Configuring Reports

     

Reports can be adjusted and customized like nearly everything else in Project. This section will show you the tasks involved with customizing the fields shown in a report, the filter it uses, the time period it shows, and a number of other details.

Editing the Report Definition

Click the View, Reports menu item.

Select the category of report you want to edit.

Click the Select button.

Select the report you want to edit.

Click the Edit button.

Edit the name of the project in the Name field.

Select the period and count for the report.

Define which table the report should use with the Table drop-down menu.

Select the filter that should be applied to the report with the Filter drop-down menu.

Check the Show Summary Tasks and Gray Bands check boxes if you want those effects to appear in the report.

Click the Text button to edit the text styles used in the report.

Click OK when finished.