Cobra Help

Basic Procedures

Some standard procedures are used throughout Cobra

The set of instructions encompasses various tasks such as text search and view management, among other things.


Save a Project as a Different Project

You can save a project as a different project in the Project view.

Save an Ancillary File as a Different File

You can save an ancillary file as a different file in the Calendar, Rate, Resource, or Code view.

Copy the Projects Pane or the Spreadsheet Pane to Excel

You can copy the Projects pane or the Spreadsheet pane of the Project view in MS Excel.

Find Text

You can search for text in columns in Cobra Explorer or in any of the Cobra views.

Find Numeric Data

You can search for numeric data in columns in Cobra Explorer or in any of the Cobra views.

Manage Columns

You can change the way columns are shown in Cobra by right-clicking a column header and selecting an option from the shortcut menu.

Insert a Column in a View

You can insert columns in any of the views in Cobra.

Edit a Column in a View

You can edit columns in any of the views in Cobra.

Remove a Column from a View

You can remove columns from any of the views in Cobra.

Adjust Column Width

You can adjust column widths in any of the views in Cobra.

Size a Column for Best Fit

You can size columns for best fit in any of the views in Cobra.

Purge a Project

You can purge a project to delete it and all of the ancillary files associated with it.

Rename a Project

You can rename a project in Cobra Explorer. When you rename a project, Cobra does not rename the process logs associated with it.

Rename an Ancillary File

You can rename an ancillary file in Cobra Explorer. When you rename an ancillary file, any projects that reference the ancillary file change the reference to the new name.

Freeze Columns in a View

While in Cobra Explorer or in any of the views, you can freeze columns so that they remain in view when you scroll horizontally across the grid. The selected column and all columns to the left of it change color to indicate that they are frozen.


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Projects