Customize Scale Areas

Information

• By using a scale area, scale fields can be summarized.
• Scale areas always have to be customized above data areas with date-related data fields (e.g. date bars, projections).
• In special displays, time scales are not always at the first position in a module.

Example

• project area
  • scale area
    • task area

Here, a separate time scale appears above the tasks of each project, with the corresponding task bars beneath it.
With this design, the project data area may not contain any bars or other values which are shown under a scale.

Procedure

• Create and assign a new data area in the required module.
• Define the data area as scale area by setting DA class = 1.
• Assign the required scale fields to the scale area: one data field per grid.
  • E.g. DI 002101 Scale calendar week for week grid
• For the scale fields, set the DF behavior = o and Filter criteria = (except for day scales). On module data area assignment level, define the scale for the scale area in the Scale field.

Rules for positioning bars and projection values against time scales

• Bars and other data fields are shown in a line, next to one another, in the sequence in which the data fields are arranged.
• Projected values are displayed (from and including the first line) one below another, in the sequence in which the data fields are arranged.

Synchronization of Scales

• If, for instance every project has its own scale, all of them should have the same standard scale factor and should begin and end at the same time.

Details

• Scale areas are used to customize modules the data of which is to be displayed below the time scale, e.g. modules with bar plans, modules with projections, modules with utilization diagrams.