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How do I move tasks in Team Planner view?
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To move tasks select taskbars from the right panel and drag them to new positions on the same row. Tasks that have Actual Work performed cannot be moved and we cannot move a task before its predecessors.
What is the Team Planner view?
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The Team Planner view offers project managers greater visibility into and control over their team's work.
How can I view team work?
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In order to view team work use the Team Planner view. Go to menu View - Team Planner.
What information is displayed in Team Planner view?
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The Team Planner view displays information relating to resources and tasks. One row is displayed for each resource in the project. On the left, resource names appear. All of the tasks that a resource is assigned to, appear on the same row on the right. Resource tasks that don't have a start date or end date also appear on the left next to the resource name.
How can I identify tasks that are not assigned in Team Planner view?
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In Team Planner view, tasks that are not assigned to anyone appear at the bottom view panel.
What is a completed task?
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A task is completed when it has 100 percent actual work.
What is an unscheduled task?
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An unscheduled task is assigned to a specific person, but it doesn't have enough scheduling information to become a scheduled task.
What is an unassigned task?
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An unassigned task is a task that has not been assigned to anyone.
How do I view nonworking time on Team Planner view?
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To view the nonworking time for a team member, go to Team Planner view and the person's nonworking time will appear as gray vertical bars. Double-click the vertical bars to see more details about the nonworking time.
How do I select multiple items on Team Planner view?
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To select multiple items hold down CTRL while clicking multiple resource or task names. You can also drag the mouse over multiple items to select them.
How do I navigate in Team Planner view using the keyboard?
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You can navigate through items in Team Planner using the arrow keys. To scroll the view, use ALT + arrow.
How can I use Gridlines?
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To make Gridlines changes in your project, go to menu Format-Gridlines or select Gridlines from the contextual menu (right-click on the right pane in Gantt Chart view)

Custom views created with Project Plan 365 compatible with MS Project?
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Project Plan 365 can save up to 5 Gantt Chart based custom views that are compatible with MS Project.
How to edit a custom view?
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To edit a created custom view, go to More Views, select desired custom view click on the “Edit” button and change details for your custom view.
How do I create a custom view?
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To create a custom view, go to More Views, click on the “New” button and fill-in the details for your custom view.
How many custom views can I create with Project Plan 365?
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Project Plan 365 supports up to 5 Gantt Chart based custom views.
Why and when to use a custom view?
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A custom view may come in handy when you do not want to modify the standard Gantt Chart by adding customization, alter the table, etc. Think when multiple people work on the same project and they all have different needs and preferences - you just go on and create a custom Gantt Chart that fits your needs and speedup your project analysis process while maintaining the other views clean.
What is a custom view?
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A custom view is a Gantt Chart based view, that supports various customization (name, table, filter, group, styles) while keeping the standard Gantt Chart unchanged.
Can I customize the Resource Usage view?
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To make the Resource Usage view fit your needs exactly, you can customize it or create a new version. When you close your project, the customized view will be lost. To customize the Resource Usage view, you can:
1. Display different resource information.
2. Display information in different timescales.
3. Change the units of time that are displayed to view your project at the level of detail you need.
4. View usage information for a specific time period.

When should I use the Resource Usage view?
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Use the Resource Usage view when you want to:
1. View information on a resource's task assignment, such as cost, work allocation, and work availability.
2. See which resources are overallocated and by how much.
3. View assignments more evenly among resources.
4. Find out how many hours each resource is scheduled to work.
5. See the work capacity (in terms of a percentage) for each resource.
6. View how much time each resource has available for additional work assignments.
7. View each resource's work progress in days, weeks, months, or other time increments.
8. View resource costs.
9. View the amount of work a person spends on a task.

How can be set the Progress Lines?
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The Progress Lines can be set using the Dates and Intervals tab in the Progress Lines dialog box to set preferences for the way you want to display dates and intervals with progress lines.

You can:
1. Display progress lines at regular intervals.
2. Display progress lines based on a specific status date.
3. Display progress lines for specific dates you select.
4. Display progress lines compared with the baseline plan or to the actual plan.

Why progress line and progress point are not in sync? Progress line is gone after reopening same file.
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Please download and install the latest app from this link: https://www.projectplan365.com/download/.

How can be used timescale zoom on mobile devices?
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In case the application is meant for mobile devices (phone, tablet) you can perform zoom in the current view by using touch gestures (the zoom will be made with two fingers).
How to change the timescale quickly?
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To quickly magnify or shrink a view, click Zoom In or Zoom Out functionality.
How to customize the timescale using zoom options?
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To customize the timescale to focus on a specific time period or group of tasks, or to view the entire duration of your project, click Zoom on the Project menu, and then select a view option.
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