Plan/Manual/Creating ODT Report Templates
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Description
ODT 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 . In Words they are called Custom Variables and can be found under .
User Field Variables
Translated Labels
Translated lables enables 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 |
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. table1. 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 | Risk type |
| 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) | |
| table name.variancedur | Variance (Dur) | |
| table name.optimisticdur | Optimistic (Dur) | |
| table name.pessimisticdur | Pessimistic (Dur) | |
| table name.status | Status | Task status as shown in Task Status View |
| table name.completion | % Completed | 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 | |
| table name.notscheduled | Not Scheduled | |
| table name.assignmentmissing | Assignment Missing | |
| table name.resourceoverbooked | Resource Overbooked | |
| table name.resourceunavailable | Resource Unavailable | |
| table name.constrainterror | Constraints Error | |
| table name.effortnotmet | Effort Not Met | |
| table name.schedulingerror | Scheduling Error | |
| 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 on critical path |
Chart
Use by placing a variable with name chartX (X=number) with 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 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 you 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.