Hide Activity Rows

Dear All,

I am posting a question on whether p6 8.2 have a simple function to hide activity rows such that the information rolled up to the WBS level does not change.

Currently, I am tracking my progress using performance % complete. Whenever I filter the activities (critical path, look ahead program, building specific, building phase etc.) the performance % complete changes as the activities have been excluded depending on how I intend to present the layout. This presents a challenge because I do not want to present the performance % complete of the filtered activities, instead I wish to show the overall project percentages/project data + gantt chart.

I have tried the following but they are all very time consuming and have non satisfactory outcomes as follows:

1) Create udf and group/sort by udf - Layout becomes cluttered with udf text, unwanted data have to be collapsed manually

2) Modify row heights - Layout still retains minimal row height (i.e. numerous unnecessary lines) for activities that I wish to hide. And it is difficult to change all the row heights of the activities I wish to show because they are interspaced.

3) Utilize Activity codes - Layout is similar to udf option. Attempt to collapse data by using a child activity code, but naming is confusing because parent activity code name is inherited by the child activity code.

It's rather disappointing that primavera does not have a simple function to hide rows when microsoft excel and project can easily hide and filter data without affecting the overall information.

If such primavera does not have such a simple functionality, is there a workaround?

If not, I have considered using other software to present the data, such as copying to excel and colouring the cells to form the gantt chart. Or is there a better solution?