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Rescheduling unstarted tasks to today's date Microsoft Project

Rescheduling unstarted tasks to today's date Microsoft Project

Rescheduling unstarted tasks to today's date

Posted: 13 May 2005 03:43 AM PDT

Morten,
No ! Try again, there is something wrong in your process ! this feature
works fine (I used it hundred of times)
Take care of the date after the option : Reschedule uncompleted work to
start after:.....

Tell me if it works now,

Gérard

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Applying a different calendar to a task.

Posted: 12 May 2005 04:13 PM PDT

Hi All,

Not quite.
The checkbox is labeled "Scheduling ignores resource calendars" and the
behavior is either only the task calendar plays a role or both task and
resource calendars play.
You cannot have a resource calendar overriding a task calendar; when there
is a task calendar it always plays its part.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
+32-495-300 620
"Steve House [Project MVP]" <send.hotmail.com>
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Yellow Group Highlighting

Posted: 12 May 2005 12:08 PM PDT

thanks julie, I learned to live with it. I got to spend a cosy 8 hours with
project today and think I came up with a fairly optimal implementation.

"JulieS" wrote:
 

how do i add resources

Posted: 12 May 2005 10:02 AM PDT

thanks! that's pretty funny!

i had less problems getting SharePoint/Project/SQL to work together than
understanding how this works!

"JackD" wrote:
 

BCWS

Posted: 12 May 2005 09:04 AM PDT

On Thu, 12 May 2005 09:23:32 -0700, "JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote:

My inattention to detail..
Thanks, it's help 

Alerxander Barvinsky
Director of Operations Department

Two different calendars for one project

Posted: 12 May 2005 08:48 AM PDT

Hi,

And just to make it even more messy (hence my family name :-)) when you will
put an Ozzy and an Arab on one task, Project ill not even try to make
theiu-ir conferece call simultaneous. For instance the Ozzy will do his part
ofd the conference call on Fridfay and the Arab will perform his part of the
work on Saturday.
Pity, but that's how Project treats clender info.

Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
+32-495-300 620
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How do I use calendar days instead of work days for duration?

Posted: 12 May 2005 08:34 AM PDT

Hi cbc87,

You can try a trick that I suggested to another user.

There is a work around using a custom duration field and a custom calendar.
Create a new calendar (Tools>Change Working Time). Copy the project
calendar, name it (I used 7Day) and make Saturdays & Sundays working days.
Then insert a custom duration field ([Duration1] for example) in the task
table. Choose Tools>Customize > Fields and select the [Duration1] field.
Click the Formula... button and use the following formula:

ProjDateDiff([Start],[Finish],"7Day")

In the Customize fields dialog box, click the Use Formula option for the
task and group summary rows.

This will calculate the number of calendar days between the start of the
task and the finish of the task using the 7Day calendar. .

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"cbc87" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Manipulating data in Project 2000/2002 .mpp files

Posted: 12 May 2005 07:46 AM PDT

Thanks

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

How do I set up external dependencies in Project?

Posted: 12 May 2005 07:21 AM PDT

External links (i.e., predecessors/successors) to tasks can be entered
similar to internal ones by entering the path and Task Id in the form:

"<URL or path to folder>\<Project>.mpp \<Task Id>" in the Predecessor or
Successor field, either in the Gantt view Entry table or in the Task
Information dialogue window. Normally, everyone is accustomed to only
entering the Task Id, and you can also ommit the URL or path (e.g.,
"<Project>.mpp \<Task Id>") if the project file to be linked to is saved in
the same folder as the current active project.
--
Don L.


"bujangkelana" wrote:
 

How can I show Task Date and Time information

Posted: 12 May 2005 05:54 AM PDT

Hi Harry,

If it is one specific project file that you want to show date and time for
all users, regardless of what they have set for options, you will need to
modify the tables in the project to show the date/time format for what ever
views you need.
For each table: View > Table > More Tables. In the More Tables dialog box,
select each table in turn and click Edit.... In the Table Definition dialog
box set the Date Format to one showing date and time.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"Harry" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I show % of where the task SHOULD be?

