Home Tab


Home Group

The Home group of the Home tab includes options for copying and pasting activities in the Gantt Chart window.

Note:  There are no GUI panels associated with these options.

Undo

Click Undo or press Ctrl + Z to undo the last operation.

Redo

Click Redo or press Ctrl + Y to redo the last operation.

Select All Activities

Click to select all the activities in the Activity Chart quickly.

Clipboard Group

The Clipboard group of the Home tab includes options for copying and pasting activities in the Gantt Chart window.

Note:  There are no GUI panels associated with these options.

Copy

Click Copy or press Ctrl + C to copy the data values for the selected activity to the clipboard.

Copy with Headers

Click Copy with Headers to copy the data values and attribute name of the selected activity to the clipboard.

Paste

Click Paste or press Ctrl + V to paste the selected activity into the Gantt chart.

Activities Group

The Activities group on the Home tab includes options for creating, deleting, modifying, and updating activities in the Gantt Chart window.

Note:  You must set up attributes prior to creating activities.  See the Attributes topic for more information.

New

Click New or press Shift+A to add a new activity. The Activity Information panel displays.

Delete Activity

Click Delete Activity or press Ctrl+ D to delete an activity. You can also highlight one or more activities in the Chart Window, then right-click to display the context menu and select Delete activity.

Properties

Click Properties or press F4 to view the activity properties on the Activity Information panel.

Update Activities

Click Update Activities or press Ctrl+U to update activities with Vulcan data. The Updating activities progress bar displays in the bottom right corner of the Gantt Status Bar to indicate the progress of the update.

Update Reserves

Click Update Reserves to update reserves with Vulcan data if the block model or designs change.

Percent Complete Update

Use this to enter a percent complete value. The Gantt bar for that activity is split at that percentage. The portion that is complete is moved to before the report start date. The portion that is incomplete will have it's own Gantt bar generated upon which precedences can be built to and from.

You can read in values from a file instead of entering values one at a time by filling in the information required at the bottom of the Percent Completed Update GUI. The required fields are Activity Name, Activity Type, % Complete, and Completed Date.

Bars Group

The Bars group on the Home tab includes options for splitting bars and removing splits in the Gantt Chart area.

Split

Use the Split option to split an activity by date, number of days, or percentage.

Remove Split

Use the Remove Split option to remove a split from an activity.

Join All Bars

Use the Join All Bars to join all bars in a selected activity.

Mining Group

Note:  There is no GUI panel associated with this options.

Delete Mining Direction

Click Delete Mining Direction or press Ctrl + Alt + D to delete a mining direction. You can also highlight one or more rows in the Activity Grid and select Delete Mining Direction.