Report "Details" formatting

[Annabel Mackay]

Hi,

In Reports you can change the primary data displayed by first changing
the table the report references, and second, by changing the columns in
that table.

Some reports effectively allow printing of 2 tables worth of information
by using the Details > Assignment check boxes in the report setup.

How can I change the presentation of the information included when I use
one of these checkboxes. For instance, I want to use the Schedule
details but I do not want to include some of the fields it uses. I
thought a similar process to changing the report's base table would be
available but I have been unable to work it out.

Any advice or suggestions?

Thank you,
Annabel

 

[John]

Annabel,
I played with the Reports a little bit and near as I can tell, the
assignment information appears to be fixed with those particular fields.
My guess is that the fields shown can't be changed. There is not a Table
per se for assignments. Perhaps someone else has found a trick and will
share that with us.

Meanwhile, there are other options for getting what you want. I never
use the built-in Reports mainly because they lack the flexibility I
need. Depending on what information you want to display there may be a
combination of customized views that can be generated to show the data
for printing. If that is not possible, there is always the VBA option.
By using VBA any Project data can be put into any format for a report.
By using VBA you also have the ability to create new data from the basic
Project fields using whatever formulas or algorithms are necessary.

Hope this helps.
John