according to the values entered into the Sort order field on the Milestone Appearance Properties dialog. Milestone appearances with a lower number appear above those with a higher number. Configuring different milestone appearances
Restore on project open	Select the view - or views - that should be restored when a project is reopened: Select Last active view to specify that only the view that was current and in focus when a project was last closed should be restored when the project is reopened. Select All open views to specify that all views that were open when a project was last closed should be restored when the project is reopened. Select User default view to specify that the view selected in the Default view field on the General tab of the User Properties dialog should appear when a project is reopened. Different default views can be specified for each user. Select Project default view to specify that the view selected in the Default view field on the Properties tab of the Properties dialog should appear when a project is reopened. Specifying the views to restore when a project is reopened
Edit	Click this button to change either the user default view or the project default view, depending on which is selected in the Restore on project open field: If User default view is selected, the User Properties dialog appears when you click this button; specify the user default view using the Default view field on the General tab. If Project default view is selected, the Properties dialog appears when you click this button; specify the project default view using the Default view field on the Properties tab. Specifying the views to restore when a project is reopened
Histogram 'show tasks' view	Select the view to be used for displaying tasks when you use the histogram 'Show Tasks' command, which displays tasks at a particular date on a histogram. Viewing the tasks at a particular point on a graph
Include +/- button on summary name column	Select this check box to display and buttons in the Name column of the spreadsheet on bars that contain summary tasks or hammocks, or clear the check box to omit these buttons. If you choose to display these buttons, you can use them to open and close summary groups and hammocks. Specifying whether to display + and - buttons in the Name column for summary tasks and hammocks
Display status indicators in the spreadsheet	Select this check box to display an indicator in the spreadsheet to identify the status of tasks. When displayed, the status indicator appears in the left side of the Bar name, Task name and Name columns in the spreadsheet. When displayed in the spreadsheet, the indicator shows red for critical tasks that have not yet started; blue and red for critical tasks that have started; green for non-critical tasks that have not yet started; blue and green for non-critical tasks that have started; and blue for tasks that are complete. Displaying a status indicator in the spreadsheet
Show sort bands in the bar chart	Select this check box to display any colouring that you apply to sort/group subheadings in the bar chart as well as in the spreadsheet, or clear the check box to display sort/group subheading colouring in the spreadsheet only. Displaying subheadings when a sort/group criterion changes
Default currency	Select the currency to be used by default. Using currencies
Always display amounts in this currency	Select this check box to always display costs using the default currency, or clear the check box to display costs using whichever currency they have been defined in.
Show code library appearance	Select this check box to display the appearance of each code library entry next to the name where they appear in the project view and in the Object Edit toolbar, or clear the check box to omit the appearance and display names only. Displaying the appearance of code library entries in this way makes it easier for you to check that you are assigning the correct code to objects in the bar chart. Displaying the appearance of codes in the project view
Use short format in code library bands	Select this check box to display the name of the code only in sub-headings for banded sorts/groups that sort by code library, or clear the check box to prefix the code name with the words 'Code Library:', followed by the name of the root code library. For example, if you are sorting/grouping by a code library called Department with the following hierarchy: Department .... Sub-Department ........ Office with Use short format in code library bands selected, the banding sub-headings would display the names of the individual offices; with this check box cleared, they would display the names of the individual offices prefixed with 'Code Library: Department'. Displaying subheadings when a sort/group criterion changes
Sort/group entries by - Name	Click this radio button to order items in sorts/groups that are based on code library entries alphabetically, according to the name of each code library entry. Specifying the order in which code library sorts/groups appear
Sort/group entries by - Sort order	Click this radio button to arrange items in sorts/groups that are based on code library entries according to the values entered into the Sort order field on the Code Library Entry Properties dialog. Note that this option affects only the order in which codes appear in sorts/groups. Codes with a lower number appear earlier in a sorted/grouped view than codes with a higher number. Specifying the order in which code library sorts/groups appear
Show shading on changed bar lines	Select this check box to show shading behind bars and library objects that you have edited. The shading is removed once you save the project. You cannot clear this option in an Asta Enterprise environment, as this shading is used to indicate whether items are locked to other users.
Shading on bars containing archives	If you use Archive Manager to archive historical information from your projects, specify the colour with which to shade bars from which data has been archived. You can only archive and restore data if you use Asta Enterprise. How archived data is displayed in projects
Show common information	Check this box to display the Common tab on Properties dialogs, and common information in the tabs of the properties view, that provides information such as when an object was last edited, who has it locked and if it is booked out, or clear the check box to omit this tab from dialogs. You may find this information particularly useful if you are using Asta Enterprise, as the tab shows the user to whom the object is locked.
Show multiple chart headers	When you select more than one chart or summary task in the project view, the contents of the selected charts are displayed together in the bar chart. You can choose to display a summary task representing each chart when you select multiple charts in the project view, indicating the chart in which each task is located. Select this check box to display a summary task representing each chart when you select multiple charts in the project view, or clear the check box to display only the contents of each selected chart. Making multiple selections in the project view
Always draw whole milestones	Select this check box to draw milestones on top of tasks where there is an overlap, or clear the check box to draw tasks and milestones on a bar from left to right, which can result in all or part of a milestone being obscured by a task that appears directly to the right of it. Specifying how milestones are drawn where they overlap tasks
Identify non-embedded baselines by - Title	Click this radio button to identify baselines throughout the project by their titles.
Identify non-embedded baselines by - File name	Click this radio button to identify baselines throughout the project by their file names. Embedded baselines are saved as part of the corresponding project file, so they do not have a file name; baselines in Asta Enterprise projects do not have a file name either. For this reason, embedded baselines and Asta Enterprise baselines are always identified by their titles, even if this radio button is selected. Embedding a baseline into a project
ASAP force critical override colour	Select a colour in this field to display all tasks that are configured to be ASAP Force Critical with a critical appearance using the specified colour rather than the standard critical marking following a reschedule. This makes it easier to differentiate between critical tasks and ASAP Force Critical tasks. Select None to display ASAP Force Critical tasks in the same way as critical tasks. ASAP/ALAP position
Hide username in view titles	Select this check box to omit your user name from the tabs that appear at the top of views, or clear the check box to display your user name in these tabs. If you select this check box, you can see more information in the view tabs about what each view displays. This check box applies only to projects in which more than one user has been defined: the user name is never displayed in view tabs in single-user projects. Configuring how views are displayed in tabs

Options dialog - View tab

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