Posted: 11 May 2005 10:42 PM PDT

Hi Kevin,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

Insert a new column and search for %Complete in the field name pick list.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP



Kevin. wrote: 

Getting a Custom Field with a formula to left justify

Posted: 11 May 2005 10:17 PM PDT

Hi John,
No worries - we have all been there ;-). Thanks for the feedback and let us
know if we can assist again.

Julie
"JT" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I export custom MS Project reports into Excel?

Posted: 11 May 2005 03:06 PM PDT

In article <com>,
Dxing5304 <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Dxing5304,
I agree with Jack - VBA will give complete flexibility to export data
for any report you need. However, there may be a couple of alternate
approaches depending on what data you need in the reports.

If you are only dealing with static data (i.e. not timescaled), you can
use an export map to save the data to an Excel spreadsheet. Once in
Excel, the report can be created as necessary. If you need timescaled
data in the report, you could try the utility, "analyze timescaled data
in Excel" found on the analysis toolbar. Again, once the data is in
Excel it can be formatted for a report.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

import & update actuals

Posted: 11 May 2005 02:32 PM PDT

That's what I was afraid of. I have too many resources posting hours to do
this manually. I was previously combining all time sheets into one Excel
spreadsheet and then importing the actuals based on task id. Is there a way
to do that and import the actuals by date? I do get the breakdown from the
resources of the Monday through Sunday hours that they post. I was summing
those up and bringing in the total but can bring in each day if I need to.

I need to have a way to import instead of manually updating each resources'
time.
--
Carol Summa


"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

how do I verify msn messenger e-mail address, step by step please

Posted: 11 May 2005 11:08 AM PDT

Hi sunnystep,

This newsgroup is specifically for matters dealing with Microsoft Project.
I suggest you try to find a more appropriate newsgroup that deals with
Outlook Express problems.

Could you please tell us what led you to chose this newsgroup? We would
really like to know! :)


Mike Glen
Project MVP



net wrote: 

concurrent projects on the same calendar

Posted: 11 May 2005 09:06 AM PDT

Hi Marie,

Glad to know the master calendar view fits your needs and thanks for the
feedback.

As far as changing the information in the calendar to show resource names;
in the Calendar view, choose Format > Bar Styles. Choose Noncritical from
the Task type list. In the Text area at the bottom of the dialog box, click
in the Fields list, delete Duration, and enter Resource Names.
Repeat for Critical task type.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie

"marie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I sort by date and Time

Posted: 11 May 2005 08:40 AM PDT

file number changes to ~1.MPP after routing

Posted: 11 May 2005 08:36 AM PDT

You're welcome Majid and thanks for the feedback. You can actually see this
happening even in later operating systems. If you open a project file and
then in File > Properties check the MS-DOS name on the General tab, you'll
see exactly what you describe.

Julie
"Majid" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How to create a 7-day work week?

Posted: 11 May 2005 08:22 AM PDT

Jan gave you the way to do it but that also implies that when someone starts on a task they won't take a day off until it's done. Tasks are generally broken down to the level of the work done by a single resource. If you assign Joe to a task takes 3 weeks, that means he will work three weeks straight without a day off. Is that really what should happen?

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



urtis Tammany" <com> wrote in message news:%phx.gbl...
I need to create projects with a 7-day work week by default. I am entering a 3 day task which starts on Thursday and should end on Saturday. Instead, Project draws the task from Thurs to Monday. I have gone to the Change Working Time dialog to change individual weekend days to working days but is ridiculous to do over a multi-month project.

How can I make every day a working day?

Thanks,

Curtis

copying a full project plan into another programme

Posted: 11 May 2005 07:54 AM PDT

Hi Louise,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Please see FAQ Item: 16. Project Viewer.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-)

Mike Glen
Project MVP



Louise wrote: 

Fields available in microsoft project

Posted: 11 May 2005 07:42 AM PDT

You're welcome Mario and thanks for the feedback. Let us know if we can
assist again in the future.

