MSProject view without summary tasks

Question

How do we create an MSProject 'View' with tasks not indented and excludes summary tasks. I could get this through Excel report, but could not find a way to get this in View format. 

Pls advise on the steps?

Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

Hi John,

I only found it as a button that can be inserted in a custom tab on the ribbon (Indent Tasks)

Greetings,

Answer 2

stct80,

Well, not indented is not in the cards unless you manually eliminate summary tasks and you really don't want to do that. Simply not displaying summary lines is a lot easier. If you are using Project 2010, go to Format/Show/Hide and uncheck the "Summary tasks" option. As I recall (from memory) for earlier versions of Project you will need to create a new filter that looks for all tasks with a "no" in the Summary field.

Hope this helps.

John

Answer 3

Yes, thats correct. However, since there is just one group, all the tasks show up under the same. I did not notice any other group.

A known problem, which we can train users to ignore the group line. Should that not work?

Answer 4

stct80,

Okay, but the grouping function creates its own summary line so how does that help? Maybe I missed something in your intent.

John

Answer 5

Thanks John!

I think, I just found another workaround by using 'Group by' functionality.  A dummy field if used for Group by and then grouping by the field, may work in this case.. Hopefully there is no other hidden issue :-)