Yes/No Parameter display in a schedule

[Joshua Kohl]

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

I am creating a schedule that has yes/no conditions in RAC 2010 and/or RAC 2011. I want the checkbox to appear in the schedule when I place it on a sheet. However the actually text "Yes" or "No" appears instead.

Is there a way I can get the yes/no checkbox to show as it does in the schedule view? If I could that would make my afternoon.

Thanks in Advance!!

[twiceroadsfool]

Is it possible? Yes. Its not a terrible amount of work, but decide how much its worth to you, because it means two parameters for every items. It also means you MUST use a font Type that has a Checkmark in the Character map. You do it like this:

Parameter: Item 1 (yes/no parameter)
Calculated Value: Item 1text (Text value)

Formula = if(Item 1, "√", "-")

The character in the middle is copied and pasted from the character map in Windows. So is the second. Bear in mind, if anyone changes the font of your scheudle, this changes the symbol to whatever corresponds to that shortcut in the character map.

[Joshua Kohl]

Thanks for the reply Aaron.

The majority of the data that I want to populate this schedule with will not be extracted from families so using 2 parameters for this option would not be feasible. I will just create a column where the user can put an X in the proper cell to indicate which one is being used.

[twiceroadsfool]

Thats a Calculated Value, it doesnt go in the Family. And, the yes/no parameters can go on anything the text parameter for the X can. :)