To increase the number of tasks, please do the following.

  • Unhide a sheet named Scheduler

 

Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - Unhiding Scheduler

Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – Unhiding Scheduler

 

  • Go to cell OC253. You can do this easily by pressing Ctrl+G and typing OC253 in the window.
    Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - Go To Cell OC253
    Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – Go To Cell OC253

     

  • Click the little arrow at bottom right of the cell and expand down to include more rows. You have now expanded the number of tasks.
    Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - End of Scheduler
    Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – End of Scheduler

     

ExtendingRows

Please be aware that as you increase the number of tasks, Excel needs to make hundreds of thousands of extra calculations. So, please add a few tasks at a time to see how Excel responds.

Let’s assume we increased by 10 rows (tasks).

  • Unhide H_RES sheet;
    • Select cells A252 and A253. Drag down to A273. This will add numbers 254 to 263.
    • Select B253 to NE253; Drag the formulas down to 10 more rows.
  • Unhide H_BP sheet;
    • Select cells C253 to NE253; Drag the formulas down to 10 more rows.

 

To increase the number of projects in Summary view

  • Go to PLAN SUMMARY sheet and click on the REVIEW ribbon and choose ‘Unprotect Sheet’.

 

Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - Unprotecting Sheet
Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – Unprotecting Sheet

 

  • Enter Password (provided in the SETTINGS sheet). You can now make changes to the sheet.
Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - Unprotecting Sheet
Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – Unprotecting Sheet

 

  • Go to cell P55 and extend the table as shown below.

 

Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - Expanding Projects
Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – Expanding Projects

 

To increase the number of projects in the timeline view

 

  • Select cells R55 to BT55.
  • Drag the mouse down to copy the cells (as many rows as you did earlier)
  • Press Ctrl+1 to open the formatting dialog box.
  • Click on the centre horizontal line border. This would remove the unnecessary border lines.

 

  • Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template - Extending Tasks - Timeline view
    Project Planner (Advanced) Excel Template – Extending Tasks – Timeline view