Specifying the information to include in a tabular report

The data that is included in a tabular report is defined by the tabular report's table definition. Each tabular report has its own corresponding table definition. You can create a tabular report's table definition in one of four ways:

By selecting an existing tabular report and copying its table definition.
By selecting and copying an existing spreadsheet table definition.
By copying the table definition that is used in the current spreadsheet.
By creating an entirely new table definition.

You specify which method you want to use to create a table definition as part of the Tabular Report Wizard process.

Note that tabular report table definitions do not appear in Library Explorer, and you can only edit them via the Tabular Report Properties dialog. If you delete a tabular report, the corresponding table definition is deleted as well.

Each table definition contains two rows of information for each column of information, because a column can display both bar and task information, and an allocation attribute. You use the first row within the table definition to specify the bar and task information to display (known as 'main fields'), and the second row to specify the allocation information to display (known as 'secondary fields'). By default the second row displays the same information as the first.