[Jigs Gaton]

Hi Rosie, I think u need to understand what the interface in the last screen shot is doing. It’s replacing the display with the contents of the field(s) specified – up to 5, one in the top slot, bottom, left, right and inside. Most stock fields are formulas, so changing what is output and placed in those slots is non-trivial. So, in summary, are we up to speed here?

For ur problem of overwriting, try deleting and re-adding the field(s) you want to display. If this is still happening, and the scale of the timeline is wide enough to display the text, then there might be a bug in your version of MSP. Make sure all the patches have been applied to your version. Best,
Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

Hi Rosie! I see what u need now: see here.. Double clicking inside the bar itself brings up the format options, and u can put whatever fields u like on the top, bottom, left, right, etc. of the bar u want. In the sample above, the % complete is on the left of the bar, and the resource name is on the right. You can arrange however u like. Good luck!
Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

sample gantt

[Jigs Gaton]

hi Rosie, are u speaking of this:

[Jigs Gaton]

Hi Rosie, are u talking about the column % complete? Right mouse the column, and select Hide. U don’t really ever delete any of those columns, but you can hide and add new ones… hundreds of new ones if you need 🙂 Best,
Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

The PMI courses bring u down to a certain level, but to see what individuals do across industries, see this site for sample MSP plans, sorted by industry:

https://www.projectplan365.com/solutions/

It’s been a dream of mine to collect a random sampling of plans across all segments, and then do a data analysis on them all. But so far, just a daydream…

[Jigs Gaton]

Cant find the one I wrote, but here is another one:

https://www.mpug.com/creating-master-projects-and-sub-projects/.

[Jigs Gaton]

Well, one thing to try is to use the Master / Sub plan feature to create a new master plan, and just insert your existing plans to see what can be done there. I’ve seen best results using this approach with new plans, from scratch, as importing older plans created from different versions of MSP can be problematic, requiring a bit of debugging if things go south.

Cutting and pasting rows all into one plan is also an option, but the same rules apply: older plans may contain bugs, and pasting from one plan to another in this way may not bring along hidden data that may be relevant (or not). Older crud like that invariably causes problems down the road.

Well, that’s all I got – best of luck!
Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

The Move Project start date click will also come in handy with this type of schedule, as after a few months the Gantt bars will be off the chart, in the past. Hit this button to put things back in view.

[Jigs Gaton]

Hi there again. Have you tried using the same tut in the article posted above, and then just selecting the fields that u need?

[Jigs Gaton]

oh boy. how about this: slide the divider bar all the way to the left. Screen capture that, and put in a preview window. ha!

[Jigs Gaton]

Sure, go here to see how: https://youtu.be/Kl2MnJfqa7E. There might also be an MPUG tut, not sure…

[Jigs Gaton]

hmmm… well, that’s all there is outside of just printing a PDF of the Gantt and displaying that 🙂

[Jigs Gaton]

Hi Varun, see my MPUG article here to construct an S-curve: https://www.mpug.com/demystifying-custom-reports-part-2/

[Jigs Gaton]

Have u tried just pulling the sliding dividing bar in the middle of the screen, all the way to the left? That will cover the columns and and only display the chart. Hope that helps!

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