Plan/Manual/Creating ODT Report Templates

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Description

Open Document Text report templates are regular odt files that can be designed using any odt word processor like Calligra Words or LibreOffice Writer. The technique used is to use user field variables to hold references to the information that shall be fetched from the project. The variables are called User Fields in Writer and can be found under Insert->Field->More Fields->Variables->User Fields. In Words they are called Custom Variables and can be found under Text Editing docker->Variable->Custom.

The easiest way to create a new report template is to modify an existing one as all user field s are defined.

User Field Variables

Variables

The variables are used to enable the generator to extract data from the project.

A variable can be a reference to a single data field, a reference to table data or a reference to chart data.

Single Data Field

A single data field variable has the following format:

data group name.property = property identifer

where:

• data group name can be tr, project or schedule (see below).
• property makes the user field name unique.
• property identity identifies the property in the data group.

Table Data

A table in a report template consists of a variable to specify the data table to use. The variable name must start with table'' (e.g. tableTasks) and the variable value must be the name of the data table (e.g. tasks).

Immediately after the variable, a table must be inserted and columns filled with user field variables that specify which properties to fetch from the table specified above. These variables must have names that start with the name of the table variable above.

These variables have the following format:

tableTasks.property = property identifer

where:

• property makes the user field name unique.
• property identity identifies the property in the data group.

Chart Data

A chart in a report template consists of a variable to specify the data to use in the chart. The variable name must start with chart'' (e.g. chartBudgetCost) and the variable value specifies the data group and values the populate the chart with.

The variable has the following format (note the semi-colons):

name = data group; values=comma separated list of data properties;

where:

• name must start with chart (e.g. chartBudgetCost)
• data group
• property identity identifies the property in the data group.

E.g: chartBudget = project; values=bcws cost, bcwp cost, acwp cost;

Translated Labels

Translated labels enable us to produce general report templates that can be used in different languages.

Variable Name	Variable Value
tr.project	Project
tr.manager	Manager
tr.schedule	Schedule
tr.bcws	BCWS
tr.bcwp	BCWP
tr.acwp	ACWP
tr.spi	SPI
tr.cpi	CPI

Project Values

Shows values from the main project.

Variable Name	Variable Value	Description
project.name	Name	The name of the project
project.manager	Manager	The name of the project manager
project.bcwscost	BCWS Cost	Cost based Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
project.bcwpcost	BCWP Cost	Cost based Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
project.acwpcost	ACWP Cost	Cost based Actual Cost of Work Performed
project.spicost	SPI Cost	Cost based Schedule Performance Index
project.cpicost	CPI Cost	Cost based Cost Performance Index
project.bcwseffort	BCWS Effort	Effort based Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
project.bcwpeffort	BCWP Effort	Effort based Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
project.acwpeffort	ACWP Effort	Effort based Actual Cost of Work Performed
project.spieffort	SPI Effort	Effort based Schedule Performance Index
project.cpieffort	CPI Effort	Effort based Cost Performance Index

Schedule Values

Shows values from current schedule.

Variable Name	Variable Value	Description
schedule.name	Name	The name of the schedule
schedule.state	State	Scheduling state
schedule.direction	Name	Scheduling direction
schedule.overbooking	Overbooking	Overbooking
schedule.distribution	Distribution	Distribution
schedule.plannedstart	Planned Start	Planned Start
schedule.plannedfinish	Planned Finish	Planned Finish
schedule.scheduler	Scheduler	Scheduler
schedule.granularity	Granularity	Granularity
schedule.mode	Mode	Scheduling mode (Auto or Manual)

Tables

Supported table types:

• tasks
• taskstatus
• schedules
• projects

To create a table, place a variable just before a table in your template file. The variable name identifies the table and must start with table, e.g. tableTaskStatus. The value of the variable is used to point to the data to be fetched and must be one of the supported tables listed above, e.g. taskstatus. You then put variables inside the table cells with name and value from the table below.

Note that the schedules table supports the values described in Shedule Values above.