Julie

"Mario" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Error

Posted: 11 May 2005 07:12 AM PDT

In article <phx.gbl>,
"Suz" <com> wrote:
 


Suz,
Unfortunately it is not a straightforward process to determine if a file
has auto-run or Event driven macros because they are "private" and will
not show up under "Modules" in the organizer (Tools/Organizer). Neither
will they show up under the Project Explorer. However, normally if there
is a problem with an auto type macro, it will attempt to run but abort
and give an error message different from the one you are getting. At
least that is my experience.

If you can at least launch Project, go to Help/About Microsoft Project.
At the top of the "about" window that appears you will see the complete
version number and whether SR-1 is applied. If the service release is
not indicated, you can still download it from Microsoft at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24D1DF9A-EE62-4B
8A-8AA6-AF313D0D515D&displaylang=en

If the SR-1 is already present and you only did a basic install, try
adding missing components. Insert your Project 2000 installation CD and
hit the button to install Project 2000. After the "preparing to install"
message you should get a window with three options: Repair Microsoft
Project, Add or Remove Features, and Remove Microsoft Project. Click on
the Add or Remove icon. From here I'm doing a little guessing because my
installation is full so I can't say exactly what you will see, but if
VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is not installed, it should be
listed. Select it and any other items relating to VBA and hit "Update
Now". After the install is finished, I would go ahead and re-boot and
then trying opening Project and your files again.

If you still have no luck, open Project and go to Help/Detect and
Repair. That will restore your Project installation to its original
settings. It may help, it may not.

Hopefully one or more of the suggestions offered will be of help. If
not, post again and let us know what happened. Maybe I or one of my
cohorts can come up with additional suggestions.

By the way, you mentioned that you don't really know anything about
Project (gee, there are times I think that about myself so don't feel
bad). What are you doing with Project? Why did you upgrade?

John

Start-to-Finish dependency between summary task & predecessor

Posted: 11 May 2005 03:36 AM PDT

Or, you might google the NG for linking summary tasks and find out a
whole lot of other reasons why most seasoned schedulers never link
summary tasks.

Change Working Time

Posted: 11 May 2005 01:50 AM PDT

I agree, sort of. My only problem with using the 24 hour calendar as the
Project Calendar is the extreme difference in start and finish dates you see
for tasks before they are assigned to resources versus the start and finish
of the same tasks or tasks with the same duration after they are assigned to
resources. A 24 hour duration task on the 24 hour calendar that start Mon
at 8am will end Tues at 8am. But that same task after being assigned its
resource will end Wed at 5pm. That's a huge difference and IMHO can easily
lead to plans that are extremely misleading when tasks with and tasks
without resources are mixed in the same schedule. I feel one should always
compare apples to apples. Even if we are not actuall;y assigning the
resources to tasks ourselves, they still are going to be worked by somebody
and that somebody most definitely does not work 24/7. Even if the
"resource" is a contractor and we're not worried about how he schedules his
employees, showing the tasks on the 24 hour calendar is very likely to show
them ending far earlier in the project than they really are going to, or
viewed another way, they will show requiring far less elapsed time than they
actually are going to out there in the real world. My mantra for scheduling
is "first and formost, never create illusions that will lead you to think
the plan is more efficient than it really is." If I mix the 24 hour
calendar with others in the plan I suggest going the opposite way, using a
"typical workday" calendar for the project calendar and reserving the 24/7
calendar for those things like machine resources, automated tests, etc, that
need to be scheduled but don't require a human presence to be accomplished
and can truly progress at any hour of the day or night even when there's no
one there.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in message
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Unallocated Resource

Posted: 11 May 2005 01:20 AM PDT

Hi Jan

Thanks alot for all your help you have helped me to understand the way
Project uses resources.

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote: