Basic Use

General layout of yEd for LogicReader.

1. Menu Bar: Main Menu
2. “Select Elements“: Use to filter nodes and links
3. “Palette“: List of LogicReader pallets used for planning , scheduling and process mapping. You can also create your own palete.
4. “Structure View“: is the equivalent of the WBS structure.
5. Editing WIndow: Main window you  create and view your Network diagram
6. “Hierarchic Layout“: Click the Play button to re arrange automatically the nodes . Options for “Hierarchic Swimlane” or “Hierarchic Layout”
7. “Properties view“: properties of selected feature. 
8. “Neighborhood“: Showing the immediate successor and predecessor of selected activity. You also have option to select all the “Predecessor” or “Successor” (limited)

Online menu https://yed.yworks.com/support/manual/yedmenu.html

1. Open your Schedule(s).
2. Make sure that the “|” character is not used anywhere in your schedule. 
3. Make sure the full stop character   “.” is not used in your WBS code as the above characters are used to split your csv files.
4. Select “Do not show time” and “4-digit year” in the settings.
5. Run your Batch report “LogicReader” and save the files . Do not change the report names.
6. Open LogicReader.accde. Select preferable settings and click run. The Converter will then create a *.graphml file.
7. Open *.graphml file you created.
8. Open Properties Mapper and apply Mapper A and Mapper B to transfer properties to Nodes (Activities) and Edges (Links).
9. Play Hierarchical Layout to expand your diagram.
10.  If you get errors please see the “Common Errors” Video

Ready

1. Create your network diagram (see detailed video for all the features).
2. Open and run LogicReader.accde. This will create two files:

• An .xls file that can be imported into MSP
• An updated *.graphml file with estimated start and finish dates for the activities.

Note that the scheduling module has limitations and the results should be checked. It is NOT a replacement for MSP or P6.