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Function documentationMulti-Project Monitor

 

You use this function to call and compare multiple projects, tasks, or checklist items at the same time. You can branch to the project elements from the multi-project monitor and edit them.

You can also use the multi-project monitor to display the following inter-project link scenarios in graphical form with more display options than in the graphical view:

  • Subproject

    You can expand a task with a subproject to display the subproject and the structure it contains. This enables you to display all objects below a subproject in graphical form.

  • Mirrored task

    You can expand a mirrored task to display the original task and the structure it contains. This enables you to display all objects below the original task.

  • Program

    You can expand a program phase to display the assigned phases and the structures they contain.

Note Note

If an object is used in more than one project that you are displaying in the multi-project monitor, it is displayed multiple times. The relationships of a particular task are only displayed in the multi-project monitor if you are currently displaying the superior project of the task in the multi-project monitor.

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Prerequisites

You have selected multiple projects, tasks, or checklist items in the dashboard (see Dashboard in Project Management) and chosen Open Multi-Project Monitor.

Features

General Functions

  • You can choose which view of the calendar you want the system to display in the multi-project monitor from the View dropdown box. If you selected the Overview view, the system automatically uses the calendar view that best suits the duration of the process. The view does not contain the dates from the object links.

  • When you select a project element in the structure, the system automatically positions the calendar in such a way that the start of the project element appears at the left edge.

  • The Navigate button allows you to specify the section of the project you want the system to display in the multi-project monitor.

  • You use the Print button to print the current project. The Print Preview button allows you to set print parameters and display the current appearance of the graphic for printing. In the standard system, the entire duration of the project and all displayed rows are printed. If you want to create a title for the printout, you can change the header of the multi-project monitor.

Note Note

When you edit a project element in the multi-project monitor, the system opens a new window. You can close this window when you have finished making your changes. To make your changes visible in the multi-project monitor, choose Refresh.

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Display

  • Tasks you marked as milestones are indicated by Milestone (Milestone).

  • Tasks whose buffer is less than or equal to 0 are part of the critical path. These are displayed in red unless they have already been marked as milestones.

  • Checklists are only displayed in the structure tree and not in the graphic. Checklist items are indicated by Checklist Item (Checklist Item).

When you select a project element in the structure, the system automatically positions the calendar in such a way that the start of the project element appears at the left edge.