By Popular Demand: New LiquidPlanner Features
Last night we released an update to LiquidPlanner that included a bunch of new features that you’ve been asking for. Your feedback counts – keep it coming!
XML Import from Microsoft Project
We’ve broadened our import options to include both CSV and Microsoft Project XML. To try it out, click the “Add” button and select the “Import Project” option. Now you can get your old project files into LiquidPlanner more easily than ever.
Right-Click Menu – Add Items
Now when you right-click on your plan, you can easily add tasks, events, milestones, projects, and more.
Right-Click to Change Timescale
Zoom into your plan to see detailed views of your schedule (hours, days, or weeks) or zoom out to view by month or quarter. Just right-click the timeline to make the switch. Note that left-clicking on the timeline allows you to draw a “chalk line” for marking a particular date on the plan.
Flow-Around Details
When one of your tasks is interrupted by another (say you have a vacation scheduled or a higher priority item needs to be attended to), the LiquidPlanner scheduler “flows” the task around the interruption. Until now, it’s been hard to tell exactly what was causing the interruption – but no more! Now when you hover over the schedule bar, you’ll see the details of the flow-around right there.
Dependency Information on the Details Page
The Details Page in LiquidPlanner contains lots of information: notes, descriptions, links, docs, comments, and more. Now you can view and edit one other key piece of the puzzle – dependencies –without ever leaving the page.
iOS Update – We’re Pending Approval!
We have submitted our iOS (iPad / iPhone) app to Apple. As soon as it’s approved, it will be available for download and you’ll be able to access your project plans on the go once again. We apologize for the delay, and we hope that once you have your hands on the new app you’ll get even more out of LiquidPlanner.
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 11:47AM | in LiquidPlanner, Odds and Ends, Project Management 
Reader Comments (10)
Very well done. I gave your solution a try a short time ago and these updates are very encouraging. Keep it up.
Thank you so much Chris! We're going to keep working hard to make LiquidPlanner the best it can be.
That's great news about the iPad app. I've been having a lot of trouble leaving comments on tasks using an iPad, so I'll be glad to be able to use LP properly on there again.
Any news on the iPhone/iPad application? I've checked every day in the app store and haven't seen the new one....
We're watching too because it's submitted to Apple and marked as In Review. Fingers crossed- this week.
New iOS screen shots are posted here: http://www.liquidplanner.com/mobile/
I'm not seeing the option for hours on the timeline when I right click. How can I get this to be an option?
@Andrea - that's my bad on the screenshot. I took the shot on our development build which supports changing the timescale down to hours for internal debugging purposes. It's a really fine grain zoom.
We are thinking about releasing the hour scale as a general feature. Sorry for the confusion.
Since you were the first to catch the mistake, we'd love to send you one of our giant LP pens in appreciation. Email support@liquidplanner.com and tell them "Charles says I get a giant pen"; they are quite cool :)
- Charles.
Any further news with the iPad approval?
Thanks
Peter
Hi Peter,
App was submitted on 7/20 and we are as stunned as anyone that Apple is taking so long. We updated our web site with final screen shots if you want a better look at it: LiquidPlanner iOS application.