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Delta View MOD009AC1 Up to DB 39.5.7

Description for versions DB 39.5.7

Access path

Project panel, Schedule Compare planning button (in window 1 next to the project header) Delta View

Information

In this module, the current project status can be compared to the status of already existing status reports.

Procedure

In order to be able to compare the planning statuses in the Delta View module, activate the Milestone trend analysis checkbox in the Configure Trend Analysis module for the status reports that are to be compared to the current project status. ( When a status report is created, the checkbox is automatically set to active by default.)
When opening the Delta View module, the current data and the data from the most recent of the selected status reports is displayed. ( If the status reports have already been compared for this project, data of the last compared status report is loaded by default when you open the Delta View module.)
In the Report selection area at the bottom of the module, further status reports are offered for selection, provided that you have preselected any in the Configure Trend Analysis module.
Click on the number of the required status report. The data of this report is displayed alongside the current project data for comparison.

Details

NEW The New traffic light indicates the tasks that are new in the current schedule, i.e. tasks that did not yet exist in the schedule at the time of creation of the selected status report.
In the No longer available in the current plan area, tasks are displayed which still existed in the schedule at the time of creation of the selected status report but have already been removed from the current schedule.

The New traffic light indicates the tasks that are new in the current schedule, i.e. tasks which had not existed in the schedule at the time of creation of the selected status report.

In the No longer available in the current plan area, tasks are displayed which still had still existed in the schedule at the time of creation of the selected status report but which have already been removed from the current schedule.

Module Variants

Base	Only tasks the deviation values of which are > 0 (indicated by red or yellow traffic lights) are displayed. Tasks are displayed grouped by three criteria: dates, costs, and effort. In every grouping area, only data of the respective grouping criterion is displayed for each task.
All end dates	All tasks of the project are displayed with end date values.
All effort data	All tasks of the project are displayed with effort values.
All cost data	All tasks of the project are displayed with cost values.

Legend: Project

Symbol Meaning Color Comment

Actual dates Actual start and Actual end (if there is any, otherwise Latest time recording date) of a planning object. They are determined from the actual dates of the tasks (Actual start/Actual end) when calculating the schedule of the respective planning object.

Calculated dates from status report Calc. start and Calc. end of the planning object from the selected status report.

Legend: Task

Symbol Meaning Color Comment

Task requested dates Requested start and Requested end of a task can be defined in the corresponding data fields in the Schedule module or they can be entered directly and graphically in the Gantt chart.

Calculated dates of the tasks Uncritical
Critical Calc. start and Calc. end are calculated by clicking on the calculation button or by selecting the respective menu item.
Uncritical means: Total float > 0
Critical means: Total float 0
Since in PLANTA project the setting of requested dates on tasks leads to Total float = 0, tasks that do not necessarily lie on the critical path can also be critical.

Calculated dates of the summary tasks A summary task is a task in the structured schedule that consists of subtasks and summarizes them. Information on the summary task, such as duration and dates, is determined automatically from the sub-tasks.

Calculated dates of the tasks from status report Calc. start and Calc. end of the tasks, the milestones, and the master milestones from the selected status report.

Calculated dates of summary tasks from status report Calc. start and Calc. end of the summary tasks from the selected status report

	Actual dates		Actual start and Actual end (if there is any, otherwise Latest time recording date) of a planning object. They are determined from the actual dates of the tasks (Actual start/Actual end) when calculating the schedule of the respective planning object.
	Calculated dates from status report		Calc. start and Calc. end of the planning object from the selected status report.

Meaning	Color	Comment
Task requested dates		Requested start and Requested end of a task can be defined in the corresponding data fields in the Schedule module or they can be entered directly and graphically in the Gantt chart.
Calculated dates of the tasks	Uncritical Critical	Calc. start and Calc. end are calculated by clicking on the calculation button or by selecting the respective menu item. Uncritical means: Total float > 0 Critical means: Total float 0 Since in PLANTA project the setting of requested dates on tasks leads to Total float = 0, tasks that do not necessarily lie on the critical path can also be critical.
Calculated dates of the summary tasks		A summary task is a task in the structured schedule that consists of subtasks and summarizes them. Information on the summary task, such as duration and dates, is determined automatically from the sub-tasks.
Calculated dates of the tasks from status report		Calc. start and Calc. end of the tasks, the milestones, and the master milestones from the selected status report.
Calculated dates of summary tasks from status report		Calc. start and Calc. end of the summary tasks from the selected status report