Define the Activity Usage Profile

1. Display the Activity Usage Profile, then click the Display Options bar in the profile and choose Activity Usage Profile Options.
   
   You can also right-click in the profile and choose Activity Usage Profile Options.
   
2. Click the Data tab.
3. Choose the category of information to display: Cost or Units.
4. Mark the Display Actual and Earned Value using Financial Period data option if you want to display past period actual values. Do not mark the checkbox if you want to display actual to date values.
   
   Note: If projects are summarized by financial period (which is controlled by an administrative setting), this option is ignored. When projects are summarized by financial period and you display a financial period timescale, the profile displays past period actual values if performance has been stored for a financial period; for financial periods that do not have stored performance, the profile displays actual to date values in financial period intervals.
   
5. To select the data included in the profile, mark the checkbox next to each filter type. Then, select the pattern to use to display each data type.
   
   If you choose to display cost data, you can select more than one filter to view a combination of cost values in the project profile.
   
   To display cost totals, mark the Total checkbox.
   
6. In the Show Bars/Curves area, mark the checkbox for each category of cost/units you want to display.
   
   To show these data by date, mark the By Date checkbox. To show these data as a curve representing cumulative value, mark the Cumulative checkbox.
   
   To select the color for each bar/curve, click the Color button.
   
7. In the Show Earned Value Curves area, mark the checkbox for each cumulative earned value curve you want to display.
   
   To select the color for each curve, click the Color button.
   
8. Click the Graph tab.
9. To display a vertical background line for major and/or minor timescale increments, in the Vertical Lines area, mark the corresponding checkbox. For example, in a Year/Month format timescale, major lines would display between years; minor lines would display between months.
10. To display horizontal lines for each numerical increment listed along the side of the profile, choose the type of line you want to display, then select the line color. Choose None to hide background horizontal lines.
11. To specify additional profile display options, mark the corresponding checkboxes:
    
    Show Legend: Mark to display a legend for the profile's bars/curves.
    
    3D Bars: Mark to display the profile’s bars in 3D.
    
    Background Color: Click to change the profile's background color.
    
    Calculate Average: Mark to specify the values you want to use to divide the timescale interval totals.
    
    Divide Interval Totals By: To divide the timescale interval totals by an increment you specify, type it in this field.
    
    Base on Hours Per Timeperiod: To divide the timescale interval totals by automatic increments, based on the date interval selected, mark this checkbox. When you choose this option, the Divide Interval Totals By field displays the division increment based on the division increment specified in User Preferences for the corresponding date interval: 1h for Hour date interval, 2h for Shift date interval, 8h for Day date interval, 40h for week date interval, and so on.
    
    Unit of Measure: Specify the unit of measure for the timescale intervals.
12. To view your profile options without closing the dialog box, click Apply; to save your selections, click OK.

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