Display Resource Information in Gannt Chart

[daisybuckvalley]

My boss wants a Gantt Chart view printed. However, he wants also be able to
see the custom information I have added for each resource in the Gantt Chart.
I have the Gantt Chart grouped by resource. I would love to be able to
display the rest of the information from the custom columns on the "grouping"
line between the tasks, but I have no idea how to do that.

If that is not possible, is there some other way that I can get the columns
from my resource pay to display in the Gantt Chart? I don't want to have to
enter the same information twice when I update it. I want to be able to
change the resource information when needed, add it to a task, and have the
information populate. Thanks so much for any help!!!!!!!!.

 

[JulieS]

Hi Daisybuckvalley,

There are only a very few fields in MS Project that will show both on
the resource side (Resource Sheet view for example) and the Task side -
Gantt chart view.

Depending upon how much "custom" information you need to show, there may
be some options. Below is a quick list of resource fields you can add
data to and the field to show in the task (Gantt) view to see the added
information:

Resource field - [Name] shows as Task Field - [Resource Names]
Resource field - [Initials] shows as Task Field - [Resource Initials]
Resource field - [Group] shows as Task Field - [Resource Group]
Resource field - [Phonetics] shows as Task Field - [Resource Phonetics]

Obviously the Name field you most likely don't want to play around with,
but can you use Group, Initials, and Phonetics?

For further details about Resource, Task, and Assignment fields see FAQ
51 at:
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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