I've bought a license for HyperPlan (Home, at this stage) and I have to say it is a great app.

I've used it today in a client meeting, and they were really impressed with it. Using it as a brainstorming tool connected to a projector was great.

On the Mac, it could use a bit of interface spit and polish, but the pivot tables it can create are way more engaging than anything I've ever been able to achieve with Excel!

Highly recommended.

Drewster wrote:

I've bought a license for HyperPlan (Home, at this stage) and I have to
say it is a great app.

I've used it today in a client meeting, and they were really impressed
with it. Using it as a brainstorming tool connected to a projector was
great.

On the Mac, it could use a bit of interface spit and polish, but the
pivot tables it can create are way more engaging than anything I've ever
been able to achieve with Excel!

I'm glad you have found Hyper Plan useful.

Is there anything in the Mac UI you found particularly glaring?

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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com

Andy Brice wrote:

Is there anything in the Mac UI you found particularly glaring?

It's quite nitpick, so I don't want to sound mean!

Things like in the sidebar, the labels don't align with the selector boxes, and the 'gear cog' icon is non-standard. And when you click one of the disclosure titles, it highlights grey for a moment.

So nothing major, all fit and finish stuff that I guess is possibly a result of the app not being built with the standard macOS AppKit environment? (I'm not a programmer, so I guessing a bit.)

Drewster wrote:

It's quite nitpick, so I don't want to sound mean!

Constructive feedback is always welcome.

Things like in the sidebar, the labels don't align with the selector
boxes, and the 'gear cog' icon is non-standard. And when you click one
of the disclosure titles, it highlights grey for a moment.

So nothing major, all fit and finish stuff that I guess is possibly a
result of the app not being built with the standard macOS AppKit
environment? (I'm not a programmer, so I guessing a bit.)

Yes, we build the Windows and Mac version from the same C++/Qt code base. This has a lot of advantages for us and the end user. But it also means it is difficult to get 100% fidelity to the Mac look and feel.

The minor misalignments of form elements is a Qt issue and a source of considerable annoyance to me as well. I wish they would fix it. I may be able to use a stylesheet to tweak it slightly.

What do you consider the standard gear cog. The one in the 'finder' tool bar?

I will make a note of the greying of the disclosure arrow. It might be an easy fix.

Lots of ideas for major new features in v3.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com

What do you consider the standard gear cog. The one in the 'finder' tool
bar?

No, the ones to the right of the selectors in the sidebar that bring up the additional options window.

Lots of ideas for major new features in v3.

Exciting!

For those interested, I've written a review of my experience with HyperPlan at my website.

https://canion.me/hyperplan

Thanks, it's always fun to read user reviews of their actual use of IM's.

Drewster wrote:

For those interested, I've written a review of my experience with
HyperPlan at my website.

https://canion.me/hyperplan

I've just downloaded a trial version. It seems that there is no user forum for Hyperplan, so I will post my questions here.
1. Is it possible to assign a task to several persons at the same time?
2. The creation of new entries is slow. You have to open the form and fill it. Can you do this in the table view (like in MS Excell)?

Tomasz Raburski wrote:

1. Is it possible to assign a task to several persons at the same time?

Currently, no. It is one of the more requested features. I'm still thinking about the way to best implement it.

For example. if a card has properties:
title=create website
assigned=alice,bob,charlie
effort=10

How do I show this in the cards view when assigned is laid out by rows? Show the card 3 times, one instance each in alice, bob and charlie rows? How do I visually show it is one card appearing in 3 places - an alias type icon (like a shortcut in Windows)? It isn't really practical to do a Gantt type diagram in 2 dimensions. Especially given that text ranges might not be contiguous (e.g. alice, bob and charlie rows may not be next to each other).

When I click on one instance of the card, presumably it selects all instances?

What happens if they layout rows by assigned and columns by status and drag the 'alice' 'create website' card to the 'done' column. Do I also move the bob and charlie instances to 'done'?

If I delete the 'alice' instance of the card, do I also delete bob and charlie? Or do I just remove alice from assigned on that card? Or give them the option?

If they total by effort, how do I split the effort between the 3 rows? Equally?

Do you know if any other software has done a good job of this?

2. The creation of new entries is slow. You have to open the form and
fill it. Can you do this in the table view (like in MS Excell)?

Lots of ways to add a card.

If you Tab on the last cell of the 'Table' pane it will add a new row with default values. No form window.

Or, if 'view>icon overlay' is checked, you can click the '+' that appears when you hover over a cell.

Or you can use Ctrl+I(Windows)/Cmd+I (Mac) or the toolbar icon.

Or you can right click on a cell and choose 'Add card'.

Note that you can also import a CSV file with your data.

See also 'quick add' here:
https://www.hyperplan.com/help/v210/tips.html

I hope that helps.

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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com

@Drewster
Several of the cosmetic issues you mentioned in the Mac version are now fixed in the latest release, along with some other bug fixes and minor enhancements:
https://www.hyperplan.com/hyperplan_v2a2.html

Hoping to start on v3 in earnest soon.

Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com

I started this thread years ago. I'm back to once again say how great HyperPlan is. This time I've used it to create some timetables. Sounds an easy job, until you realise the variables: day, time, skill level, coach, etc.

I fired up HyperPlan and was able to build a brilliant timetable, and identify over-resourcing and misallocations easily that I could then fix.

Amazing software.

Thanks. ;0)

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Andy Brice
https://www.easydatatransform.com
https://www.hyperplan.com