What does the “Slipping Tasks” report? 

The "Slipping Tasks" report displays the list of tasks that were rescheduled to finish after their baseline plan.

How do I create Slipping Tasks report? 

In order to create Slipping Tasks report for your plan, go to menu Report – Current Activities - Slipping Tasks. 

How do I export the Slipping Tasks report?

To Export the Slipping Tasks report, go to menu Report – Current Activities – select the Slipping Tasks report – click Export – select the exporting format (Excel, Word, XML, PDF or image) and the location where you want to save it and click Save.

What does the “Help” button inside the “Choose Report” dialog do?

The “Help” button inside the “Choose Report” dialog redirects us to the “Custom Reports” article in our Online Help page.

Step by step on how to create Slipping Tasks report:

1. Open the desired MPP file.

2. Go to menu Report - Current Activities.

3. Select Slipping Tasks and click on the Select button.

4. The Slipping Tasks report is created.

Fields

Task Mode - field indicates whether a task is scheduled manually or automatically, which gives you the option of deciding how much control you want over task scheduling in a project. By default, tasks are set as manually scheduled, with a start date, finish date, and duration that you define.

Task Name - field contains the name of a task.

Start - field shows the date when an assigned resource is scheduled to begin working on a task.

Finish - field shows the date when a task is scheduled to be completed.

Baseline start - field shows the planned start date for a task or assignment at the time that you saved a baseline.

Baseline Finish - field shows the planned completion date for a task or assignment at the time that you saved a baseline.

Start Variance - field contains the time that represents the difference between a baseline start date of a task or assignment and its currently scheduled start date.

Finish Variance – field contains the time that represents the difference between the baseline finish date of a task or assignment and its current finish date.