Key Points

• Common ways of organizing data in Project include sorting, grouping, and filtering. In all cases, Project never deletes the data; it simply changes how it is displayed.

• Project includes many built-in sort orders, groupings, and filters, and you can also create your own.

• Whereas sorting and filtering rearrange or selectively show only some data in a project plan, grouping adds summary values or “roll-ups” of values, such as costs, based on whatever interval you choose.

• Tables are the primary elements of most views in Project. Project includes several built-in tables, and you can also create your own.

• You work with data in Project via views. Views may contain tables, groups, filters, and in some cases graphical charts. The Gantt Chart view, for example, consists of a table on the left and a timescaled chart on the right.

• Project contains many built-in views, and you can also create your own.