Date Bar

The date bar accompanies the Task area and provides each activity with a time context.

Changing the date bar

You can change the way that the date bar displays.

The date bar can display up to three tiers. By default:

  • The top tier displays the month and the year. This is the automatic setting.
  • The middle tier displays the weeks.
  • The bottom tier is not displayed.

You can change the date bar. To do this:

  1. Right-click the date bar. The Timescale screen displays with the Default Timescale selected.
  2. Do one of the following:

Changing the Default Timescale

To change the default timescale:

  1. Select the tier that you want to modify.
  2. Change the values, as required.
  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other tiers, if required.
  4. Click OK.

Create a New Timescale

To create a new Timescale:

  1. Click (new). an entry called New Time Scale 01 is added under Default, for example:


  2. Overwrite the default name with the name you want, or press Enter to accept the default name.
  3. Select the tier that you want to modify.
  4. Change the values, as required.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other tiers if required.
  6. Click OK.

Add an Automatic Date Range Filter

You can use the date bar to setup an automatic Date Range filter.

To add an automatic date range filter:

  1. Click on a date in the date bar.
  2. Move the cursor slightly to the left or right. The date cell that you have clicked displays dark gray.

  3. Release the cursor. Two things happen:

    • A filter called Date Range is added to the Task Filtering toolbar, like this:

    • The filter is automatically applied to the project.

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