In the Trenches with Microsoft® Office Project 2007

Filtering to Find What You Need

Filtering can also help you focus on a particular aspect of your project because it limits the information you see in a view or highlights information that meet criteria you specify. The filters available in any given view depend on the type of view. Resource views contain filters associated with resources, while task views contain filters associated with tasks. For example, you might find it really helpful when resolving resource conflicts to filter a resource-oriented view such as the Resource Usage view for overallocated resources. When looking for ways to shorten a project or avoid delaying it, you might want to filter a task-oriented view such as the Gantt Chart view or the Calendar view to display only or ...