Tabular Report Wizard
You use the Tabular Report Wizard to create new tabular reports, which output project information in a tabular format similar to the spreadsheet. You can present your tabular reports in a wide variety of formats, printing them out or outputting the reports to file.
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 use this page of the Tabular Report Wizard to specify whether you want to copy an existing table definition, or whether you want to create an entirely new table definition for the tabular report.
How to access the Tabular Report Wizard
To access the Tabular Report Wizard, on the Project tab, in the Data group, click the Reports dropdown and select New Tabular Report.
Explanation of the fields on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Category | If you are copying an existing table definition, select the category in which it is located. |
| Table list | Select the existing tabular report or spreadsheet table definition that you want to use to define the information displayed in the tabular report. |
| Copy an existing tabular report table definition | Click this radio button to display the columns of information from an existing tabular report in this tabular report. |
| Copy a spreadsheet table definition | Click this radio button to display the columns of information from an existing spreadsheet table in this tabular report. |
| Copy the current barchart spreadsheet layout | Click this radio button to display the columns of information that are currently displayed in the spreadsheet in this tabular report. |
| Create a new table definition | Click this radio button to create a new table definition that defines the information to display in the tabular report. You use the following screen to specify the information contained in the table definition. |
How do I...
... specify the way in which to create a tabular report's table definition?
- Specify whether you want to copy an existing table definition (either from a tabular report, from a spreadsheet table definition, or from the current spreadsheet), or whether you want to create a new table definition.
- If you are copying an existing tabular report's table definition, select the tabular report whose table definition you want to copy; if you are copying a spreadsheet table definition, select the table definition you want to copy. Note that the table definition you want may be located within a category.
- Click Next to access the following page.