Screenshots taken using default, out-of-box settings with minimal customization, other than removal of headers and footers for cleanliness. Results will vary based on source data and settings selected by the user.
Overview
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Description |
OnePager is a leading project reporting application that interfaces with Microsoft Project, Project Server, Project Online, or Excel. OnePager creates presentation-ready Gantt charts and timelines that can easily be shared in PowerPoint, PDF, or SharePoint. |
Swimlane Timeline is a Visio plug-in that can import data from different Office applications such as Project or Excel. Swimlane Timeline's project reports are created as Visio diagrams. |
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Full-Featured Trial License |
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Compatibility
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Standalone Application |
Organizations that prefer add-ins may continue to use OnePager as an add-in. |
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International Compatible |
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Easy Upgrades |
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Install without Admin Rights |
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Speed and Performance
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Single Project (50 lines) |
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Multiple Projects (3 plans at 3 lines each) |
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Performance metrics are given as a relative guide, not as an absolute guarantee of the precise amount of time that it takes to create a chart in either application. Measurements were taken using default application settings on a 64-bit Windows 10 computer with 6.00 GB RAM and 1.70 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, running 32-bit Office 2019, Visio 2019, and Project Professional 2019. Results will vary with other system configurations and when using different application settings. Times measured begin after source file(s) are selected and end when the view appears in the editor without any wait cursors or progress bars.
Support and Training
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Professional Support Ticketing |
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Wiki Documentation |
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Support Videos |
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FAQs |
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LinkedIn Users Group |
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Training |
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Data Connections
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Microsoft Project |
OnePager can do its import behind-the-scenes, so that users don't have to see the inner-workings of the application. |
When Swimlane Timeline launches Project to import a plan, users will see the application switching from Visio to Microsoft Project, and then back again, which can be jarring. |
Microsoft Excel |
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Seamless Multi-Project Support |
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Swimlane Timeline's need to read data through an active Microsoft Project/Excel session also means that users will often see Microsoft Project launch as a part of the import process, if it wasn't running previously. The switching between Visio, to Project, then back can be disruptive to end users. |
Microsoft Project Server |
OnePager uses Microsoft's latest Project Server APIs, meaning that OnePager can create Project Server reports even if Microsoft Project is not installed on the end-user's computer. OnePager can import enterprise custom fields directly from Project Server, even if those fields are not showing in Microsoft Project. |
Depending on the size of the schedule, this can take considerable time and system resources. |
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Key Features
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Multi-Page Reports |
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Point and Click Conditional Formatting |
Conditional formatting will be automatically reapplied each time you add a new snapshot (version) to your schedule, and you will have the ability to track different formatting over the different dated versions of your project, all in a single OnePager chart. Navigate between snapshots to see the colors and shapes change dynamically in accordance with how your project is changing. In the event that you ever need to manually adjust a color or a shape, OnePager's conditional formatting will yield to that manual formatting, while continuing to assign dynamic formatting elsewhere in the chart. Users can easily revert from a manual format to a conditional format if desired. |
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Templates |
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Versioned History of a Project Using Snapshots |
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Instant Timeline Updates |
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Standard Milestone Shapes |
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Custom Milestone Shapes |
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Graphics style |
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Export to PowerPoint, E-mail, PDF, etc. |
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Display additional Microsoft Project or Excel data in Text Columns, row by row |
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Data Integrity
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Guaranteed reporting accuracy out of Microsoft Project and Excel |
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Protects against changes to Project or Excel data |
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Most corporate IT departments disapprove of third-party applications making unauthorized changes to their data, no matter how trivial those changes may seem. The example below illustrates the date reformatting that Swimlane Timeline performs on source data prior to importing. In newer versions, this reformatting is not immediately visible to end users, but can be observed if the user happens to make Microsoft Project visible during the import process. |
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Microsoft is a registered service mark of Microsoft Corporation. Original product comparison made in October, 2016 between Swimlane Timeline 7.4 and OnePager Pro & Express v5.3. Revised product comparison made in June, 2020 between Swimlane Timeline v10.11 and OnePager Pro & Express v6.1. Feature comparison subject to change in future versions.