README.md

@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ items first. (Items grandfathered from before teams existed appear under "No Tea
 "Uncategorized".)
 
 The grid shows the trailing 12 months; each cell is the **most recent entry in that month**
-(color + value for KPIs, color for projects, tooltip with date and notes). Project months without
+(color + value for KPIs, color for projects, tooltip with date and notes). Rows expand in place:
-their own entry **carry the most recent earlier entry forward** (marked "Carried forward from …" in the
-tooltip and detail row), so a project's latest status stays visible through the current month —
-months before its first entry remain blank. Rows expand in place:
 **click a KPI row** for an inline SVG trend chart with its threshold zones shaded (line + status-colored
 points for numeric KPIs, a met/missed timeline for milestones); **click a project's month cell** for that
 month's notes/headwinds/tailwinds/highlights/blockers. Clicking anywhere else collapses the row.

src/app/Support/BowlerGrid.php

@@ -5,17 +5,14 @@ namespace App\Support;
 use App\Enums\KpiEvaluation;
 use App\Models\Kpi;
 use App\Models\Project;
-use App\Models\ProjectEntry;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 
 /**
  * Builds the rolling 12-month bowler grid. Rows are grouped
  * Team -> Category (by name, case-insensitively, so same-named teams
  * from different owners merge on shared charts); within each month the
- * most recent entry wins (entry_date desc, id desc). Project months
+ * most recent entry wins (entry_date desc, id desc). Items without a
- * without their own entry carry the most recent earlier entry forward,
+ * team/category fall into "No Team" / "Uncategorized", sorted last.
- * so the latest status stays visible through the current month. Items
- * without a team/category fall into "No Team" / "Uncategorized", sorted last.
  */
 class BowlerGrid
 {
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ class BowlerGrid
                 'chart' => KpiChart::build($kpi, $cells, $months),
             ];
         })
-            ->concat($projects->map(fn (Project $p) => ['type' => 'project', 'item' => $p, 'cells' => self::projectCells($p, $months, $start)]));
+            ->concat($projects->map(fn (Project $p) => ['type' => 'project', 'item' => $p, 'cells' => self::projectCells($p)]));
 
         // Group by team then category, merging names case-insensitively.
         $grouped = [];
@@ -126,60 +123,17 @@ class BowlerGrid
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param  array<int, array{key: string, label: string}>  $months
+     * @return array<string, array{status: \App\Enums\RagStatus, display: string, tooltip: string}>
-     * @param  string  $start  first day of the 12-month window (Y-m-d)
-     * @return array<string, array{status: \App\Enums\RagStatus, display: string, tooltip: string, carriedForward: bool, details: array}>
      */
-    private static function projectCells(Project $project, array $months, string $start): array
+    private static function projectCells(Project $project): array
     {
         $cells = [];
-        $byMonth = [];
 
-        // Entries are ordered ascending, so the last write per month wins.
         foreach ($project->entries as $entry) {
-            $key = $entry->entry_date->format('Y-m');
+            $cells[$entry->entry_date->format('Y-m')] = [
-            $cells[$key] = self::entryCell($entry);
-            $byMonth[$key] = $entry;
-        }
-
-        // Carry the most recent entry forward into any month without its
-        // own entry (including the current month). Months before the first
-        // entry ever stay blank. The fill is seeded with the latest entry
-        // that predates the window, so an old "dormant" status also carries
-        // across the gap up to the first recent entry.
-        $filler = $project->entries()
-            ->where('entry_date', '<', $start)
-            ->orderByDesc('entry_date')
-            ->orderByDesc('id')
-            ->first();
-
-        foreach ($months as $month) {
-            $key = $month['key'];
-            if (isset($byMonth[$key])) {
-                $filler = $byMonth[$key];
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if ($filler !== null) {
-                $cells[$key] = self::entryCell($filler, carriedForward: true);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $cells;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return array{status: \App\Enums\RagStatus, display: string, tooltip: string, carriedForward: bool, details: array}
-     */
-    private static function entryCell(ProjectEntry $entry, bool $carriedForward = false): array
-    {
-        $tooltip = trim($entry->entry_date->format('Y-m-d') . ($entry->notes ? " — {$entry->notes}" : ''));
-
-        return [
                 'status' => $entry->status,
                 'display' => strtoupper(substr($entry->status->value, 0, 1)),
-            'tooltip' => $carriedForward ? 'Carried forward from ' . $tooltip : $tooltip,
+                'tooltip' => trim($entry->entry_date->format('Y-m-d') . ($entry->notes ? " — {$entry->notes}" : '')),
-            'carriedForward' => $carriedForward,
                 // Payload for the click-to-expand detail row on charts
                 'details' => [
                     'date' => $entry->entry_date->format('Y-m-d'),
@@ -190,8 +144,10 @@ class BowlerGrid
                     'tailwinds' => $entry->tailwinds,
                     'highlights' => $entry->highlights,
                     'blockers' => $entry->blockers,
-                'carriedForward' => $carriedForward,
                 ],
             ];
         }
+
+        return $cells;
+    }
 }

src/resources/views/charts/_grid.blade.php

@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
         </table>
     </div>
     <p class="mt-2 text-xs text-gray-400">
-        Each cell shows the most recent entry in that month; project months without an entry carry the most recent
+        Each cell shows the most recent entry in that month. The current month is highlighted.
-        status forward (the tooltip marks it). The current month is highlighted.
         Click a KPI row to expand its trend chart; click a project row for its latest details, or a specific cell for that month.
     </p>
 
@@ -147,13 +146,6 @@
             function populate(td, d) {
                 td.innerHTML = '';
 
-                if (d.carriedForward) {
-                    var cf = document.createElement('p');
-                    cf.className = 'mb-2 text-xs text-gray-500';
-                    cf.textContent = 'No entry recorded for this month — showing the most recent entry.';
-                    td.appendChild(cf);
-                }
-
                 var head = document.createElement('div');
                 head.className = 'mb-2 flex items-center gap-3';
                 var date = document.createElement('span');