Schedules: tracking the Jobs/Projects accomplishment

After a major upgrade, Translation Office 3000 V8 is powered with a new extra handy tool - visual Schedules for Clients and Projects.

Two kinds of the Schedules are provided for each of the listed parts of Translation Office 3000 V8:

The general view of the Schedule page (Schedule of projects (and corresponding client jobs) for the selected client) :

General issues on Schedules

On the left panel of any Schedule page the names of the jobs or projects (depending on the particular Schedule) are displayed; the jobs of projects themselves are represented in the form of horizontal columns, colors assigning allows you easily seeing which jobs/projects were completed (in time or late) and all pending jobs/projects (deadline in future/deadline in the past).

The jobs/projects are represented as horizontal columns, their length depends on the Assigned, Deadline, Completed date and the specified time interval. The color shading depends on the job/project status:

Note: status colors can be changed on the Personal Settings > Colors:Status page.

Note: double-click on the column representing the Job to open Edit Job window for this Job.

To specify the period you want to be displayed, use Selected Period drop-down lists (select two dates: from-to). To apply the selected time period click Apply button:

You can change the calendar graduation using Column Scale drop-down list. Each calendar division can represent 1 hour/8 hours/12 hours/1 day:

Example:

Note: The set of available values for calendar graduation varies depending on the length of the Selected Period.

The width of the columns representing Jobs can range from small to large. Use Column width options to specify the necessary value:

SCHEDULES REVIEW

Clients Schedules

Have a glance on this schedule to have a clear picture of all pending, due/overdue projects for the selected Client for the period specified. For example:

To open Schedule for a particular Client:

1. Click on the Client icon from the Navigation panel; switch to the Main tab or click menu Navigation > Main.

2. Select the necessary Client from the Clients list on the Main tab:

3. Switch to the Schedule tab of the Client window.

For details see: Schedule page of the Client window

Have a glance on this schedule to have a clear picture of all pending, due/overdue projects (for all clients) for the period specified. For example:

To open the Schedule of all projects click menu Navigation > Schedule of Projects or on the Schedule of Projects icon from the Clients set of Navigation panel:

Projects Schedules

Use this schedule to get the picture of all client jobs of the particular project. At a glance you can see what jobs need attention. Example:

To open Schedule for a particular Project:

1. Click on the Project icon from the Navigation panel; switch to the Main tab.

2. Select the necessary Project from the Project list on the Main tab:

3. Switch to the Schedule tab of the Project window.

Use this schedule to get the picture of all projects (and client jobs within their scope) which fall into the selected time interval . At a glance you see what projects need immediate attention. Example:

To open the Schedule of all projects click on the Schedule of Projects icon from the Clients set of Navigation panel.

See Also:

Schedule page of the Client window

Schedule of Projects window

Schedule page of the Projects window

Schedule of Client Jobs window