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From now on you can customize the colors and style of every item displayed in the task according to your preferences of use. In this example, clients are shown in red and the categories take on the color you have set in the "Data" menu. Discover this new handy feature in video:
Go to the View -> Description -> Task menu. With a right click, you can customize the style and color of each item. You can check the changes from the overview available in this window. If you are satisfied, press "Apply" to save your changes.
Previously, you had to choose the color of the task based on a single criterion (task, client, or project schedules) which limited the use of color. Now the color of each item (resource, client, project, category, task, schedules) can be highlighted on the schedule and allows many more possibilities.
You can choose the color of the rectangle based on the task label, while even defining colors for the client according to various criteria such as:
- The nature of the customer: company or individual.
- A geographical area: so you can optimize your planning sending your mobile resources on accurate geographical areas.
- The type of contract: Prioritization of service is planned according to the level of contract purchased by the customers .
- For Franchise: to visually identify on the planning board, the group it belongs to and, if necessary, the paying establishment in charge.
You can also choose to coordinate the colors of the resources to ensure, for example, that a team leader (here in blue) is participating in the scheduling:
It is also interesting to display the color of the category to highlight information such as:
Finally, the project based color will allow you to:
- Check immediately if the project is short, medium or long term duration.
- Estimate the cost of the project.
The list view also takes colors into account, based on the choices made in the "Tools" / "Options" menu, "View" tab.
The column will display the color of the item:
1/ Depending on the category:
2/ on the task label:
3/ on the client:
4/ on the project: