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MS Project Resource Graph
There ya go, throwing down a challenge. I'll give it a go and see what I can come up with. Stay tuned.
Update (a few minutes later).
As usual you are correct in that with current versions of Project the bold horizontal line is neither present nor available to display. However, when I stepped into my wayback machine and tried this on Project 2010, not only can I show the bold line but I can also delete it by turning off the bar styles option "show availability line". Another gotcha from our good friends at MS. Maybe, just maybe, it's an artifact from the assignment units/peak units change that was made back in that time frame.
John
That is not how the Resource Graph works. It is designed to display only a single value in a column chart format. For example, you can display Cost, Work, Peak Units, Percent Allocation, etc., but you cannot display two values in a combination column chart/line chart (which is what you are describing). Sorry, but hope this helps.
Thank you for your reply.
In the attached picture there is a bold horizontal black line that separates between Allocated (Blue) and Overallocated (Red) resources. I can not show this line which indicates the Maximum Units. I have tried the GRIDLINES list but couldn't find it there either. Do you know how to show it?
KAA_82,
So to answer your question, that horizontal line IS the resource Max Units line. It's just called the "availability" line on the Resource Graph. And apparently you have an older version of Project that has that feature.
John- KAA_82 --
Where did you find that screenshot? I created a project with the same overallocation, and my Resource Graph view DOES NOT display the black gridline that is shown in your screenshot. So, the best I can tell you is that it is NOT possible to display the Max. Units gridline in the Resource Graph view. But if I am wrong, I would gladly invite the others to correct me and to tell me how to display it. Hope this helps.There ya go, throwing down a challenge. I'll give it a go and see what I can come up with. Stay tuned.
Update (a few minutes later).
As usual you are correct in that with current versions of Project the bold horizontal line is neither present nor available to display. However, when I stepped into my wayback machine and tried this on Project 2010, not only can I show the bold line but I can also delete it by turning off the bar styles option "show availability line". Another gotcha from our good friends at MS. Maybe, just maybe, it's an artifact from the assignment units/peak units change that was made back in that time frame.
John
Thanks for the clarification.