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This is a blog post I know a lot of you have been waiting to see.....we now have start dates and end dates on projects which leads us to the ability to view these dates with a project chart view.

This view will allow you to see where all your projects start, end and overlap.

it’s been a long time since we first talked about this feature but we have had many a discussion here trying to get the balance right and trying to make sure that it’s very easy and straight forward to use.

Step 1: Adding dates to a project

Go to the overview screen on a project that you wish to add a start and end date too. Expand the project options menu and then select "Add/Edit Project Dates".

The project dates are worked out for you initially. The default start date is the date the project was created. The end date defaults to 30 days from the creation date. if you have a task or milestone set beyond 30 days then the end date is moved to the last milestone or task due date. if you try and set the project start date after the earliest task or milestone, we will tell you!

Step 2: Select your dates.

Once you have clicked on add dates a light box window appears from which you may now select your project start and end dates.

Once you have chosen your dates a new display will appear on the left hand side of the project just under the project logo, from here you can also quickly edit the dates by clicking on them.

Once you have entered the start and ends dates on to your projects you can now view a chart of when all your projects begin, end and overlap each other.

To get to this chart view, click on “Project view” at the top of the application and then click on Project chart and wait for all the info to come through into a nice chart view.

To make this view less cluttered, only Milestones are shown on the project timeline. Tasks are not shown as it makes the chart a little confusing and goes beyond the purpose of the chart which is Where are we with our projects

You will also notice an improvement in the Project View tab. We have now divided this into Active and Archived projects. As an extra surprise, the minute you start adding dates to your projects, we will automagically work out if the project is current, complete, late or upcoming and again we divide your projects up so you can quickly get to each one. For example, show me all late projects...click the Late Projects tab!

You may be wondering: what constitutes a late, current, upcoming or complete project?

• Late Project
  • Any project that has an end date less than now with un-complete milestones or tasks (note, tasks that have a due date and not complete)
• Current Project
  • Any project that has an end date greater than now and a start date less than now
• Upcoming Project
  • Any project that has an end date and start date greater than now
• Complete Project
  • Any project that has an end date less than now with all milestones and tasks complete (note, tasks that have a due date and are complete)

We hope this new feature will help you get a better overview of where you stand with all your projects and help you make better planning decisions.

As always we welcome your feedback on this feature.

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