Change a layout's timescale format

You can change the timescale for a Gantt Chart, profile, or spreadsheet. When one of these layout components is displayed in both the Top and Bottom Layout windows, changing the timescale affects both windows.

1. Display the Gantt Chart, profile, or spreadsheet then click the Layout Options bar and choose Timescale.
2. Choose to display Two Lines or Three Lines for the timescale.
3. To indicate the beginning date from which you want to display data, in the Timescale Start field click , then select a standard date or a custom date.
4. Click the Font & Color button to format the font type, size, and color for the timescale and column headings. Click Default Font to change the timescale to its original font and color settings.
5. In the Date Format section, choose to show the primary dates to specify the date interval increments for the timescale, or ordinal dates to display the date intervals as sequential numbers, beginning from the ordinal start date specified.
   
   If you choose Show Primary Dates, in the Type field, select the format in which to display date intervals.
   
   
   
   In the Date Interval field, select an interval. If you choose Day/Shift, click in the Shift Calendar field and select a shift.
   
   If you choose Ordinal Dates, specify a start date for the ordinal dates in the Ordinal Start field. Then, select the ordinal date interval.
   
6. Click OK.
   
   To see the timescale settings without closing the Timescale dialog box, click Apply.

Notes

• If you customize a profile or spreadsheet to display past period actual data (rather than actual to date values) and you want to display a financial period timescale, choose Calendar or Fiscal as the Type. Then, in the Date Interval field choose Year/Financial Period, Quarter/Financial Period, Month/Financial Period, or Week/Financial Period. You can display a financial period timescale at any time, even if you do not store past period actuals.
• When you customize a profile or spreadsheet to display a financial period timescale, activity and resource data must be summarized by financial period to accurately display actual to date values for closed projects.

When connected to a P6 Professional database: If you have administrator rights, you can choose to summarize data in financial period intervals by choosing Admin, Preferences. Select the Options tab, then select the 'By financial period' checkbox.

When connected to a P6 EPPM database: If you have administrator rights, you can choose to summarize data in financial period intervals from the P6 Application Settings.