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Hiding Blank Acitivity Codes

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Sun, 2009-07-12 07:05
Martin McGuire
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Does anyone know how to hide blank activity codes from the layout, currently I get levels with no associated coding stating e.g. No Area/Department?
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Mon, 2009-07-20 09:24
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mimoune djouallah
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Jonathan, you are the man, thanks
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Mon, 2009-07-20 04:34
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Jonathan Russell
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heres a little trick for you guys. add a completly blank code using alt 0160. holding alt and on the num pad key in 0160 then release alt will enter what looks like a space. it does not act like a normal space using the spacebar and will save as a code value.

if you dont have a numpad copy and paste whats between the " below
" "
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Tue, 2009-07-14 12:07
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mike mark
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1. create an activity code
2. assign the code to the blank activity code
3. create the appropriate filter.
4. filter them out.

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Tue, 2009-07-14 03:36
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Ruel Camaquin
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Martin,

Hope this helps,

1. Go to View
2. Click Group and Sort
3. From Groups by Option, check "Hide if Empty" box.

Cheers!

Ruel
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Tue, 2009-07-14 00:56
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Jason LI
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Martin，
I’m not fully get your meaning, but if you can add a filter like Department is not equal to blank. your layout will exclude these items. hope its you want.
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Sun, 2009-07-12 09:02
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mimoune djouallah
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there is a workaround, you can put a point or a dash (. -) as a dummy activity codes and assign it to activities without activity codes, it is always better then those ugly no code.


HTH
mimoune

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Sun, 2009-07-12 07:59
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Arnold Puy
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Hi Martin,

If you are using P6.2 then unfortunately you cannot hide the blank activity codes. The best way is to use WBS.

Regards,

Arnold

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