Add custom reporting periods (deadlines) to a project
If you want to report progress towards Progress Trackers using custom reporting periods rather than standardised ones (weekly, monthly, calendar quarterly, calendar annually) you can do so by adding custom reporting periods to a project.
Watch the walkthrough video
How to set up deadlines with targets for each metric
Steps
Only Project Managers and Organisation Admins are allowed to add custom reporting periods.
Access the Targets page of the project you want to create custom reporting periods for. One way to access the page is to
Select Home from the top menu
In the Projects box, select your projectr
You arrive on the Project’s page
Select the More Options button for that project
Select Targets
You arrive on the project’s Targets page
There are two reporting options available at the top of the page - No deadlines and Add deadlines
Select Add deadlines
A column appears asking you to Add A Date/Deadline.
Add the end date of your first reporting period by typing into the date window or by pressing the calendar icon
Keep pressing the Add A Deadline button until you have added all the dates you need for your custom reporting periods
Scroll to the bottom of the page and press save
That's it. You have successfully added custom reporting periods to your project.
You arrive on the Project page
Now select Table view
You will see your custom reporting periods
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