The list below describes the various icons in Visual Planning.
Plan Tab
Each of these panes contains one or more icons: Filter, Projects, Employee, and Details.
| Icon | Function | Description |
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| Projects pane | ||
| Settings | Manage Project settings, such as Default Hours and Methods. | |
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Details pane |
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| Save | Save your changes made to the project details. | |
| Budget | Display the budget breakdown of the selected project. | |
| Export | Export selected project data (such as consultants, fees, expenses, schedules, team assignments, and tasks) from existing to new projects. | |
| Import | Import employees not on the plan with time charges. | |
| Discipline budget | Set the discipline budget for the selected project. Note: May not be enabled in your environment. |
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| Select predecessor | Set phase predecessors and dependencies with lag in days and holds. | |
| Tasks milestone | Manage and track milestones for individual tasks. | |
| Staffing assignments | View your entire project plan with all the team member assignments and how many hours of work they are assigned to. | |
| Project staffing | View and manage project staffing for the next few weeks. | |
| View as big | View Employee items as large tiles. | |
| View as small | View Employee items as small tiles. | |
| Refresh | Refresh data in tabs. |
Manage Tab
| Icon | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Settings | Managing Project settings, such as Default Hours and Methods. | |
| Save | Saving your work. | |
| Collapse | Minimizing/Hiding the individual project details. | |
| Expand | Minimizing/Showing the individual project details. | |
| Export | Exporting all project details to an external spreadsheet. | |
| Edit | Editing a schema. Schema refers to an overall structure or layout of elements on the screen. | |
| Delete | Deleting an existing schema. See Schemas for more information. | |
| Add | Adding a new schema. See Schemas for more information. | |
| Group | Grouping project details by selected columns. Drag a column from the worksheet to the header to enable. | |
| View | Viewing existing schemas. |
Forecast Tab
| Icon | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Filter | Filtering projects on the Forecast tab. | |
| Export | Exporting charts to an external image file. | |
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Zoom In | Viewing a selected graph in maximized mode. |
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Zoom Out | Viewing a selected graph in minimized mode. |
Budget Breakdown
| Icon | Function | Description |
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| Add next item to Budget | Adding the next item (phase/discipline) of a project to the table. | |
| Add all items to Budget | Adding all items (phase/discipline) of a project to the table. |

