# Sandclock tree for a families

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sandclock-tree-for-a-families/1087>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sandclock-tree-for-a-families/1087 "2021-01-04T19:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@ruedi](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ruedi)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sandclock-tree-for-a-families/1087/1 "2021-01-04T19:39:14Z")

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Can I add individual item in the “Sandclock tree for a Families”, for example City and State?

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**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sandclock-tree-for-a-families/1087/2 "2021-01-04T20:11:24Z")

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Your request is a little confusing. You use the term “add” but the report already prints the place information.

That said. You Can pare down which parts of the place name are displayed using the [Place Editor](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Place_Format_Editor) in the [Preferences display tab](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display)

You can create the display option, set it when you want to run the report, then change back to your normal display. Attached is what I use when all I want is the City, State stripping out everything else. This _may_ not work for all places depending on how many levels you have in the hierarchy. Mine was configured to work on my places in the U.S.

![populated place](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/98d03026286e045c98999d3240701967e8313be3.png)

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**Author:** ![Mattkmmr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/mattkmmr/32/410_2.png) [@Mattkmmr](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Mattkmmr)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sandclock-tree-for-a-families/1087/3 "2021-01-05T08:52:17Z")

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A [new place format editor](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/GEPS_045:_Place_Model_Enhancements_-_Place_Changes_Screenshots#Enhanced_Place_Format_Editor) is planned for the next release of Gramps (5.2). Unfortunately the current one is pretty limited.