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From: Richard on 18 May 2008 19:38
Hi, I am using the standard status field in MS project, the summary task
shows the status as late when all of the sub tasks are showing Complete , on
shedule or future task, none are showing late.

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the status of the sumary task to
show the corect status.

Richard
From: John on 19 May 2008 10:58
In article <2EB8F733-40B1-43CD-837A-1B931390FD21(a)microsoft.com>,
Richard <Richard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi, I am using the standard status field in MS project, the summary task
> shows the status as late when all of the sub tasks are showing Complete , on
> shedule or future task, none are showing late.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the status of the sumary task to
> show the corect status.
>
> Richard

Richard,
Without seeing your actual file, I don't have a ready answer for what
you are seeing. Try the following. Hover your mouse over the column
heading for the Status field. In a moment the help file for the Status
field will appear. Take a look at the definitions Project uses for
assigning the various status designations. My guess is, you will see a
problem with the cumulative percent complete for the summary line versus
the status date.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP
From: Richard on 19 May 2008 21:05
Thanks for the reply John. The status date is set to today and the cumulative
percent complete looks right , but the status still says late. I can force it
to say complete by marking all subtasks as 100% complete anything less than
100% complete for all the subtasks then the summary task will show late, many
of the sub tasks are months out in the future. Let me know if you have any
other ideas.

Thanks for your help
Richard

"John" wrote:

> In article <2EB8F733-40B1-43CD-837A-1B931390FD21(a)microsoft.com>,
> Richard <Richard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am using the standard status field in MS project, the summary task
> > shows the status as late when all of the sub tasks are showing Complete , on
> > shedule or future task, none are showing late.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the status of the sumary task to
> > show the corect status.
> >
> > Richard
>
> Richard,
> Without seeing your actual file, I don't have a ready answer for what
> you are seeing. Try the following. Hover your mouse over the column
> heading for the Status field. In a moment the help file for the Status
> field will appear. Take a look at the definitions Project uses for
> assigning the various status designations. My guess is, you will see a
> problem with the cumulative percent complete for the summary line versus
> the status date.
>
> Hope this helps.
> John
> Project MVP
>
From: John on 19 May 2008 23:14
In article <7A58B459-770C-4A63-B2B1-8204BC575D4B(a)microsoft.com>,
Richard <Richard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply John. The status date is set to today and the cumulative
> percent complete looks right , but the status still says late. I can force it
> to say complete by marking all subtasks as 100% complete anything less than
> 100% complete for all the subtasks then the summary task will show late, many
> of the sub tasks are months out in the future. Let me know if you have any
> other ideas.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Richard

Richard,
Wait a minute, your original post said all subtasks are showing complete
but the summary is showing "late". Now your saying you can make the
summary show "complete" by making all subtasks complete. Did I miss
something?

You say the cumulative percent complete "looks right", but does it meet
the requirements spelled out by the help file? Use the Task Usage view
and set the timescale to show hours. You might want to use a three tier
timescale with week and day on the upper two tiers so it's easier to see
what day your looking at.

John
Project MVP
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > In article <2EB8F733-40B1-43CD-837A-1B931390FD21(a)microsoft.com>,
> > Richard <Richard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I am using the standard status field in MS project, the summary task
> > > shows the status as late when all of the sub tasks are showing Complete ,
> > > on
> > > shedule or future task, none are showing late.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the status of the sumary task
> > > to
> > > show the corect status.
> > >
> > > Richard
> >
> > Richard,
> > Without seeing your actual file, I don't have a ready answer for what
> > you are seeing. Try the following. Hover your mouse over the column
> > heading for the Status field. In a moment the help file for the Status
> > field will appear. Take a look at the definitions Project uses for
> > assigning the various status designations. My guess is, you will see a
> > problem with the cumulative percent complete for the summary line versus
> > the status date.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > John
> > Project MVP
> >
From: Richard on 20 May 2008 20:45
Hi John, orginal post said tasks that are complete, on shedule or future
task. I am not quite following how the timephased calculation works for
summary tasks. By my way of thinking a summary task should not show a late
status unless at least one of the subtasks is showing a late status? What is
that I am missing?

"John" wrote:

> In article <7A58B459-770C-4A63-B2B1-8204BC575D4B(a)microsoft.com>,
> Richard <Richard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply John. The status date is set to today and the cumulative
> > percent complete looks right , but the status still says late. I can force it
> > to say complete by marking all subtasks as 100% complete anything less than
> > 100% complete for all the subtasks then the summary task will show late, many
> > of the sub tasks are months out in the future. Let me know if you have any
> > other ideas.
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> > Richard
>
> Richard,
> Wait a minute, your original post said all subtasks are showing complete
> but the summary is showing "late". Now your saying you can make the
> summary show "complete" by making all subtasks complete. Did I miss
> something?
>
> You say the cumulative percent complete "looks right", but does it meet
> the requirements spelled out by the help file? Use the Task Usage view
> and set the timescale to show hours. You might want to use a three tier
> timescale with week and day on the upper two tiers so it's easier to see
> what day your looking at.
>
> John
> Project MVP
> >
> > "John" wrote:
> >
> > > In article <2EB8F733-40B1-43CD-837A-1B931390FD21(a)microsoft.com>,
> > > Richard <Richard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, I am using the standard status field in MS project, the summary task
> > > > shows the status as late when all of the sub tasks are showing Complete ,
> > > > on
> > > > shedule or future task, none are showing late.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the status of the sumary task
> > > > to
> > > > show the corect status.
> > > >
> > > > Richard
> > >
> > > Richard,
> > > Without seeing your actual file, I don't have a ready answer for what
> > > you are seeing. Try the following. Hover your mouse over the column
> > > heading for the Status field. In a moment the help file for the Status
> > > field will appear. Take a look at the definitions Project uses for
> > > assigning the various status designations. My guess is, you will see a
> > > problem with the cumulative percent complete for the summary line versus
> > > the status date.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > > John
> > > Project MVP
> > >
>
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