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Non-Standard calendars in a consolidated plan Microsoft Project

Non-Standard calendars in a consolidated plan

Posted: 02 Sep 2005 06:28 AM PDT

Gerard,
You're right. That was the first thing I looked at. The PM for the
original project I noticed the problem with had updated the standard calendar
so I asked him to re-name it. Unfortunately, it still had the same problem.
I think the issue is because the individual tasks have a calendar of None and
default to the project calendar. Therefore in the standalone, everything
works as expected, but in the consolidated one, the dates are adjusted.
Unless there is some setting I'm overlooking in the Project options.

Dale

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

Tracking tasks with multiple recources

Posted: 02 Sep 2005 03:14 AM PDT

If it is not possible to track such detail, then perhaps you should consider
whether or not it makes sense to plan at that level of detail.
--
Reid McTaggart
EPM Architect
Microsoft


"Shurick" wrote:
 

Published version in project web access

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 10:13 PM PDT

karthick --

The Published version of a project is the "working copy" of the project.
Your Project Server administrator can set up the capability for you to save
additional Versions. For example, in the sample database that ships with
Project Server 2003, there is an alternate Version type called Target, that
contains the original version of the project before work began on it. The
Published version of any project is the only Version you can actually
publish. Hope this helps.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
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"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"karthick" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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About OLAP cube in project web access

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 10:06 PM PDT

Siva --

Please do not cross-post your questions, as we read all of the
Project-related newsgroups. I already answered your question in the Project
Server newsgroup.

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Dale A. Howard [MVP]
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"siva-pmo" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I test in VB if a task is visible?

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 03:38 PM PDT


Hi gcwynne ,

Next time, try posting on the developer newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24.
Project Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project
information can be seen at this web address:
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


gcwynne wrote: 

project expired trial

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 02:02 PM PDT

Hi Steve,

You are most welcome and thanks for the feedback. Glad to know the registry
edit worked to solve the problem in 2003.

Julie

"Steve" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Expected vs. Actual Start and Finish Dates

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 01:40 PM PDT

Go to tools menu / tracking / save baseline.
The baseline then is your planned start and finish.
In Project 2003 you can save 11 different baselines so you can have one for
the initial plan and use some of the others to make week to week
comparisons.


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How do I get filters to work in a custom macro in Project 2003?

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 11:49 AM PDT

The AutoFilter button will not work with VBA. You will need to create a
custom filter to show the data you want, then use THAT filter in your
VBA module.

Sarah K

Sorting A-Z at theTask level - Can you do it, how ??

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 11:10 AM PDT

Sailman,

If you go into Project => Sort and then select Sort By and then select
Name that should do what you are requesting. Be careful to note
whether the "Permanently Renumber Tasks" is checked in the lower left
hand corner of the dialog box.

Good luck!

--dwolf

Allocating work hours to resources

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 08:29 AM PDT

Steve,

Thanks for all your help today! I appreciate it.

Howard

"Steve House [Project MVP]" wrote:
 

Help define overflow tasks for me

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 08:16 AM PDT

Hi Pete,

The overflow tasks on the printed copy of the Calendar view are just tasks
that won't fit on the printed page. About 3-4 tasks per day is all that
will fit.

You may be able to squeeze a few more tasks on the printed page by modifying
margins or changing the formatting of the bars to lines to Format>Bar
Styles.

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

Julie


"Pete" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Filter with large number of criteria

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 07:42 AM PDT

If you can get the originator to send you the file, then you should be able
to get them to tag a few tasks.
If they won't do it, then tell them to send you the file, flag the tasks and
send it back.
Try harder.

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Excel link

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 06:53 AM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

Robert,
Well, no and yes. I've never tried to use a conditional in conjunction
with a link so I'm not real clear on how you are doing it but the bottom
line is that time is always a part of any date - and it has to be - even
in Excel. The difference you are experiencing is probably in the fact
that Project dates are normally expressed as working time wherein a
"day" starts at 8:00 am and ends at 5:00 pm. In Excel days start at
12:00 midnight and run until 11:59 pm (i.e. 24 hour day).

Depending on how the conditional is structured the time part of the date
could be truncated (e.g. use the "Mid" function) or adjusted for
compatibility (i.e. translate 8:00 to 12:00).

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

About any softwares

Posted: 01 Sep 2005 02:31 AM PDT

karthick --

This means you are saving the project as an .mpp file. You should not save
your enterprise projects as .mpp files under normal circumstances. Instead,
you should save them in the Project Server database. Why are you saving the
project as an .mpp file?

