It holds a whole lot of predefined formats as well as 11 blanks. This page is not easy to read, but it shows you every bar style that resides in the server. Now change just one thing in this view, you can customize to your heart’s content later, change the “Gantt chart format” and set it to Gantt 1 and save your view.Īfter we have saved the view we can move to the menu called “Gantt Chart Formats”. I gave my view the inspirational name “Color Summary”. Both items are located under the “look and feel” part of the server settings in Project Online and Project Server.įirst we will go to “Manage views” and copy the standard Summary view (because this is the most accessible view in my opinion). We need two things, a new view to show colors. To achieve the above you need to be aware of a number of elements within the Server Settings and the Project Pro client. The Server Settings need to be taken care of by the administrator of the environment, if you are not that person you might want to locate him/her to assist you. Using my own Project Online instance I have created a view on Project Center where I see a number of projects with bar styles relating to the phases the projects are in. Take a look at the post, I’m sure you will like it: Click here. Guillaume Rouyre, a Project MVP with his personal blog took the concepts in this post to add his twist to the solution. All examples shown are created within Project Online.

I could say it works for 2007 as well, but I have not been able to test this theory. It can be applied for Project Server 2010, 2013 and Project Online. This is a Do it Yourself post on how to achieve a Project Center view with phase colors. Ideal for portfolio managers or PMO members. It could be very useful, because it can show the phases of a project without the need to open that schedule.

Creating a bar style on the project center view however, is not easy. I have seen schedules that would make a Rainbow jealous (more on that later). Creating custom bar styles for a schedule brings out the artist in us.

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