To create a schedule in Revit, click View tab › Schedules › Schedule/Quantities, pick a category and click OK. In Schedule Properties, add fields, then set filters, sorting and formatting. Editing a value in the schedule changes the element in the model.
Or, just tell Mira the fields you want and it builds the schedule for you.
How to do it in Revit
Step 1: Start a new schedule
Click View tab › Create panel › Schedules › Schedule/Quantities. In the New Schedule dialog, pick a category such as Doors or Rooms, change the Name if you like, leave Schedule building components selected, set the Phase and click OK (Autodesk Help: Create a Schedule or Quantity).
For several categories in one table, pick Multi-Category instead. It has offered system categories such as railings, stairs, ceilings and curtain wall mullions since Revit 2022, so 2025, 2026 and 2027 behave the same.
Step 2: Add the fields
On the Fields tab of Schedule Properties, select a field under Available Fields and click Add Parameter. Scheduled Fields sets the column order; change it with Move Up and Move Down.
To add room data to a non-room schedule, such as doors, set Select Available Fields From to Room. To include elements from linked models, select Include elements in links.
Step 3: Add a calculated value
For a value Revit doesn't store, such as an occupancy load worked out from room Area, click Calculated Parameter on the Fields tab. Name it (the name becomes the column header), choose Formula or Percentage and build it from fields already in the schedule. In an open schedule, Modify Schedule/Quantities tab › Parameters panel › Calculated does the same.
Step 4: Filter the rows
On the Filter tab, pick a field, a condition and a value: a door schedule filtered by Level for Level 3 shows only the doors on Level 3. A row must meet every filter, and filters are case sensitive. To filter on a field you don't want printed, add it on the Fields tab, then select Hidden field for it on the Formatting tab.
Step 5: Sort, group and itemize
On the Sorting/Grouping tab, choose Sort by and Then by fields, with Header, Footer or Blank line to set off each group (Autodesk Help: Sort and Group Fields in a Schedule).
Itemize every instance sets the schedule's shape. Selected, each element gets its own row, as in a door schedule. Cleared, elements collapse onto one row per sort value, which makes a summary; with no sort field, everything collapses onto one row. Select Grand totals for totals at the bottom.
Step 6: Format it
On the Formatting tab, select a field to change its heading or Alignment, set units with Field Format, hide it with Hidden field, total it with Calculate totals or highlight cells with Conditional Format. On the Appearance tab, set Grid lines, Outline, Show Title, Show Headers and the text types, then click OK.
To change any of it later, open the schedule and click Edit next to Fields, Filter, Sorting/Grouping, Formatting or Appearance under Other in the Properties palette.
Step 7: Edit values in the schedule
Open the schedule, click a cell and type a value or pick one from the list. A schedule is another view of the model, so the change is made to the element, not just the table (Autodesk Help: Modify a Schedule).
A change to a type parameter goes to every instance of that type in the project. To find the element behind a row, click its cell and click Highlight in Model.
Step 8: Place it on a sheet and split it
Drag the schedule from Schedules/Quantities in the Project Browser onto an open sheet and click to place it. To change it from there, right-click it and choose Edit Schedule; Revit 2026 and later also let you give that command a keyboard shortcut.
To split it, select it on the sheet and click the Z break control in the middle of its right border, then drag the blue dot at the bottom of the first segment to set its rows (Autodesk Help: Split a Schedule on a Sheet). To spread it over several sheets, open the schedule, click Modify Schedule/Quantities tab › Split panel › Split & Place and pick the sheets.
What to watch for
Delete removes the element, not the row. In a room schedule, Modify Schedule/Quantities tab › Rows panel › Delete deletes the selected rooms from the project after a warning (Autodesk Help: Delete a Room). Treat Delete in any model schedule with the same care, and use a filter when you only want rows out of sight.
Shared parameters thin out a schedule. When you add a shared parameter as a field, categories that don't have it drop out of the schedule. You can use that to narrow a multi-category schedule on purpose, and it explains a category that goes missing by accident.
Totals need a summary. Subtotals, minimums and maximums only show when Itemize every instance is cleared, and column totals only show when Grand totals is selected. When collapsed rows hold different values, the cell shows <varies> or custom text, set on the Formatting tab or under Manage tab › Settings panel › Additional Settings › Multiple Values Indication.
Linked elements lock some fields. Once a schedule includes elements from links, Family, Type, Family and Type, Level and Material become read-only for host and linked elements alike, and you can't filter by them.
At firm scale the schedule is only as good as the values behind it. Building it is quick; keeping every door's fire rating, hardware set and finish right is the real job. Values drift with every late change, and an empty or mistyped cell prints exactly as it is. The AI agent for Revit helps with both halves: name the fields and Mira builds the schedule, then lists every door with a blank value. It can also fill values from a spreadsheet, matched by Mark.
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Create a door schedule with Mark, Width, Height, Fire Rating and Hardware Set, sorted by Mark.
Mira describes the schedule before it creates it, waits for your OK, then checks the columns and lists any door with a blank value.
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