Windmill 7.3
 
Sample Reports
This page introduces a range of standard and custom report examples produced by Hornet Windmill. You can download and view each report using one of the two different file formats - the quality of the display will depend on the application you use to view each file. The best quality image will be given by the GRA format files - this is the native format for Hornet Windmill - but you will need to install the GraWin view and print utility first.

The PDF format files give a single page display that includes notes on each report type - you will need to have installed a copy of Acrobat Reader 3.01 or later to view these files.

Notes on the use of each file type are available.

Bar Chart or Gantt Chart Reports
Resource Histogram Reports
Network Diagrams or Pert Charts
Costing Progress Reports
Miscellaneous Reports
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Bar Chart Report with Variable Timescale.
A standard bar chart including both main and sub headings, custom coloured task bars with a legend, user logos and titles in report header, project details and notes section in report footer. Tasks have been grouped to show several bars on the same line of the report. The timescale has been divided into three sections showing six months as a narrow section (15%) at the left, five months as a larger section (65%) in the centre, and a forward plan covering seven year quarters (20%) to the right. Ref: HR-98001

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Combined Bar Chart and Resource Histogram Report
A summary bar chart report that lists the tasks related to key stages of a series of current projects. Each project is included under a separate main heading, with individual tasks for each section listed on the same line across the page and using colour to depict the type or class of task. The report timescale can be selected to show an entire project, or drawn to a specified date range. Beneath the bar chart is a histogram showing the requirements for four resources drawn stacked together. The header and footer regions include custom logos and legends for both the bar chart and histogram sections. Ref: HR-98002
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As-Built Bar Chart Programme and Documents Received Report
A custom bar chart report that shows the original planned work schedule (or baseline) as hollow bars, with the actual as-built or worked periods drawn in a solid blue. The report shows a section of a large project, and includes main and sub headings. Added to the page are a series of coded symbols that indicate when key documents or decisions were received on the project, together with the document reference. The header and footer regions include custom logos and legends for both the bar chart and coded symbols. Ref: HR-98003
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Multiple Resource Histogram Report
A full page histogram report that shows a series of five project resources drawn in a stacked style on the same graph. Various colour and fill styles are used to represent the different resources and the footer area includes a legend and notes to aid the reader of the report. All standard histogram reports allow up to eight different resources to be included on each graph. Ref: HR-98004
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Multiple Histograms Summary Report
A single page report that includes four separate graphs each showing different resource information. Three of the graphs show the project requirements for a single resource whilst the final graph draws a total profile summing the values from the other three. On the single resource graphs the staff availability levels are drawn, these limits vary over time, and colour is used to show where limits will be exceeded. The summary graph uses a different colour for each of the resources. Legends are included on the report and the footer incorporates a section of notes added by the originator. Ref: HR-98005
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Standard and Cumulative Histogram
A single page histogram that shows a graph of weekly total manhours for one of the project resources. The histogram is drawn in the normal block style using a vertical scale on the left of the page, in addition a cumulative or s-curve style line graph is superimposed using a second vertical scale to the right of the page. This example shows only a single resource but like all Hornet Windmill histogram reports the graphs may include up to eight different resources on the same graph. The header and footer regions include custom logos, legends for the chart and a section for notes or comments. Ref: HR-98006
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Standard Double Graph Histogram Report
This report lists two different resources on the page devoting a separate graph to each of them. The design covers three different projects - the refurbishment of three machines - and each histogram shows the resources required for each project in a separate colour. The graphs show labour requirements in manhours and the cost of materials for each project. The header and footer regions include custom logos, legends for the charts and a section for notes or comments. Ref: HR-98007
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Standard Precedence Style Pert Chart or Network Diagram
