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From: sTu_Deimus on 5 May 2010 18:45

Hi, we recently switched to a master project arrangement (in MSP
2007+SP2) for all our projects, which brought on the need to use
resource usage view to hand edit the distribution of remaining work for
each resource/task.

This has generally worked fine, except recently we've found this very
annoying problem - when we alter the work values, MSP is actually also
modifying the actual work values with the same numbers - why would it be
doing this?

Heres an example:

Task1: Res1 has completed 5 hours of actual work, and has 4 hours
remaining. These are scheduled for a Monday in 3 weeks, and we want to
shift those 4 hours to the Wednesday of that week. Previously we could
just edit those hours in resource usage view via the work cells in the
time-phased table, but sometimes we see this:the 4 hours are allocated
as actual work (thus work also equals 4 hours for that column), as
though the resource had now completed those 4 hours.

FWIW, the status date is correctly set to where the actual work
finishes, and all remaining work and the cells we're trying to modify
are well past the status date, so I cannot understand why its doing
this.

Any tips?

Stu.


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From: JulieS on 6 May 2010 17:36
Hi Stu,

Sorry, I cannot repro on my installation of Project 2007, SP2.
You mention this is a recent change. Is this change occurring
since installation of SP2 or has SP2 been installed for awhile?

I am guessing from your comment of "sometimes we see this" that
it is not occurring on all tasks. Can you drill into the
specific tasks and see if they are different in some way? What
task type (Fixed work, fixed duration, fixed units?). Is this
occurring with just one specific resource or all?

Are you making the edits in the master file or in the subproject
file? Does the same occur if you edit the subproject file alone?

I hope these questions will help lead us and you to some answers.

Best,
Julie

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On 5/5/2010 6:45 PM, sTu_Deimus wrote:
> Hi, we recently switched to a master project arrangement (in MSP
> 2007+SP2) for all our projects, which brought on the need to use
> resource usage view to hand edit the distribution of remaining work for
> each resource/task.
>
> This has generally worked fine, except recently we've found this very
> annoying problem - when we alter the work values, MSP is actually also
> modifying the actual work values with the same numbers - why would it be
> doing this?
>
> Heres an example:
>
> Task1: Res1 has completed 5 hours of actual work, and has 4 hours
> remaining. These are scheduled for a Monday in 3 weeks, and we want to
> shift those 4 hours to the Wednesday of that week. Previously we could
> just edit those hours in resource usage view via the work cells in the
> time-phased table, but sometimes we see this:the 4 hours are allocated
> as actual work (thus work also equals 4 hours for that column), as
> though the resource had now completed those 4 hours.
>
> FWIW, the status date is correctly set to where the actual work
> finishes, and all remaining work and the cells we're trying to modify
> are well past the status date, so I cannot understand why its doing
> this.
>
> Any tips?
>
> Stu.
>
>
From: sTu_Deimus on 6 May 2010 21:42

Hi Julie.

JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
> You mention this is a recent change. Is this change occurring since
> installation of SP2 or has SP2 been installed for awhile?
No, about 6 weeks ago we migrated direct to MSP2007+SP2+master-sched
from MSP2003, and only started noticing this problem in the last few
weeks.
JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
> I am guessing from your comment of "sometimes we see this" that it is
> not occurring on all tasks. Can you drill into the specific tasks and
> see if they are different in some way? What task type (Fixed work,
> fixed duration, fixed units?). Is this occurring with just one specific
> resource or all?
Yes, only on a few tasks. Generally we use fixed-units. Not sure which
resources exactly. Only seen on two projects of around 12.

JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
> Are you making the edits in the master file or in the subproject file?
> Does the same occur if you edit the subproject file alone?
Edits usually done initially on subproject file, and then in master file
for master project view. Usually see it during the subproject edits.

JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
> I hope these questions will help lead us and you to some answers.
Yes, you've given me a prod for some more things to check, though
usually I refer not to muck-around with live projects, and my test
projects aren't early as complicated as the live ones, so I don't see
the problem with them.

It would be nice if there were some way to burrow under the hood of MSP
to see its data in a more raw form... but yeah - I'll have to tinker
around the edges for now.

Thanks, Stu.


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From: JulieS on 7 May 2010 10:21
You're welcome Stu. Let us know how you do and please post back
if we can be of further assistance.

Julie
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On 5/6/2010 9:42 PM, sTu_Deimus wrote:
> Hi Julie.
>
> JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
>> You mention this is a recent change. Is this change occurring since
>> installation of SP2 or has SP2 been installed for awhile?
> No, about 6 weeks ago we migrated direct to MSP2007+SP2+master-sched
> from MSP2003, and only started noticing this problem in the last few
> weeks.
> JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
>> I am guessing from your comment of "sometimes we see this" that it is
>> not occurring on all tasks. Can you drill into the specific tasks and
>> see if they are different in some way? What task type (Fixed work,
>> fixed duration, fixed units?). Is this occurring with just one specific
>> resource or all?
> Yes, only on a few tasks. Generally we use fixed-units. Not sure which
> resources exactly. Only seen on two projects of around 12.
>
> JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
>> Are you making the edits in the master file or in the subproject file?
>> Does the same occur if you edit the subproject file alone?
> Edits usually done initially on subproject file, and then in master file
> for master project view. Usually see it during the subproject edits.
>
> JulieS;4934651 Wrote:
>> I hope these questions will help lead us and you to some answers.
> Yes, you've given me a prod for some more things to check, though
> usually I refer not to muck-around with live projects, and my test
> projects aren't early as complicated as the live ones, so I don't see
> the problem with them.
>
> It would be nice if there were some way to burrow under the hood of MSP
> to see its data in a more raw form... but yeah - I'll have to tinker
> around the edges for now.
>
> Thanks, Stu.
>
>
From: sTu_Deimus on 9 May 2010 18:19

Sure guys.. I'll post back in the coming days, and yes, will need to
take a copy of the sched to tinker...


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