Parent task progress status in a Project Report column?

Question

Hi all,I have a request from a manager for a report that shows the status of each phase of their ongoing projects. Each project is divided into these phases, with a parent task named 'Phase 1: XXX', Phase 2: XXX' etc., and all the related tasks are under it. The ask is to have a report with these columns, and to have the Phase column show the progress status (or percent complete) for each phase:Project NamePhase 1 StatusPhase 2 StatusPhase 3 StatusPhase 4 StatusI think this can be done, but I'm new to text mode reporting and stuck as to how to call out a parent task from a project report. Usually I hunt around the Community or documentation to find something close to what I need and then try to patch it into doing what I want, but I'm stuck here. I am aware of the API Explorer, but haven't had a chance to practice in it yet. Any help would be hugely appreciated, I'm trying to convince some folks they can get good project info within Workfront and we don't need to revert to excel or tableau to do reporting. &#128539;

ScottMo1 · Answer

Hi LauraCr,

We have something very similar. The Phases are the parent tasks with the task for that phase as children, this will give you the roll-up of the status of that phase. Then we use the "Reporting Element" field in the Task Details. We use several different naming conventions, but you could use "Milestone". With this you can create a report showing the Reporting Element of Milestone to give you a report.

Let me know if you need more help on this topic.

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