Group tasks or resources

You can use Project 2010 groups to categorize and report project information in a variety of ways. Grouping also allows you to view rolled-up summary information of tasks, resources, or assignments in sheet views.

What do you want to do?

Group tasks or resources by one criterion

Group tasks or resources by multiple criteria

Group assignments

Group tasks or resources by one criterion

1. On the View tab, in the Task Views or Resource Views group, click the view you want.

   • To group tasks, select a sheet view such as the Gantt Chart, Task Sheet, or Task Usage view. You can also group tasks in the Network Diagram view.

   • To group resources, select a sheet view such as the Resource Sheet or Resource Usage view.

2. On the View tab, in the Data group, click the group you want from the Group by box.

3. To return the view to its ungrouped state, in the Group By box, click No Group.

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Group tasks or resources by multiple criteria

1. On the View tab, in the Task Views or Resource Views group, click the view you want.

   • To group tasks, select a sheet view such as the Gantt Chart, Task Sheet, or Task Usage view. You can also group tasks in the Network Diagram view.

   • To group resources, select a sheet view such as the Resource Sheet or Resource Usage view.

2. On the View tab, in the Data group, click More Groups in the Group by box.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Under Groups, click Task or Resource, select a grouping criterion, and then click Edit.

   • Under Groups, click Task or Resource, and then click New to create a new group.

4. In the Group By row, in the Field Name column, click one of the fields you want to use to group tasks or resources.

5. In the Then By row (below the Group By row), in the Field Name column, click an additional field you want to use to group tasks or resources.

6. In the Order column, click Ascending or Descending for each field.

7. To select formatting options for each field, click the Field Name column in the Group By or Then By row, and then, under Group by setting for, click the options you want in the Font, Cell background, and Pattern boxes.

8. Add more levels of grouping by completing additional Then By rows.

9. Click Save, and then click Apply.

10. To return the view to its ungrouped state, in the Group By box, click No Group.

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Group assignments

1. On the View tab, in the Task Views or Resource Views group, click the view you want. To group assignments, select the Task Usage or Resource Usage view.

2. On the View tab, in the Data group, click More Groups in the Group by box.

3. Under Groups, click Task or Resource, select a grouping criterion, and then click Edit.

4. Select the Group assignments, not tasks or Group assignments, not resources check box.

5. Click Save, and then click Apply.

6. To return the view to its ungrouped state, in the Group By box, click No Group.

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