Microsoft KB Archive/245961

= PRJ2000: Group Summary Row Blank When Grouped by Customizable Field =

Article ID: 245961

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245961



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you group your project by a customizable field, the group summary row values for that field may be blank.

To apply a group, point to Group by on the Project menu, and then click the appropriate group.

The following fields are the customizable fields that may show this behavior:

Cost1 - Cost10

Date1 - Date10

Duration1 - Duration10

Finish1 - Finish10

Number1 - Number10

Start1 - Start10

Text1 - Text10



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you group a project based on a customizable field, and you have customized any customizable field with any of the following:


 * Custom attributes


 * Value List or Formula


 * Calculation for task and group summary rows


 * Rollup or Use Formula


 * Values to display


 * Graphical Indicators



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, you can roll up values to the group summary row for the field that you grouped by. To do this, follow these steps:

NOTE: There is no workaround for the custom Text fields or Outline Code fields.
 * 1) On the Tools menu, point to Customize, and then click Fields.
 * 2) Select the field that you are grouping by.
 * 3) Under Calculation for task and group summary rows, click Rollup.
 * 4) In the Rollup list, click Max, Min, or Average.

Any item will display the value that you are grouping by.
 * 1) Click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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