Merlin Project: Gantt + Kanban

New fields for the work-breakdown view, the assignments view and the resources view: - Expected Work Variance: Contains the net difference between Expected Work and Planned Work. A positive value means more work compared to the plan. - Expected Duration Variance: Contains the net difference between Expected Duration and Planned Duration. A positive value means a longer duration compared to the plan. - Expected Start Variance: Contains the net duration between Planned Start and Expected Start. A positive value means a delay in the start. - Expected End Variance: Contains the net duration between Planned End and Expected end. A positive value means a delay at the end. - Expected Cost Variance: The difference between Expected Costs and Planned Costs. A positive value means increased costs compared to the plan. More flexibility in the assignments view: In the assignments view, you can now also display selected fields of the associated activities in rows for assignments. The following new columns are available for this purpose: - Code (Activity) - Notes (Activity) - Tags (Activity) - WBS Code (Activity) - # (Activity) In addition, all user-defined activity fields are available as columns and are also identified by the suffix "(Activity)". You can also display the corresponding fields of the assigned resources in the work-breakdown view. The columns are marked with the suffix "(Resource)". More overview in the work breakdown view: - Customize the display of assigned resources via the context menu of the resource column. With the new "Show content" option, you can now select whether column content is only displayed on the activities or also on activity groups. - Via the context menu of the comment column, you can now set whether the resource names in the column are displayed in full or only with abbreviations. You can also select the format for date and time values. Changes: - The minimum operating system is now iOS 15. - The view settings inspector now closes automatically when you select a new table row. - If you enter actual work values without a time unit in the inspector, the unit is automatically taken from other fields already filled in. - When setting up the first user, Merlin Project now automatically asks you whether guests should have full access, read-only access or no access at all. - If activities are still assigned when deleting resources, a warning dialog is now displayed. - Timescale tiers in Gantt charts can now also be selected via the "Display > Timescale > Tiers" menu. - Objects can now also be moved by dragging when the help function is activated. - When adding new columns, you can now select multiple list entries. Fixed issues: - Documents from some MindManager versions could not be imported. - File attachments could receive an incorrect timestamp. - The earned-value BCWP was not always calculated correctly. - When changing print settings, the print preview did not always adjust correctly. - Reports with charts for activities with very long titles could not be exported or printed. - CTRL clicks did not work in the style inspector. - No values could be set for certain date fields in filters. - General stability has been improved.

Fixed issues: - Improved general stability. - Inspector controls for subtitles are not multi-line when text grows longer. - The style inspector did not show inherited colors.

New features: - Added link to Merlin Project discussion forum to the help menu. Fixed issues: - Improved general stability. - Syncing Merlin Project files with a Mac running Dropbox 160.4.4703 or later did not always work. - After unlocking the iPad, the content of a project could be shifted towards the left upper corner of the screen. - The option "Resize Columns" on project view report modules did not always work. - Labels in chart reports could overlap. - Opening the style editor via the context menu did not always pre-select a matching style condition.

Fixed issues: - Improved general stability. - The Kanban column for empty status values was ordered last not first. - The application could hang after inserting remaining work. - Sometimes labels were cut off in the Netplan view.

Fixed issues: - Improved general stability. - The style editor for net plan cells did not allow to set the "images" format option for the resources field. - Dragging the separator between outline and Gantt chart did not always work correctly when screen synchronization was active. Changes: - Histograms for budget/cost balance fields are now using the "Time Phase Normal" and "Time Phase Critical" style conditions. By default, histogram bars now appear in red or green, depending on whether the budget is exceeded in the corresponding time phase.

Fixed issues: - Improved general stability. - When importing MS Project files, tasks without work could have a wrong completion.

New features: - On the iPad, the style inspector of the Mac version is now also available. Use it to design the look of all view elements and define which fields they derive their content from. To open the new inspector, tap the brush icon in the toolbar above a view. - AirPlay (screen sync) lets you display content from your iPad on an external screen. Normally, this mirrors the entire interface. With the new full screen icon, you can now display individual project views full screen and in full resolution. The icon is only visible as long as AirPlay is active. - In the report view, you can now also insert new modules, just like on the Mac. - In the report view settings, you can set the page size, orientation, and margins. Fixed issues: - Improved general stability.

Fixed issues: - Improved general stability. - The manual format settings for the "Complete" column did not work.