Special Edition Using Microsoft® Project 2002

Creating Custom Groups

Grouping tasks or resources is yet another way to display project data to meet your needs. A key advantage to organizing lists in groups is the ability to display subtotals for numeric data in the groups. New to Project 2002, timephased values in the usage views, such as Work Over Time, are automatically subtotaled by time period.

Project includes a number of predefined group definitions. The following sections focus on creating custom groups to meet your specific needs. The method for creating a custom group is very similar to creating a custom filter; the logic behind grouping is very similar to that behind sorting. ...