Highlighting Date Variances 

Use

Use this procedure to emphasize date variances by highlighting and by setting traffic lights.

You can save the settings for the traffic lights in Customizing profiles . However you can change these settings at any time in Monitoring Dates.

Procedure

  1. To specify which light should appear for which type of variance, choose Traffic light.

    2. The Variance display dialog box appears. Here you decide which color light the system displays for which type of date variance.

    For example, you can use to indicate that the forecast date is after the planned date, and to indicate that the actual date is after the planned date.

    When it determines whether a light changes, the system takes any tolerances that you have defined for the event. The light changes after the tolerance has expired. See also Assigning Events to a Group

  2. To change the color of a traffic light, click on the traffic lights icon next to the relevant condition. The lights changes color. If necessary, click again until the lights have the required color.
  3. Accept the settings by choosing .

Result

If there are date variances for a component, the system displays the corresponding traffic lights in the first column of the dates overview. If there are variances for more than one event or date type, the system displays the "worst" case. For example, if for a component one variance has and all the other variances or , is set for the component.

You can see all the traffic lights for a component on the detail screen, by double-clicking on the component.

Additionally, the relevant dates are highlighted in red in the dates overview and on the detail screen.