This report is a single page network diagram drawn for a small project using the standard notation; each task being drawn as a rectangular box (precedence or activity on node style). The selected tasks are automatically laid out to a grid format making best use of the space and keeping related tasks together. Different task types are colour coded and a standard notation for marking partially and fully completed tasks is applied. These reports may be produced to span a series of sheets, or laid out using a fit to page option when the report is to be printed on a large plotter or printer. Logic links have been added to the page using an option that ensures individual lines are not overdrawn. Ref: HR-98008
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Standard Arrow Style Pert Chart or Network Diagram
A very similar report to the Precedence Style Network Diagram above but using the alternative arrow or activity on arrow style where tasks are drawn as horizontal lines or arrows between nodes. The layout options for this style of report are very similar to to the activity on node style and you will see that the relative positions of all tasks is the same. Task descriptions, durations and float are added to the task arrows and the design allows many more tasks to be drawn on a similar sized sheet of paper. All positioning, sizing, splitting across multiple sheets and logic link drawing support the same options as those for the more common activity on node style of report. Ref: HR-98009
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Pert Chart or Network Diagram A custom network diagram that has been drawn in the arrow or activity on arrow style for a large project; this report is designed for A1 or A0 sized paper. The page layout includes a table listing project week numbers against date, and the start/finish dates for tasks have been drawn within the diagram nodes. The layout of this report has been derived from a manually drawn diagram, with the task numbers being derived from the row and column numbers on the grid (task 1219 is on row 12, column 19). This allows Hornet Windmill to reproduce the client's original design and maintain a consistent layout even when further tasks are added to the project. Ref: HR-98010
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Progress Pert Chart or Network Diagram
This report draws a section of a large project and is produced to show the current progress of the tasks. It is drawn in an arrow or activity on arrow style and includes the start/finish dates for tasks (drawn within the nodes) and the relative progress attained on each task (completed tasks are drawn with a solid fill along the arrow line). Task numbers are linked to the grid positions used on the report (task 806 is on row 8, column 6) and the page design includes a table listing project week numbers against date. Being a small extract from a project the report is ideally suited to the standard paper size used for management reports. Ref: HR-98011
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Costing Progress Report - Earned Value Graph
This single page report is one of two standard designs that are used to monitor the costs expended on a project. The graph shows the cumulative manhours expended on the project as a line graph drawn against the project timescale. The total budget for the project is represented as a horizontal line, with the baseline or planned progress of the project shown as a traditional envelope; this envelope represents the manhour expenditure based on the earliest and latest planned dates. The recorded progress is shown as two lines - the actual hours expended, and the value hours or earned value hours which give a more representative measure of progress. The top line shows the predicted total hours that the project will take to complete based on current progress rates. The lines are plotted each week and the general trend of progres for the project - either slipping or gaining - can be readily spotted. Ref: HR-98012
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Costing Progress Graph - Percentage Efficiency
This is the second of the cost control graphs and plots the planned and actual costs of a project on a percentage scale of 0 to 100. The planned and actual progress can be traced easily and the top line shows the overall efficiency that has been achieved to date (the factor of earned value manhours to date - budgetted manhours times percentage complete - over the actual manhours taken to achieve this). As the project progresses the lines will indicate the likely time, and actual cost, of project completion. Ref: HR-98013
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Time Location or Time Chainage Chart
This Time Location Chart shows the planned progress of tasks on a road contract; the report is also suitable for any linear type of project such as a pipeline, railway or tunnel. The report plots the planned start and finish of a task against the actual location it is operating within the site as a diagonal line. The report can clearly show the progress of tasks along the line of the road or structure, and where lines run together will indicate where two tasks will coincide in position and time. The report will also include fixed structures, such as bridges and air shafts, and block items that occupy sections for a fixed period of time. The report is completed by the inclusion of holidays, user logos and a legend section that details the colour scheme applied to the symbols. Ref: HR-98014
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Sample Symbols, Colours, Fills and Line Styles
A single page test report that shows the wide range of symbols that can be included on Hornet Windmill reports. The design includes different line types, fill patterns and colours that may be applied to all types of report. Ref: HR-98015
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