Project Commander HINTS & TIPS
% COMPLETE
To mark up the tasks that are in progress,
 Select the VIEW menu, PERCENT COMPLETE
 Click on the DOWN ARROW and select the date to which you are
reporting up to.
 There are 2 types of lines ..
1. PROGRESS LINE
This gives a jagged progress line which cuts the bars where the % narking
ends. It juts to the left when the task is behind and to the right if the task is
behind. The line is vertical where the task is wholly on time or has finished.
There are several ways to display the red line on a summary bar (discussed
later).
2. REPORTING LINE
This is a vertical line that goes down each page using the end date of the
Reporting Date.
2. ACTUAL % TASK LEVEL
The cell outline markings in the ACTUAL % column, only show if the task is
behind.
The severity of the amount behind is coded from RED (to very behind)
through different dark shadings of red, then to shades of purple and finally to
blue (to show only about maximum 10% behind).
Note: If there is no outline – then the task is on time or ahead of time.
3. COMPLETE LINE INSIDE SUMMARY BARS
When there are summary bars, the marking on the summary bars for progress
are as follows ..
o Summary bars (default)
The black lines on the non-summary bars roll up into the summary bar.
o Summary bars using Summary Symbol
The representation of the summary bars is a
common bar instead of a multi-coloured bar,
when the option is changed in OPTIONS menu,
PREFERENCES & CHART tab …
The black line in the summary bar is an unbroken line from the start of the bar
and represents the Actual % on the summary bar.
4. PROGRESS LINE ON SUMMARY BARS
In order to show a Jagged Progress Line on the chart, select
the VIEW menu, PERCENT COMPLETE or OPTIONS
menu, PROJECT INFO and click on the PROGRESS LINE….
The Progress Line will cut the non summary bars,
where the black % complete line inside the bar ends…
The Progress Line for the summary bars depend on
which option is selected in PROJECT INFO below…
o CURRENT VARIANCE will cut the bar using the Current Variance
value, which is automatically calculated in the VIEW menu,
TRACKING. The progress line will jag to the right if ahead of schedule
and the Current Variance is positive; the progress line will jag to the left
if behind schedule and the Current Variance is negative. The number
of days in the Current Variance will determine how far to the left/right of
the current date line, the progress line cuts the summary bar.
Here is an example of how this is calculated.
This default can cause what looks like strange results – but it works out the
number of days behind the Reporting date each task is (CURRENT
VARIANCE) and it totals each one up to the owning summary bars.
Therefore in this example above – where all the bars are behind – the red line
juts way to the left beyond the start of the summary bar and bears no relation
to the % complete marking on the summary bar. This is because the Current
Variance total for all sub tasks exceeds the number of days between the
Summary start date and the Reporting date.
o LATEST SUB BAR will cause the progress
line to cut the summary bar at the point where
the greatest progress is made on any of the
bars belonging to it.
o REPORTING DATE will cause the progress line to cut
the summary bar on the current reporting date.
o ACTUAL % COMPLETE will cause the progress
line to cut the summary bars using the calculated
Actual %