Summary report of Outlook Calendar categories

Question

I would like to be able to view or run a query on the specific categories for meetings in Outlook.  For example, if I assign a project to a specific category, I would like to be able to go back and get a total for that category after a certain period
of time: monthly, quarterly, semi annual, etc.  I would appreciate any input to see if this is possible. 

Answer 1

I would suggesting creating named views in your Calendar, one for each project.  Then create a filter for each view to only show appointments containing that project's category.  When you switch to the name view you can see at a glance just the
appointments from those categories (although you won't see item counts).  An alternative would be to create a single view that filters for multiple project categories, but with a grouping on the Categories field.  You'll be able to see item counts
within each Category grouping.
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