The projects, tasks and taskstatus tables supports the following values:

Variable Name	Variable Value	Description
table name.name	Name	The name of the task or project
table name.wbscode	WBS Code
table name.type	Type	Type of task
table name.responsible	Responsible
table name.allocation	Allocation
table name.estimatetype	Estimate Type
table name.calendar	Calendar
table name.estimate	Estimate	Most likely estimate
table name.optimistic	Optimistic	Optimistic ratio
table name.pessimistic	Pessimistic	Pessimistic ratio
table name.risk	Risk	Estimate uncertainty
table name.constraint	Constraint	Type of time constraint
table name.constraintstart	Constraint Start	Constraint start time
table name.constraintend	Constraint End	Constraint finish time
table name.runingaccount	Running Account	Account for runnning costs
table name.startupaccount	Startup Account	Account for startup cost
table name.startupcost	Startup Cost	The cost incurred at startup of the task
table name.shutdownaccount	Shutdown Account	Accoutn for shutdown cost
table name.shutdowncost	Shutdown Cost	The cost incurred at shutdown of the task
table name.description	Description	Task description
table name.expected	Expected	Calculated most likely estimate
table name.optimistic	Optimistic	Calculated optimistic estimate
table name.pessimistic	Pessimistic	Calculated pessimistic estimate
table name.starttime	Start Time	Shceduled start time
table name.endtime	End Time	Scheduled finish time
table name.duration	Duration	Scheduled duration
table name.earlystart	Early Start	Earliest possible start
table name.earlyfinish	Early Finish	Earliest possible finish
table name.latestart	Late Start	Latest possible start
table name.latefinish	Late Finish	Latest possible finish
table name.positivefloat	Positive Float
table name.freefloat	Free Float
table name.negativefloat	Negative Float
table name.startfloat	Start Float
table name.finishfloat	Finish Float
table name.assignaments	Assignments	Resource assignments
table name.varianceest	Variance (Est)	Calculated estimate variance
table name.variancedur	Variance (Dur)	Calculated duration variance
table name.optimisticdur	Optimistic (Dur)	Calculated optimistic duration
table name.pessimisticdur	Pessimistic (Dur)	Calculated pessimistic duration
table name.status	Status	Task status as shown in Task Status View
table name.completion	% Completed	Task completion
table name.plannedeffort	Planned Effort	Planned effort
table name.actualeffort	Actual Effort	Actual effort
table name.remaningeffort	Remaining Effort	Remaining effort
table name.plannedcost	Planned Cost	Planned cost
table name.actualcost	Actual Cost	Actual cost
table name.actualstart	Actual Start	Actual start
table name.started	Started
table name.actualfinish	Actual Finish	Actual finish
table name.finished	Finished
table name.schedulingstatus	Scheduling Status	Scheduling status
table name.bcws	BCWS	Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (cost based)
table name.bcwp	BCWP	Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (cost based)
table name.acwp	ACWP	Actual Cost of Work Performed (cost based)
table name.spi	SPI	Schedule Performance Index
table name.critical	Critical	Task is critical
table name.criticalpath	Critical Path	Task is in critical path

Chart

Use by placing a variable with name chartX (X=number) with a value project before the chart that shall be used.

The variable has this format:
Variable: Name: chartX (X=number) Value: project; values=data;
where data is a comma separated list of values to be include in the chart.

Possible data values are:

• bcws effort Budgeted cost of work scheduled, effort based.
• bcwp effort Budgeted cost of work performed, effort based.
• acwp effort Actual cost of work performed, effort based.
• spi effort Schedule performance index, effort based.
• cpi effort Cost performance index, effort based.
• bcws cost Budgeted cost of work scheduled, cost based.
• bcwp cost Budgeted cost of work performed, cost based.
• acwp cost Actual cost of work performed, cost based.
• spi cost Schedule performance index, cost based.
• cpi cost Cost performance index, cost based.

The charts you create in your template must have the same (or more) number of columns as the number of values you specify in your variable.

Example: Variable: Name: chart1 Value: values=bcws cost,bcwp cost, acwp cost;

Note that you cannot mix effort- and cost-based values. If you want to show both, create two charts.

Gantt

Not supported.

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