Repository Guides
A Repository Guide is a smart template that can be used to quickly create customized project plans. To use a guide, you first create a new repository schedule, and press the Use Guide button. This displays a list of guides in the database.
You select the guide for your needs, and a customizing dialogue will be presented.
You fill in the parameters specific to this particular project that you are planning, give the project a title and a start date, and press Ok.

Project Gateway will apply your information to the guide template and then will load the customized project in to the schedule control. You can then modify the schedule in any way you wish before publishing it into the repository.
How does the guide modify the template?
- It modifies task descriptions by substituting user responses in to task names
- It adjusts task durations according to the user's estimate of the project difficulty
- It selectively removes individual tasks or groups of tasks which may not be needed for the particular project
- It adjusts all dates within the project to be consistent with the user's dates
What are good applications for guides?
Guides are intended for organizations that do large numbers of similar projects, and who want consistent project organization. Possible uses would include:
- Maintenance projects
- Quality assurance projects
- Documentation and marketing materials projects
- Small software development projects
 - Custom installation projects
- Job shop applications
- Field service and repair projects
- Year 2000 conversion projects
How do I create a guide?
You make a guide by starting from a specific schedule. You then markup parts of the schedule to indicate how it should be adjusted when it is used. There are several kinds of adjustments you can use to customize the task name, duration, and other factors.
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