Use the Description tab on the View Definition dialog box to define the view.
Note: You cannot sort or filter Critical Path Method (CPM) Network views. However, you can zoom in, zoom out, and use the Panning Overview option to focus on a smaller window of dependencies. The Panning Overview option appears when you right-click on a dependency box in a CPM view.
To define the view description properties
The View library dialog opens.
The Layout tab on the View Definition dialog box opens.
The view description properties display.
Defines the view type.
Values:
Default: Spreadsheet
Specifies the WBS Level that you want to display in the view. Data rolls up from the task level to the level selected.
Values: Task, Project, Phase, Activity, and WBS Level
Example: If you select Activity, the view contains the activity and phases, but not tasks and milestones.
Indicates whether you can see consolidated data on resources. This field is used with the filter tool. If you filter a view for a specific resource and select this check box, you can see only information for that resource in the view. If you clear this check box and filter on resources, only the associated tasks are filtered out and not the assignments.
Defines the name the view.
Note: If you do not name your view, the view name defaults to the file name.
Defines the name or the resource designing the view or managing the project.
Default: CA Clarity PPM
Defines the status of the current view.
Defines the status of the current view.
Enter any notes related to the view definition, such as situations in which the view can be useful, or suggestions on how to modify the view for further analysis.
The view is created and the View Definition dialog box closes.
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