Resource Utilization by Organization Sorting Grouping Tab

Use the Sorting/Grouping tab to specify the sequence in which data appears on the Resource Utilization by Organization report. In general, the Sorting/Grouping tab is the same for this report as it is for other reports. However, it does contain some options unique to this report.

Multiple Sort Criteria

You can combine multiple sort criteria. If you do, the lowest sorting level has the most detailed information. For example, if you sort by project and then by task, the task level has the most detailed information.

Sorting/Grouping Sequence

For the most part, the sorting and grouping sequence is set as it is displayed in the grid after you select an option in Lowest Level of Detail Shown, and you cannot change it. The organization level selected in Resource Organization Grouping is always the first group, Resource is next, Plan is third, and so on. However, Vision also provides three optional criteria that you can select: Resource Supervisor, Primary Resource Skill, and Labor Category. You can include all, none, or any combination of these three criteria, but they are always located between the organization levelin Resource Organization Grouping and Resource in the sorting and grouping sequence. You can, however, move these rows up or down within their own group so that they are applied in the sequence that you want. (Vision does not use these three criteria when you print generic resources. Generic resources are sorted based on labor category.)

Contents

Field Description
Resource Organization Grouping Select the resource organization grouping for the report. This drop-down list displays all enabled organizational levels.
Lowest Level of Detail Shown

Select the lowest level of detail for the data section of the report.

Vision automatically selects the sorting and grouping criteria based on your selection here. For example, if the you select Phase in Lowest Level of Detail Shown, Vision selects the organization level selected in Resource Organization Grouping, Resource, Plan, Project, and Phase as sorting and grouping criteria.

This option does not apply to the graph.

Include

For the Resource Supervisor, Labor Category, and Primary Resource Skill criteria, select Include for a criterion to include it in the sort. Click and to change the order of these three criteria.

To select the other criteria, select an option in Lowest Level of Detail Shown. Vision then selects that criterion and all higher level criteria. You cannot change the order of the criteria that Vision selects.

Sort/Group By

The Sort/Group By column lists the criteria by which you can sort data on the report.

For the Resource Supervisor, Labor Category, and Primary Resource Skill criteria, select Include for a criterion to include it in the sort. Click and to change the order of these three criteria.

To select the other criteria, select an option in Lowest Level of Detail Shown. You cannot change the order of the other criteria.

Using

From the drop-down list, select a setting for the sorting basis:

  • Name — Vision sorts based on the names of the sorting values.

  • Number/Code & Name — Vision sorts based on the combination of the numbers or codes and the names for the sorting values.

Label Use this column to enter the label that is displayed on the report for the sort criterion. You can change the default label.
Color

Use Color to select the color of the sort band for each sorting level.

Click in the Color column for a sort criterion. and then click the color you want.

Sort (ascending/ descending)

In the Sort column, specify whether Vision sorts data in ascending or descending order.

Click the Sort column for a sort criterion and select one of the following:

  • Ascending — Sort the data in ascending numerical order (for example, 00001.00, 00002.00, 97001.00, 98001.00) or alphabetical order (from A to Z).

  • Descending — Sort the data in descending numerical order (for example, 98001.00, 97001.00, 00002.00, 00001.00) or alphabetical order (from Z to A).

Collapse/Expand

You can set up group levels so that you can collapse and expand the groups at that level to display or hide the sub-groups and detail rows when you preview the report. If you print the report from the Preview window, the groups are expanded or collapsed just as they are in the Preview window.

Note: This option is not available for the Resource grouping level and for levels below Resource.

In Collapse/Expand for the sorting and grouping criterion, select one of the following:

  • Disabled — The report displays all data for the group, and you do not have the option to collapse or expand it.

  • Collapsed — If you preview the report, you can expand and collapse the group to show or hide sub-groups and detail rows. By default, all groups at this grouping level are collapsed when you first display the report in the Preview window. If you print the report from the Reports grid, those groups are collapsed on the report.

  • Expanded — If you preview the report, you can expand and collapse the group to show or hide sub-groups and detail rows. By default, all groups at this grouping level are expanded when you first display the report in the Preview window. If you print the report from the Reports grid, those groups are expanded on the report.

Note: If you search for text in a previewed report, the search only finds the target text if it is visible when you do the search. It does not find data that is hidden in collapsed groups.

Line Separator The Line Separator option is not available for this report.
Page Break

Select Page Break if you want a new report page each time that the sort value changes.

For example, if you select Page Break for the Resource Organization sort criterion, Vision begins printing the information for each of the organizations at the top of a new page.

Subtotal Select Subtotal to display a subtotal line.
Heading Select Heading to display the new sort value as a heading label each time the sort value for the criterion changes.
Page Heading Select Page Heading if you want group headings repeated on subsequent pages when data for the group spans more than one page.
Left margin indent for groups Use Left margin indent for groups to specify the number of inches from the left margin to indent data for the sorting group.