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NenadIlic
Qrew Assistant Captain
7 years ago

active projects trend graph

I'm trying to create a stacked graph that will show all active projects per months (eg. last 6 months), where I would include following:
* all active projects 6 months ago, 
* then all active projects 5 months ago (exclude closed ones and include new ones) and so on, but those projects should be in the aging group (i've already created a field for that).

I have project start date, and project close date fields, and I am trying to find the best solution for this.

Thank you in advance.

10 Replies

  • My suggestion is to create a formula field to calculate the �Aging bucket�. Then let that be the �Series� in your chart. Nite that any particular project can only appear in one �Aging bucket�.
    • NenadIlic's avatar
      NenadIlic
      Qrew Assistant Captain
      Hi, 

      aging is not the issue, I already have that one solved for the series, the problem is the X axis. That axes should present months, and the bars should show number of active projects in that specific month, 

      Like in the chart bellow.
      I've resolved the part regarding project aging, the only problem I'm having is to set active projects in each month.

  • The challenge will be that in Quick Base a Project can only appear in one spot on the chart. It can't for example span 3 months. You would need to run some kind of script or process to create individual records for each Project-Month Record.
  • You need to create a second table that contains a monthly snapshot of your active projects. Use the table-to-table import function of Quickbase. Include fields to filter on (I.e, status) and the field that will be the series in the stacked bar chart. The date you do the import (your snapshot date) can be the x-axis in your stacked bar chart.
    • NenadIlic's avatar
      NenadIlic
      Qrew Assistant Captain
      Hi Kevin, can you specify what you mean exactly when you say "snapshot of active projects"?

      I understand the part regarding creating a table, and relationship, and maybe even lookup fields,... but could you clarify a bit more about what you mean?
    • KevinO_Boyle's avatar
      KevinO_Boyle
      Qrew Cadet
      By snapshot, I mean an exact copy of all the records in your table at a point in time. To make this 'active projects by month' chart, you need to compare active projects in one month vs prior months. Go to fields, click import into the upper right, then select the third option 'import from one table to another table'. You'll need to run this import once a month to make a copy of the table data
    • SimonDecker1's avatar
      SimonDecker1
      Qrew Member
      Hi Kevin, side question: Is there a way to automate the monthly creation of a snapshot?
  • NenadIlic's avatar
    NenadIlic
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    or some summary field where I would summarize project that started before some date, and have not ended by the same date.... but then I would have 6 separate summary fields.... maybe I can use that as a starter
  • Simon

    Automations were just released into General Avsilability last night weekend. It was supposed to be released with automatic scheduling ability. But I guess that aspect will come soon.

    I suggest that set up an Automation to run a table import and expect that scheduled Automations will come soon.