Main and Secondary View Settings Sections

The Main View Settings and Secondary View Settings sections of the action bar provide commands for customizing the charts you are viewing selected as your main view and secondary view respectively.

The commands available depend on the type of chart in the view.

This page discusses:



Work Order Color
Colors the operations in the Gantt chart according to the selected color scheme.
The default color scheme is Work Order Color. The icon you see in the action bar corresponds to the active scheme. See Flyout for Changing Operations Colors in Gantt Charts.
Workload
Displays the selected type of value in the workload chart.
The default type of value is Workload. The icon you see in the action bar corresponds to the type of value the workload chart is monitoring. See Flyout for Choosing the Values to Display in Workload Charts.

Flyout for Changing Operations Colors in Gantt Charts



Work Order Color
Colors the operations in the Gantt chart according to the work order they belong to.
All the operations with the same color are part of the same work order, so they are easy to spot on the chart. This is the default color scheme. This is also the color scheme that applies whenever you start a new session, or press F5 to refresh the page in your web browser.


Work Order Status
Colors the operations in the Gantt chart according to the status of the work order they belong to.
All the operations with the same color are part of work orders with the same status: Launched—that is, not scheduled yet—Scheduled, In progress, or Closed. There is also a color for work orders whose status is unknown.
This color scheme is useful to track the progress of work orders, and of the production plan as a whole. See Analyze the Status of Work Orders.
You can customize these colors with the Edit Colors command. See Display Section.


Advance / Delay
Colors the operations in the Gantt chart based on whether their work order is on time, early, or late.
This information depends on the scheduled end date of the work order relative to its calculated due date. Typically, if the scheduled end date is past the calculated due date, then the work order is late.
This color scheme gives also a good overview of the situation for the production plan as a whole, with the dominant color an indicator of the overall trend: on schedule or not. See Analyze Delays in the Production Plan.
You can customize advance / delay colors with the Edit Colors command. See Display Section.


Operation Execution Status
Colors the operations in the Gantt chart according to their execution status.
All the operations with the same color have the same status: Scheduled, Released, In progress, On hold, or Completed. There is also a color for operations whose execution status is unknown.
This color scheme is useful to track the progress of activities or to spot anomalies. Typical anomalies are operations on hold. See Monitor Resource Activity and Operation Execution.
You can customize the execution status colors with the Edit Colors command. See Display Section.

Flyout for Choosing the Values to Display in Workload Charts

In a workload chart, each row corresponds to an entity: a resource, a secondary resource, a work center. For each entity, the values in the chart cells correspond to the data category you select to monitor, calculated by time bucket.

Workload
Shows the workload per time bucket for each entity in the chart, in hours.
Each cell on a row displays the workload of the entity on that row, for that time bucket. The workload value is a number of hours.
Capacity
Shows the capacity per time bucket for each entity in the chart, in hours.
Each cell on a row displays the capacity of the entity on that row, for that time bucket. The capacity value is a number of hours.
Workload Percentage
Shows the percentage of workload relative to capacity, per time bucket, for each entity in the chart.
Each cell on a row displays the workload-to-capacity ratio of the entity on that row, for that time bucket.
Capacity Left
Displays the remaining capacity per time bucket for each entity in the chart, in hours.
Each cell on a row displays the capacity left for the entity on that row, for that time bucket. The capacity value is a number of hours.