Manual Override Of Summary Level Percent Complete
in [Project]
|
From: da_raw1 on 13 May 2008 17:45 Julie, Thanks for the reply. Your replies are welcomed and thanks for the input. I guess I am just now noticing this feature, but I do not remember EVER being able to change the % complete at the summary level manually. I just checked it on Project 2000 as well and it seems to be the case, but I'm wondering about it. If someone has an older version of project, would you mind trying it and seeing if this is applicable as well? Again, thanks for input from everyone. -- da_raw1 "JulieS" wrote: > On May 13, 1:04 pm, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Actually, I am able to go in and change the Summary % Completes now. > > I have > > never seen this before I wanted to know if there is an override to > > put it > > back as it should to where the subtasks calculate the Summary Line % > > Complete. > > "davegb" wrote in message > Do you have resources assigned to the Summary Line? > > <snip> > > Pardon me for bumping in, but I don't think this is new behavior. I > believe if you enter % complete on a summary task line, it will > distribute the % complete to the subtasks based upon expected % > complete. For example: if you have a summary with an 8 day duration > with 4 subtasks all linked F to S with 2 days duration each. Enter 50% > complete on the summary task and project will mark the first two days > as 100% complete with the last two tasks remaining 0%. The summary > task is 50% complete of 8 days (4 days actual and 4 days remaining). > > If you change the second subtask to 50% complete, the summary task % > complete updates to 38% -- 3 actual days duration out of a total of 8. > > I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. > > Julie > Project MVP > > Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information > about Microsoft Project > > >
From: Mike Glen on 13 May 2008 17:56 Same in Project 98. Mike Glen Project MVP "da_raw1" <da_raw1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:D317E66B-6B14-4D05-9D42-4D9FBF94747C(a)microsoft.com... > Julie, > > Thanks for the reply. Your replies are welcomed and thanks for the input. > I guess I am just now noticing this feature, but I do not remember EVER > being > able to change the % complete at the summary level manually. I just > checked > it on Project 2000 as well and it seems to be the case, but I'm wondering > about it. If someone has an older version of project, would you mind > trying > it and seeing if this is applicable as well? Again, thanks for input from > everyone. > -- > da_raw1 > > > "JulieS" wrote: > >> On May 13, 1:04 pm, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> > Actually, I am able to go in and change the Summary % Completes now. >> > I have >> > never seen this before I wanted to know if there is an override to >> > put it >> > back as it should to where the subtasks calculate the Summary Line % >> > Complete. >> >> "davegb" wrote in message >> Do you have resources assigned to the Summary Line? >> >> <snip> >> >> Pardon me for bumping in, but I don't think this is new behavior. I >> believe if you enter % complete on a summary task line, it will >> distribute the % complete to the subtasks based upon expected % >> complete. For example: if you have a summary with an 8 day duration >> with 4 subtasks all linked F to S with 2 days duration each. Enter 50% >> complete on the summary task and project will mark the first two days >> as 100% complete with the last two tasks remaining 0%. The summary >> task is 50% complete of 8 days (4 days actual and 4 days remaining). >> >> If you change the second subtask to 50% complete, the summary task % >> complete updates to 38% -- 3 actual days duration out of a total of 8. >> >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. >> >> Julie >> Project MVP >> >> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information >> about Microsoft Project >> >> >>
From: da_raw1 on 13 May 2008 18:17 Thanks Glen. Wow............I'm blown away by this. Thanks everyone for your inputs. -- da_raw1 "Mike Glen" wrote: > Same in Project 98. > > Mike Glen > Project MVP > > > "da_raw1" <da_raw1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:D317E66B-6B14-4D05-9D42-4D9FBF94747C(a)microsoft.com... > > Julie, > > > > Thanks for the reply. Your replies are welcomed and thanks for the input. > > I guess I am just now noticing this feature, but I do not remember EVER > > being > > able to change the % complete at the summary level manually. I just > > checked > > it on Project 2000 as well and it seems to be the case, but I'm wondering > > about it. If someone has an older version of project, would you mind > > trying > > it and seeing if this is applicable as well? Again, thanks for input from > > everyone. > > -- > > da_raw1 > > > > > > "JulieS" wrote: > > > >> On May 13, 1:04 pm, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > Actually, I am able to go in and change the Summary % Completes now. > >> > I have > >> > never seen this before I wanted to know if there is an override to > >> > put it > >> > back as it should to where the subtasks calculate the Summary Line % > >> > Complete. > >> > >> "davegb" wrote in message > >> Do you have resources assigned to the Summary Line? > >> > >> <snip> > >> > >> Pardon me for bumping in, but I don't think this is new behavior. I > >> believe if you enter % complete on a summary task line, it will > >> distribute the % complete to the subtasks based upon expected % > >> complete. For example: if you have a summary with an 8 day duration > >> with 4 subtasks all linked F to S with 2 days duration each. Enter 50% > >> complete on the summary task and project will mark the first two days > >> as 100% complete with the last two tasks remaining 0%. The summary > >> task is 50% complete of 8 days (4 days actual and 4 days remaining). > >> > >> If you change the second subtask to 50% complete, the summary task % > >> complete updates to 38% -- 3 actual days duration out of a total of 8. > >> > >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. > >> > >> Julie > >> Project MVP > >> > >> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information > >> about Microsoft Project > >> > >> > >> > > >
