You should be able to get that without text mode by using  Converted request project ID 

Add a column to your report with this text displayname=Request Queue Projecttextmode=truevaluefield=project:convertedOpTask:project:namevalueformat=HTML

@Doug_Den_Hoed__AtAppStore @skyehansen I had a feeling that was going to be the answer, but I was hoping I was wrong and just not able to find the correct format.   Thank you both for taking a look and spending some time on this, it's much appreciated  Alex

Hi All,  I'm hoping someone can help with the following text mode that I'm just not able to get to work.  I'm creating a border for a shared column and only want this to show for the status of New Pending Approval.  My guess is that the quotes within the statement are the issue.  valueexpression=IF(...