Merlin Project for iPhone

Use the storage location On My iPhone to create files which are to be saved locally on your iOS device. These files will not be synchronized among other iOS devices you might use by the same Apple ID.

The documents are located within the Merlin Project folder of the On My iPhone storage location.

Merlin Project also supports iCloud Drive. Project files on Apple’s iCloud Drive will be synchronized by the cloud service with other Apple devices that are logged in with the same Apple ID.

With Merlin Project on iPhone you can also use Dropbox to synchronize project files among your iOS and mac devices.

The standard Dropbox location however, indicated by the blue "Dropbox" icon, does not support Merlin Project document bundles.

You’ll need to setup in Merlin Project on iPhone a Dropbox account before you can create new projects or access existing ones.

To switch to another document, tap the 'Documents' symbol on the top left and select the document out of its storage location.

Tap on any given row to access more project information on this item. Each row has two areas; content is placed on the left, symbols on the right.

Tap the left side of a row (red) and the structure or additional content will be displayed.

Tap the completion icon on the right of a row (blue) and the relevant Inspector will be opened.

By default, Merlin Project on iPhone displays projects in the "Work Breakdown - Entry" view. Tap "Work Breakdown" and a drop-down menu will appear with the "Attachments" option. When selecting an activity with assignments, the "Assignments" option will also be displayed in the drop-down menu.

Tap "Entry" and a list will appear with all built-in and custom project view configurations.

The "Resources" view shows all resources configured in the project.

Tap the plus icon on the top right corner to add new resources.

Tap a resource in its row to access its attachments.

Tap the resource icon shown on the right right-hand of a specific resource, to access its resource Inspector.

There are four different project view configurations for the Resources view. By default, the entry view is active. Tap "Entry" and you will see the selection list as shown.

You can call this view to check the "Assignments" of your resources in the project.

Tap a resource name in its row to access the activities on which this resource is assigned.

Tap the assignment icon on the right-hand edge of a specific resource, to access its resource Inspector.

There are four different project view configurations for the Assignments view. By default, the entry view is active. Tap "Entry" and you will see the selection list as shown.

The Project Settings are divided into three parts: General, Calendars and Utilization settings.

In the "Sync" settings, information is available about the shared use of the document.

If the document is shared via iCloud Drive, Dropbox or Merlin Server, you will find here its last synchronization date and the option to 'Synchronize Immediately'.

If the document is not yet shared, you can find options here to share it via iCloud Drive, Dropbox or Merlin Server.

In the "Work Area" settings, you can find options for shared documents, which allow you to work on the project independently and separately from the other users.

When you start using a Work Area, you can choose from two options:

The »Publish« option lets you transfer changes from the Private Work Area and make them available to all users. Otherwise, delete the changes using the delete option and restore the document to its original state.

The "Integrate" option lets you integrate changes made in the Public Work Area.

Here you can find information about Merlin Project and its version.

This option lets you provide feedback directly by email to our Development team.

You may insert comments on every visible row item of any view if finding needed.

Inserted comments show following information:

Creation date shown as relative time point (today, yesterday, etc) and contains the date and time of any given comment.

Merlin Project calculates the author’s name into the comment.

There are various cases:

New comments on project files show Anonymous as author.

New comments on project files show Anonymous as author.

New comments on project files show the title of the user-resource which had inserted them.

There are various cases:

New comments show the initials of the resource.

New comments show a thumbnail of the author’s image.

The text to the comment.

If comments have been added to any rows, the comment icon appears.

To view the comments of this row:

When wanting to edit comments, there are various use cases:

Anyone opening the file may edit any given comment.

Anyone opening the file may edit any given comment.

Alternatively

You can also select the Edit menu item from the (…) menu shown at the bottom of the Annotations inspector.

To delete any given comment:

Comments can be sorted in the following ways:

Default order is Newest Comments first

To change the sorting order: