Align and zoom in on child events

By default, events on the Overlay Trends are aligned at the "zero time" line, which marks the relative start time of events. You can also align Overlay Trends to the start time of a selected child event in the Gantt chart as well as zoom in on the child events themselves.

When you align a selected child event, the corresponding child events of other parent events are aligned at the "zero time" line. They’re aligned based on name. If no name match is found, they’re aligned based on the ordinal position of the selected child event frame, then on the root event frame if no event frame match is found. Child events before or after the selected child event on the Gantt chart are aligned relative to the "zero time" line. The events are aligned on both the Overlay Trends and the Gantt chart.

Note: To align child events, child events must be identical for each compared event.

1. To view child events on the Gantt chart, click the plus icon on the Gantt bar of the event you want to analyze.

2. To align the Overlay Trends to the start time of the selected child event, right-click the child event and click Align.

3. To zoom the Overlay Trends to the start and end time of the selected child event and examine this time segment in more detail, right-click the child event and click Align and Zoom.

4. To undo the aligning of child events, right-click the child event and click Revert.