In a dashboard or the Project Workspace, the Project Statistics portlet enables you to analyze project information in row and column format for a particular project or project group. Depending on your information needs, you can customize the portlet to choose the columns of information you want to appear, and specify the display format to analyze data in a way that is meaningful to you.
Tip: If the Project Statistics portlet does not appear, you can customize any dashboard you create to display it; you cannot customize a multi-user dashboard created by another user. You can customize a global dashboard and the Project Workspace if you have the required privileges.
For more information about the Project Statistics portlet, click the following topics:
What information is displayed?
- In a dashboard, the portlet displays the information
you choose, down to the WBS level, for all projects included in the current
dashboard filter. For example, if you filter a dashboard by a
portfolio, the Project Statistics portlet displays data for all projects
included in that portfolio.
- In the Project Workspace, the portlet displays the information you choose, down to the WBS level, for the project currently selected in the Projects menu.
The information that appears also depends on the display format and customize options you choose. You can choose to display project data in a simple list format that supports custom column selection only, or in a format that also supports grouping and sorting.
Customize options let you specify the columns of information you want to display. For example, you can display project dates or project score information. You can also display project user defined fields, including any calculated project user defined fields, or project costs. Customize options also let you identify group by and sorting options.
Customizing the Project Statistics portlet
To set up the Project Statistics portlet for your needs:
- Choose the display format you prefer, List or Group.
- Click Customize to choose the data columns you want to view and to group and sort data. Refer to Customizing the Project Statistics portlet for more detailed information.
Note: You can also customize the Project Statistics portlet when you customize a dashboard or workspace; the same options appear in both places.
To view a list of activities for a project or WBS element, customize the portlet to include the Activities column. Then, in the portlet, click the View link that appears in the column.
Tip: When you customize the portlet, the Activities column appears under the Available Columns General category.
From the activity list, which is sorted by Start date, you can drill down to a list of resource assignments for each activity. Both the activity and resource assignment lists are customizable to enable you to view the column data you are interested in. The resource assignments list also includes a link that enables you to e-mail all resources assigned to an activity.
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Field Definitions
- Name
- Name of the project, portfolio, project code, or WBS.
- Project Owner
- The resource identified as the owner of the project.
The project owner designation provides viewing access for the project.
- Start Date
- The date the remaining work for the project element is
scheduled to begin. This date is computed by the project scheduler. Before
the project starts, the remaining start date is the same as the planned
start
date. - Finish Date
- The date the remaining work for the project element is scheduled to finish. This date is computed by the project scheduler. Before the project starts, the remaining finish date is the same as the planned finish date.
- Project Score
- Displays a numeric and graphical project ranking that
is calculated based on project code weighting factors defined
in the Project Management module.
For
more
information,
see Project
Scoring Process Overview.
Note: If no weighted project codes have been assigned to a project, its score is zero.