Microsoft KB Archive/85859

= PRJ: Task Report Total Cost Does Not Add Summary Costs =

Article ID: 85859

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0a
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q85859



SYMPTOMS
In the versions of Microsoft Project listed above, costs associated with a summary task are not included in the totals when a task report is printed and Show Totals (or Print Totals in Microsoft Project 3.x) is selected. For example, if the Show Totals option is selected, and the cost table applied, the grand total for the cost column does not add in the costs associated with the summary task.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a summary task by demoting several tasks below it.
 * 2) Create a resource and assign a Standard Rate Cost.
 * 3) Assign the resource to both the summary task and its detail tasks.
 * 4) On the View menu, click Reports.
 * 5) Click Custom Reports.
 * 6) Select the Task report and click Edit.
 * 7) Set Table to Cost.
 * 8) Set Filter to All Tasks.
 * 9) Select the Summary Task and Show Totals (or Print Totals) options. Click OK.
 * 10) Click Close.
 * 11) Click the Print Preview button.

Note that the total numbers at the bottom of the report do not include the resource or fixed costs for the summary task.

