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You can create and manage small projects with a few tasks to large portfolios that contain complex tasks with various relationships and dependencies.">Project Management</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Create a project status report</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">You can periodically create project status report from the related lists of the project form. The project status report created for the most recent status date updates the status of the project in portfolios.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Role required: it_project_manager</p> </div> <div class="section context"> <p class="p">The project status report shows snapshot status of RIDAC (Risk, Issues, Decisions, Actions, and Request Changes) records, key milestones,and charts only.</p> <p class="p">To include RIDAC records in the status report, select the <span class="ph uicontrol">Show on project status report</span> option on individual RIDAC forms.</p> <p class="p">You can also print a project status report from project workspace. To print a report, click the print icon (<img class="image icon" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__image_d3f_yr4_dbb" src="../../program-management/image/PrintIcon.png" alt="screenshot for print icon" />) in the header of <span class="ph uicontrol">Status Report</span> tab.</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Create a project status report.</span> <table border="1" frame="hsides" rules="rows" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" class="simpletable choicetable choicetableborder" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__choicetable_ft2_dt1_wbb"><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /><table><thead><tr class="sthead chhead"><th class="stentry choptionhd" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;" id="d43679e87-option">Option</th><th class="stentry chdeschd" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;" id="d43679e87-desc">Steps</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="strow chrow"><th style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e87-option" id="d43679e100" class="stentry choption">From project workspace</th><td style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e87-desc d43679e100" class="stentry chdesc"> <ol class="ol" type="a" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__ol_qxm_mt1_wbb"><li class="li">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Project</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Projects</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Project Workspace</span></span>.</li><li class="li">In <span class="ph uicontrol">My Projects Space</span> page, click a project to open it in project workspace.</li><li class="li">Click the <span class="ph uicontrol">Status Report</span> tab and click <span class="ph uicontrol">Create new</span> in the header.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Alternatively, select a status report and click <span class="ph uicontrol">Copy</span> from the choice list next to <span class="ph uicontrol">Create new</span>. This option copies the selected status report including all fields into the new report.</div> </li></ol> </td></tr><tr class="strow chrow"><th style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e87-option" id="d43679e150" class="stentry choption">From project record</th><td style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e87-desc d43679e150" class="stentry chdesc"> <ol class="ol" type="a" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__ol_ytx_vt1_wbb"><li class="li">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Project</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Projects</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">All</span></span>.</li><li class="li">In the project list, open a project record.</li><li class="li">Click the <span class="ph uicontrol">Status Report</span> related link and click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span>.</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Fill in the form.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="p"> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__table_mb3_rfw_1r" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 1. </span>Status report form fields</span></caption><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e213">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e216">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Project</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Name of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Status Date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Date until which you want to generate the status report.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Number</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">A system generated number for the status report with a configurable prefix.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">State</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Current state of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Percent complete</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Percentage of the project that has been completed.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Planned start date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Planned start date of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Planned end date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Planned end date of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Actual start date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Actual start date of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Actual end date</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Actual end date of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Estimated cost</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Estimated cost of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e213 ">Actual cost</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e216 ">Actual cost of the project.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__table_hgn_qfg_mcc" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 2. </span>Overall status tab details</span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e341">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e344">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e341 ">Overall health</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e344 ">Color to signify the status of the overall health of the project in the report.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e341 ">Executive Summary</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e344 ">Brief summary and analysis of the project.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e341 ">Comments</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e344 ">Comments for the overall status.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e341 ">Last Week's Achievements</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e344 ">Progress of the project in the last week.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e341 ">Key Activities planned</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e344 ">Next planned activities for the project.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__table_r2x_qfg_mcc" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 3. </span>Schedule tab details</span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e414">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e417">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e414 ">Schedule</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e417 ">Color to signify the status of the schedule-related information of the project in the report.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e414 ">Comments on Schedule</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e417 ">Comments related to the project schedule.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__table_dkg_rfg_mcc" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 4. </span>Cost tab details</span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e460">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e463">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e460 ">Cost</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e463 ">Color to signify the status of the cost-related information of the project in the report.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e460 ">Comments on cost</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e463 ">Comments related to the project cost.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__table_zqm_rfg_mcc" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 5. </span>Resource tab details</span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e506">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e509">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e506 ">Resources</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e509 ">Color to signify the status of the resources-related information of the project in the report.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e506 ">Comments on Resources</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e509 ">Comments related to the project resources.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t_CreateAProjectStatusReport__table_zns_rfg_mcc" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 6. </span>Scope tab details</span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e553">Field</th><th class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d43679e556">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e553 ">Scope</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e556 ">Color to signify the status of the scope-related information of the project in the report.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e553 ">Comments on Scope</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d43679e556 ">Comments related to the project scope.</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> </li><li><div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../product/project-management/task/t_CreateAProject.html" title="Define important aspects of your Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid project such as the duration, estimated cost, and net value to your organization to efficiently track the project's progress.">Define a project</a></div> </div> <div class="linklist relinfo relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" 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