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This app tab allows multiple resources management.
It is an independent part of the software you may use as if you like.
It is composed of:
All section panes are resizable: put mouse pointer between each pane, then click and drag sash to get desired size.
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The 'Type' and 'Section' selectors are dropdown lists.
Click on right side arrowed button to get list of choices and to select a given item.
Click on +
button underneath to add a new resource item.
Click on Rename
button to rename selected list item.
Click on -
button to delete selected resource item.
A confirmation dialog will popup before deleting definitely.
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The 'Item' choicelist is an open list of choices.
Its content depends on selections made into 'Type' and 'Section' dropdown lists.
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Click on +
button underneath the list box to add a new resource item.
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Click into each form entry (white text zone) and fill out with relevant data.
Please, note this item data form manages with automatic backup feature: anything you enter into form fields will be automatically saved into software's memory. However, this does not exempt you from saving your project file regularly.
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Select the desired item into the 'Item' list box and then click on
Rename
button to rename this item.
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Select the desired item into the 'Item' list box and then click on -
button.
A confirmation dialog will popup before deleting definitely.
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Simply double-click on a canvas empty zone (no date bars underneath), at resource item's label level.
An input dialog will then popup to help you filling out date intervals and resource availability.
Please, note date overlappings are under user's entire responsibility. This software is NOT a resource planner expert.
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Double-click on the desired date bar, whatever colour is.
An input dialog will then popup to help you filling out date intervals and resource availability.
Please, note date overlappings are under user's entire responsibility. This software is NOT a resource planner expert.
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Do a <Ctrl-Click>
onto desired date bar on the canvas.
This may be obtained by clicking on target while pressing <Ctrl>
key
down on your keyboard.
A confirmation dialog will popup before deleting definitely.
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To change canvas time scale, hover mouse pointer over the canvas, press
Ctrl
key down and then roll up or down mouse wheel.
At this time, tkScenarist
software has the following time scales:
Each time scale update will automatically redraw ALL present date bars, which may take a while under particular circumstances.
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The 'Data' pane is essentially an item data form, with text entries (form fields) and a big text zone for personal notes.
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Item data form fields are:
Click on each form entry (white zone) and type any relevant data you need for the selected resource item.
Form fields/entries are one-line editing zones: it is NOT possible to use carriage return on them.
Double-clicking on a word will select this word only.
Triple-clicking on a word will select the whole line.
You may select all text in a form entry either by using Edit > Select
all
menu option or with <Ctrl-A>
keyboard shortcut.
Any selection band is likely to be replaced by the next keystroke on the keyboard.
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The 'Notes' text zone is also an input part of resource item's data form.
This big white zone is called a plain text editor.
This object allows multiple line editing with carriage return, undo/redo stack and many other features.
Pressing on the carriage return key will insert a new paragraph.
Double-clicking on a word will select this word only.
Triple-clicking on a word will select the whole paragraph.
You may select all text by using Edit > Select all
menu option or
with <Ctrl-A>
keyboard shortcut.
Any selection band is likely to be replaced by the next keystroke on the keyboard.
To undo last operation, either use Edit > Undo
menu option or try
<Ctrl-Z>
keyboard shortcut.
To redo last cancelled operation, either use Edit > Redo
menu
option or try <Ctrl-Shift-Z>
keyboard shortcut.
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IMPORTANT: don't forget to save your project regularly, either
with Project > Save
menu option or with <Ctrl-S>
keyboard shortcut.
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