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removing start and finish dates for certain "tasks" Microsoft Project

removing start and finish dates for certain "tasks" Microsoft Project

removing start and finish dates for certain "tasks"

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 10:56 AM PDT

No problem, simply create a new table (View, Table, More tables) and put
custom fields in it. Then apply the table when you want to look/edit the
data, then re-apply the entry table: no screen space lost.

Custom data on the same row as an existing task won't create a new task. For
project level data:
Select Tools, Options
View tab
Select Project Summary Task

Add data only to the new row 0

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"schemr" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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trial version -project

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 09:32 AM PDT

That did not work, because I had activated the trial version already, so I no
longer have the "activate product" on my help menu. I do not have the pnone
number to call in....

"Renke Holert [MVP]" wrote:
 

Formula issue

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 06:39 AM PDT

schemr wrote:
 


Glad to help. But if you want you should break it down and see how it
works. make some changed to it and see what happens. play around so you
wll have a firmer grasp on it. Good luck with that other stuff on your
desk! :-)

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Link tasks from multiple, detailed projects into a master project

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 05:28 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Mark Kyprianou" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Mark,
No. Unless the default setting was changed when the master was built
(Insert/Project), the subprojects will automatically be dynamically
linked to the master and vice versa. Updating tasks in either will be
reflected in the other.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

update a task to 100% for more than one resource

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 05:08 AM PDT

FOON --

If either one updates their assignment as 100%, I assume that this means the
task is complete. Therefore, you should use the following process:

1. Accept and update the task progress from PWA into the Microsoft Project
plan
2. Click OK and then click Collaborate - Publish - All Information
3. Select the task and click Window - Split
4. In the Task Form (bottom pane), right-click and select the Resource Work
details
5. Set the Remaining Work to 0 hours for the team member who did not report
6. Click OK
7. Click Window - Remove Split
8. Click Collaborate - Publish - All Information

Hope this helps.

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"FOON" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Subject: PWA page in Outlook is empty

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 02:01 AM PDT

I think it's PWA issue. PWA is part of Project. So that question about Project.
IMHO

"whatzzup" wrote:
 

Multi Projects

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 12:21 AM PDT

You have to have a common conversion rate otherwise 1d or 1w of work will be
mis-interpreted by everyone!

Every resource has their own calendar so every resource can work different
hours in any particular day. So, Sue can have her calendar edited to work a
7 day week for a particular week then have the following Monday and Tuesday
off. Or you can have machinery work 7*24.

The conversion rate has nothing to do with hours worked on a particular day.
It is purely how 1d and 1w is converted into working hours. Project uses the
calculated hours and the resource calendar to calculate the finish date and
time of a task.

So you want to schedule an all nighter? edit the calendar.

So you want to have a task done only on week ends? Create a baseline
calendar called Week Ends and in the Advanced tab of the task's Task
Information dialog select the Week End calendar.

project uses calendars to calculate dates and times for tasks. Conversion
rates are for converting days and weeks to hours and should be the same for
all projects so you can consolidate.
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"John Sitka" <com> wrote in message
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Linked Tasks

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 07:30 PM PDT

Task links are permissive, not obligatory. If I have a task that is linked
from a predecessor FS, where the finish of the predecessor is linked to the
start of the successor, what that is really saying is that the earliest that
the successor can start is when the predecessor has finished. But there are
many reasons why it might actually start LATER than that - resource isn't
available, parts haven't arrived, etc. If we have multiple predecessors
lkinked FS to a single successor, the succesor isn't allowed to start until
the latest finishing successor is done.

In the case of a SF link, the successor tasks is allowed to be declared
"finished" until all the precessors have started, meaning that the earliest
its scheduled finish can occur is when the last to start predecessor has
started.

You could try this. Create summary task and indent your 4 tasks under it.
Link the task you want to control as a successor to that summary task,
linked in a SF relationship so the start of the summary task is linked to
the finish of the successor you need to control. Now the controlled task
will be scheduled to finish when the earliest starting of you subtasks
begins. Usually it's not a good idea to link to and from summary tasks but
there are exceptions to every rule and this may be one of them. I think
you'll find that works.
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Steve House [MVP]
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Create formula that uses resource assignment units in Project?

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 03:35 PM PDT

Hi,

When there's only one resource you could use Work/Duration
HTH

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How can change the cell's color?

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 02:02 PM PDT

This is what I thought. Am I the only who thinks they should do something
about it?

Im back to using excel now

How do I make the line separators visible when printing?

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 09:16 AM PDT


Thanks, I should have mentioned that it was the "task list" portion of the
printout (left-side). I've since found out that it was a printer issue. I
switched to another (newer) printer and the lines come out fine. Our admin
mentioned that it could be a printer driver issue.

Thanks....

"DonL" wrote:
 

Parallel tasks in same project by same person

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 09:11 AM PDT

Thanks for your help.
Levelling fixed the problem!
Mark

"DonL" wrote:
 

Project .mpp files...

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 07:41 AM PDT

Yeah...I was afraid of that! Thanks for your quick response...
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Mark Byington, PMP


"JackD" wrote:
 

Resource callendar

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 07:26 AM PDT

Hey Shiv,
I thought about that but it is NOT what I want, since it doesn't count the
hours that it COULD do it's thing during the weekend.


Thanks
Ian

"Shiv" wrote:
 

lock gantt view

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 05:06 AM PDT

Hi again,

If you really don't know what I wa talking about this may be long..

1. You CANNOT read the properties of a view so you CANNOT detect whather it
has been altered or not.

2. Fortunately, you don't have to know that; you can reset it to the
original state by all means.

3. To be able to reset it to the state you want you have to define and save
that state. In other words, you have to store the View (which has all the
formatting in it) and the Table (which is the list of columns in teh left
side, width and Title)

4. Make a file (could be a copy of the life file) and define the view you
want.
Also set the columns you want to show.
In View, More Views, note the name of the View (probably Gantt Chart)
Note that you can rename it etcetera, try it.
Also look at the View Menu, Table:..... and note the name of the table.
Save this file (let's call it Viewfile)

5. When teh file you want to fix the view of comes along, open it together
with Viewfile and go to Tools, Organizer, Views; copy yiour standard view
from the Viewfile innto the target file
Same with Tools, Organizer, Tables.

Hope this helps,
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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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how do I put a project end date in project

Posted: 02 Aug 2005 12:25 AM PDT

Jan gave you one way. Another would be to use a finish milestone to show
the project's end, as Jan suggested. But instead of a MFO constraint, set a
deadline of your desired latest finish date on the milestone. When you
display slack times, such as in the Schedule table view, you'll see the
amount of time each task could theoretically be delayed without pushing the
milestone past your latest acceptable finsih while the milestone itself sits
on the date where your present schedule will cause it to fall. Project's
slack time calculations are identical whether you use constraints or
deadlines designate the latest aceptable finish date. But note, as Jan
said in neither case will Project spread out the tasks to fill the allotted
project length. If you want to do that it's going to be a manual process.

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MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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