You won't really get the full benefit of OmniPlan until you start extending your plan beyond what is in iCal and/or edit the stuff you've imported because it will all be entered as exact scheduling and OmniPlan won't move any of it around.Īny idea how many iCal entries you're talking about? If you go to File->Export in iCal after selecting the calendar that contains all of this stuff, export a copy to your desktop, open it up in an editor that will let you count matches and see how many matches you get for BEGIN:VEVENT that should give you a pretty good idea. but you'll at least have the blocks in there to start tinkering. Of course, OmniPlan won't know any of the details of the structure, resource allocations, etc. If you've entered your tasks as iCal entries that don't span multiple days, and don't have all day entries, it seems like it might not be too difficult to cobble something up that ran over an exported file from iCal and produced a list of task names with duration and start date/time, then wrote that out as a. There’s a page on the Omni Automation site for each app which has examples and documentation to help you build the your own task killing robots.I'm not aware of anything in OmniPlan itself to do that, only the other direction (export OmniPlan tasks to iCal calendars or to-do lists.) This is a way to script tasks using Core JavaScript language and works on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.

There are some display improvements for how to view things, and a new file type for version 4 which improves compatibility if you sync files (say, using Dropbox or Box).īut especially if you use the iOS version of OmniPlan, the biggest addition comes with the Pro version which includes support for Omni Automation. If you need to track financial information, you can add it as part of your project and see either what this one step costs, or what the entire project cost is (for that resource or all of them) up to a specific point.

Since all good plans start with coffee, make a coffee plan!Īnother really great feature is improved tracking on cost and effort. It can be very frustrating to get well into a project you’ve set up only to discover you basically need to set it up over again with different options (please don’t ask me how I know). For this walkthrough we will assume you are starting with a brand new server account (set up in the Server Accounts window above) and a fresh project that you want to work on collaboratively with others. One thing that stood out to me was the new assistant, so when you set up a new project you get some help making sure you’re choosing the right options for what you need to do. With OmniPlan 3.10, set up the sync actions for your project using the new Sync & Sharing sheet (Project > Sync & Sharing Options). In fact, I was able to attend a demo to see these new features in action. As always with an app from Omni Group, there’s way more.

OmniPlan is a macOS and iOS app for project management, allowing you to view and collaborate on forecasting costs, scheduling, and more. Omni Group released their latest big upgrade on Wednesday, OmniPlan version 4.

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