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From: da_raw1 on 13 May 2008 13:05
Hello Everyone,

When I opened my project today, I noticed that I was able to manually go
into the percent complete column, at the summary level, and change that
number. I thought it might be a new feature since I am using Project '03,
but I went to another computer and found out it was doing it in Project '00
as well. If there is a manual override of some sorts, would someone please
point me in the right direction as to where it is?
--
da_raw1
From: davegb on 13 May 2008 14:55
On May 13, 11:05 am, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> When I opened my project today, I noticed that I was able to manually go
> into the percent complete column, at the summary level, and change that
> number.  I thought it might be a new feature since I am using Project '03,
> but I went to another computer and found out it was doing it in Project '00
> as well.  If there is a manual override of some sorts, would someone please
> point me in the right direction as to where it is?
> --
> da_raw1

You're looking for a manual overide of being able to manually change
the %Complete?
From: da_raw1 on 13 May 2008 15:04
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.
--
da_raw1


"davegb" wrote:

> On May 13, 11:05 am, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > When I opened my project today, I noticed that I was able to manually go
> > into the percent complete column, at the summary level, and change that
> > number. I thought it might be a new feature since I am using Project '03,
> > but I went to another computer and found out it was doing it in Project '00
> > as well. If there is a manual override of some sorts, would someone please
> > point me in the right direction as to where it is?
> > --
> > da_raw1
>
> You're looking for a manual overide of being able to manually change
> the %Complete?
>
From: davegb on 13 May 2008 16:29
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.
Do you have resources assigned to the Summary Line?

> --
> da_raw1
>
>
>
> "davegb" wrote:
> > On May 13, 11:05 am, da_raw1 <da_r...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello Everyone,
>
> > > When I opened my project today, I noticed that I was able to manually go
> > > into the percent complete column, at the summary level, and change that
> > > number.  I thought it might be a new feature since I am using Project '03,
> > > but I went to another computer and found out it was doing it in Project '00
> > > as well.  If there is a manual override of some sorts, would someone please
> > > point me in the right direction as to where it is?
> > > --
> > > da_raw1
>
> > You're looking for a manual overide of being able to manually change
> > the %Complete?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

From: JulieS on 13 May 2008 17:14
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

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