Those of you who have checked our new post series about “Merlin report templates” know by now…

• How to modify existing reports
• How to edit description or report template names
• How to create your own report templates
• How to localize a Merlin report template
• Further tips for localizing an xslt report template
• How to add  an option in an xslt report template
• How to add  an option in a python / wbl report template
• How to add a property into an existing xslt report
• How to add a property into an existing python /wbl report template

Now let’s do some magic with the reports.

• What if you want to map a status or flag information to a graphic file?
• What if you want to be able to define the size of the project image over the options?
• What if you want to list overdue tasks along with the next activities, in “Next Due Activities” report?
• What if you want to report planned, actual and planned vs actual work per phase in a chart?
• What if you want to report expected work costs per role for your resources?
• What if you want to report expected work costs per resources’ group?

What if you want to report expected work costs per resources’ group?

We work similar to the previous question and output group costs instead.  So you may download and use a report template we just created. Here some an output sample: Continue reading →

Those of you who have checked our new post series about “Merlin report templates” know by now…

• How to modify existing reports
• How to edit description or report template names
• How to create your own report templates
• How to localize a Merlin report template
• Further tips for localizing an xslt report template
• How to add  an option in an xslt report template
• How to add  an option in a python / wbl report template
• How to add a property into an existing xslt report
• How to add a property into an existing python /wbl report template

Now let’s do some magic with the reports.

• What if you want to map a status or flag information to a graphic file?
• What if you want to be able to define the size of the project image over the options?
• What if you want to list overdue tasks along with the next activities, in “Next Due Activities” report?
• What if you want to report planned, actual and planned vs actual work per phase in a chart?

What if you want to report planned, actual and planned vs actual work per phase in a chart?

You may download and use a report template we just created. Here some output samples:

Continue reading →

Those of you who have checked our new post series about “Merlin report templates” know by now…

• How to modify existing reports
• How to edit description or report template names
• How to create your own report templates
• How to localize a Merlin report template
• Further tips for localizing an xslt report template
• How to add  an option in an xslt report template
• How to add  an option in a python / wbl report template
• How to add a property into an existing xslt report
• How to add a property into an existing python /wbl report template

Now let’s do some magic with the reports.

• What if you want to map a status or flag information to a graphic file?
• What if you want to be able to define the size of the project image over the options?
• What if you want to list overdue tasks along with the next activities, in “Next Due Activities” report?

What if you want to list overdue tasks along with the next activities, in “Next Due Activities” report?

The ‘Next Due Activities’ report lists not yet completed activities ending today or within the time period defined in the report’s options. This is done by a ‘select’ in the Report.xslt file:

<xsl:for-each select="(//Activity | //Project) [not(Activity) and xs:dateTime(expectedEndDate) &lt;= xs:dateTime($maxDate) and xs:dateTime(expectedEndDate) &gt;= $now and actualCompletion &lt; 1.0]">

If you would like to list over due tasks as well you would need to modify the select not to check if the expected End Date is greater than the current time point… thus: Continue reading →