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Define Open Workbench WBS Level Labels

Use the WBS tab on the Options dialog box to define the default Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) level labels to conform with your organization's naming conventions. You can define any number of WBS levels.

Consider the following rules when defining WBS levels:

How WBS Levels are Displayed

Some dialogs boxes in Open Workbench use icons to represent WBS levels. When you change WBS level names, equivalent icons are displayed. You can view WBS items in your master project WBS list. For example, inside a master project, subprojects appear with a Subproject icon on the proxy task's header button to indicate it is a task inside an inserted subproject. Following is a list of WBS icons that you may see in Open Workbench:

BOW--Subproject icon--ICOSubproject

The Subproject icon specifies a proxy task inside an inserted (entire) subproject, as viewed from the master project.

BOW--Suproject Task--ICOTask in Subproject

The Task in Subproject icon specifies a task inside an inserted (entire) subproject, as viewed from the master project.

Subproject Task IndividualSubproject Task

The Subproject Task icon specifies an individually-inserted subproject task, as viewed from the master project. Instead of inserting the entire subproject, you inserted only the subproject task.

To define the WBS Level Labels

  1. Select "Preferences" from the application menu at the top left.

    The General tab on the Options dialog box opens.

  2. Click the WBS tab.

    The WBS options display.

  3. Complete the following fields, and click OK:
    Milestone Label

    Defines the label that is used for milestones.

    Default: Milestone

    Task Label

    Defines the label that is used for project tasks.

    Default: Task

    Summary Levels Label

    Displays a list of the WBS levels in the order they appear in the WBS.

    Default: Phase, Activity

    The Options dialog box closes.