grouping not working in master project containing sub-projects

[Joel A Feldman]

I have a master project with several sub-projects inserted. Each Task in the
sub-projects has several custom text fields used to group the Tasks (the same
custom fields exist in all the sub-projects). In my master project I have a
view which groups all the Tasks by these custom text fields. The grouping
though isn't working consistently. I get duplicates of the top level groups.

In this simplified example I am grouping first by letter (e.g. A, B), then
by number (1,2,3). While I would expect some thing like this:

A
1 (from Project 1)
2 (from Project 2)
3 (from Project 3)
B
1 (from Project 1)
2 (from Project 2)
3 (from Project 3)


I am getting erratic results something like this:

A
1 (from Project 1)
B
1 (from Project 1)
A
2 (from Project 2)
3 (from Project 3)
B
2 (from Project 2)
3 (from Project 3)

I had expected to see top level group "A" only once not twice. Am I going
beyond the expected capabilities of master/sub projects?

 

[Joel A Feldman]

Well, I noticed that I was getting strange behavior with a Task whose custom
text field was name "*72". I renamed that to remove the suspicious asterisk
to "Star 72" and my problem has dissapeared. I suspect that Project was not
happy with the "*" in the Text field.

 

[Terina Stewart]

Joel-
Have you tried grouping only on 1 level, then sorting within that group to
get the results you wish to see? I have learned that grouping more than one
custom field in a master project gets tricky. See if you can accomplish what
you want by grouping by custom field 1 and then sorting in the order you'd
like. I also work with lots of custom fields, so I feel your pain!