From: Trevor Rabey on 14 May 2008 02:45 See the earlier recent thread subject: % Complete Calculation (6/5/2008). Same story. You can type in % Complete at summary levels and the % gets distributed down. It is not immediately obvious what determines how the downward distribution is calculated. MSP lets you do it, but don't do it. Obviously the correct way is to update the tasks and have the results roll up to the summaries. Then people ask the reverse question: "how is summary % Complete calculated from the task % Complete?" which is not obvious either, but it doesn't matter if the tasks are correct. Trevor RabeyTrevor Rabey 0407213955 61 8 92727485 PERFECT PROJECT PLANNING www.perfectproject.com.au "da_raw1" <da_raw1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:6A108EE9-D9E8-4135-9342-F0CE11AA1DBB(a)microsoft.com... > Thanks Glen. Wow............I'm blown away by this. Thanks everyone for > your inputs. > -- > da_raw1 > > > "Mike Glen" wrote: > >> Same in Project 98. >> >> Mike Glen >> Project MVP >> >> >> "da_raw1" <da_raw1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:D317E66B-6B14-4D05-9D42-4D9FBF94747C(a)microsoft.com... >> > Julie, >> > >> > Thanks for the reply. Your replies are welcomed and thanks for the input. >> > I guess I am just now noticing this feature, but I do not remember EVER >> > being >> > able to change the % complete at the summary level manually. I just >> > checked >> > it on Project 2000 as well and it seems to be the case, but I'm wondering >> > about it. If someone has an older version of project, would you mind >> > trying >> > it and seeing if this is applicable as well? Again, thanks for input from >> > everyone. >> > -- >> > da_raw1 >> > >> > >> > "JulieS" wrote: >> > >> >> On May 13, 1:04 pm, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Actually, I am able to go in and change the Summary % Completes now. >> >> > I have >> >> > never seen this before I wanted to know if there is an override to >> >> > put it >> >> > back as it should to where the subtasks calculate the Summary Line % >> >> > Complete. >> >> >> >> "davegb" wrote in message >> >> Do you have resources assigned to the Summary Line? >> >> >> >> <snip> >> >> >> >> Pardon me for bumping in, but I don't think this is new behavior. I >> >> believe if you enter % complete on a summary task line, it will >> >> distribute the % complete to the subtasks based upon expected % >> >> complete. For example: if you have a summary with an 8 day duration >> >> with 4 subtasks all linked F to S with 2 days duration each. Enter 50% >> >> complete on the summary task and project will mark the first two days >> >> as 100% complete with the last two tasks remaining 0%. The summary >> >> task is 50% complete of 8 days (4 days actual and 4 days remaining). >> >> >> >> If you change the second subtask to 50% complete, the summary task % >> >> complete updates to 38% -- 3 actual days duration out of a total of 8. >> >> >> >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. >> >> >> >> Julie >> >> Project MVP >> >> >> >> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information >> >> about Microsoft Project >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
From: Mike Glen on 14 May 2008 16:36 You're welcome, :-) Mike Glen MS Project MVP See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials "da_raw1" <da_raw1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:6A108EE9-D9E8-4135-9342-F0CE11AA1DBB(a)microsoft.com... > Thanks Glen. Wow............I'm blown away by this. Thanks everyone for > your inputs. > -- > da_raw1 > > > "Mike Glen" wrote: > >> Same in Project 98. >> >> Mike Glen >> Project MVP >> >> >> "da_raw1" <da_raw1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:D317E66B-6B14-4D05-9D42-4D9FBF94747C(a)microsoft.com... >> > Julie, >> > >> > Thanks for the reply. Your replies are welcomed and thanks for the >> > input. >> > I guess I am just now noticing this feature, but I do not remember EVER >> > being >> > able to change the % complete at the summary level manually. I just >> > checked >> > it on Project 2000 as well and it seems to be the case, but I'm >> > wondering >> > about it. If someone has an older version of project, would you mind >> > trying >> > it and seeing if this is applicable as well? Again, thanks for input >> > from >> > everyone. >> > -- >> > da_raw1 >> > >> > >> > "JulieS" wrote: >> > >> >> On May 13, 1:04 pm, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Actually, I am able to go in and change the Summary % Completes now. >> >> > I have >> >> > never seen this before I wanted to know if there is an override to >> >> > put it >> >> > back as it should to where the subtasks calculate the Summary Line % >> >> > Complete. >> >> >> >> "davegb" wrote in message >> >> Do you have resources assigned to the Summary Line? >> >> >> >> <snip> >> >> >> >> Pardon me for bumping in, but I don't think this is new behavior. I >> >> believe if you enter % complete on a summary task line, it will >> >> distribute the % complete to the subtasks based upon expected % >> >> complete. For example: if you have a summary with an 8 day duration >> >> with 4 subtasks all linked F to S with 2 days duration each. Enter 50% >> >> complete on the summary task and project will mark the first two days >> >> as 100% complete with the last two tasks remaining 0%. The summary >> >> task is 50% complete of 8 days (4 days actual and 4 days remaining). >> >> >> >> If you change the second subtask to 50% complete, the summary task % >> >> complete updates to 38% -- 3 actual days duration out of a total of 8. >> >> >> >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. >> >> >> >> Julie >> >> Project MVP >> >> >> >> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information >> >> about Microsoft Project >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
First
|
Prev
|
Pages: 1 2 Prev: When I open a MSP file, my task numbers are out of sequence. Next: Project 2003 - alignment |