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"karthick" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Resource Match for Generic Resource

Posted: 31 Aug 2005 11:28 PM PDT

Thanks Dale.

Adam

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Help with filters

Posted: 31 Aug 2005 03:19 PM PDT

Use count to see if there are no successor tasks

if mytask.successortasks.count = 0 then
msgbox "No successors"
end if

Indexes are not 0 based so the first successor would be:

successors(1)

You would do something like this

dim sucParent as task
set sucParent = successors(1).Parent

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Maximum number of tasks per project plan

Posted: 31 Aug 2005 01:27 PM PDT

According to the project help it is 1 million, though I'd think your
computer would start getting a bit slow unless you had a lot of memory.
Updating that number of tasks would be a busy job...

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"E. Coultas" <E. microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Added Labor Day holiday to calendar and work is still showing as s

Posted: 31 Aug 2005 07:47 AM PDT

Is recalculate set to "automatlc?" (Tools, Options, Calculation) Which
calendar did you post the holiday in and are you sure it's the one governing
to tasks in question? Are you sure work is still scheduled on the holiday
or is it just that the Gantt bars are crossing over it? ( If I have a task
that starts on Thursday and ends the following Tuesday, its bar will cross
the weekend even though there's no work taking place on Sat or Sun.) When
you entered task durations, did you use elapsed time - ie, the duration is
"2ed" instead of "2d"? Elapsed time ignores working time and non-working
time distinctions.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"Paul" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Calendar changes not reflected in Task Finish dates

Posted: 31 Aug 2005 06:31 AM PDT


Hi Paul,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Also, you might like to see FAQ Item: 5. Default Working Hours

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
Paul wrote: 

Limitations in MS Project 2003?

Posted: 31 Aug 2005 05:55 AM PDT

Another way to deal with the pred/successor limit is to use the "Unique ID
Predecessors" and "Unique ID Successors" fields.
The text should be shorter.

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Who Does What report sort?

Posted: 30 Aug 2005 11:39 PM PDT

Hi George,

You're welcome for the reply. See if these additional thoughts help:

When you sort the Who Does What report by Start, it sorts by the *resource*
line - in other words when a resource begins their first task. (Look at the
line with the resources name and see the Start for the resource.) If you
look at the report sorted by date I agree, it would be nice to see the
assignments (indented underneath the resource's names) from earliest start
date to latest.

The workaround that I use because of the problem with the Who Does What
report is to create a new table (I call it the Who Does What table) based
upon the Usage Table applied to the Resource Sheet. I add Assignment Units,
Assignment Delay, Start, and Finish to the existing Usage table. I then
drag the split far right to hide the timescaled portion of the Resource
Usage view and print the view. It then shows data similar to the Who Does
What report but the assignments are sorted correctly.

As far as creating a non-project file with the data from the table, I export
(File> Save As) to Excel and base the export on the Who Does What table
adding the Assignment field to the export map. Once in Excel, the
spreadsheet requires some formatting but using the Assignment column to
filter for only assignments (field equals "Yes"), the formatting is quick.

The export could be automated using VBA, but my VBA skills are not quite
there yet ;-).

The other option (as noted in FAQ #16 at www.mvps.org/project) is to print
to a PDF file using an Adobe-like product.

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

Julie


"G Lykos" <com> wrote in message
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New hard drive; install

Posted: 30 Aug 2005 10:52 PM PDT

It depends on why your computer is down. If it's because the drive has
failed, there may be no way to recover your files, at least not without
calling upon a (usually expensive) data recovery service. If the drive is
ok and you're getting the new disk just to get more storage room, installing
the OS (assuming you have a CD for the proper version, not an upgrade
version) is not a difficult task. If fact, you might not even need the
installation CD as some drive manufacturers include utility software that
can copy everything over to the new drive and make it bootable. Afterwards
you can simply copy your data files over to the new disk. But all your
programs will probably have to be reinstalled from scratch, not merely
copied. Another alternative that I'd consider, but again it will only work
if your original drive is okay, is to add your new disk as a second drive
while leaving the first one in place. Assuming you have the drive bays to
house them, most motherboard's hard-drive controllers will accomodate up to
4 physical drives. Copy your data files over to the new drive but leave the
OS and your programs on the original as the boot drive. Just did that a few
weeks ago on my own PC in fact. Couldn't resist the bargain sale price Best
Buy had on 200 gig drives so I grabbed up one and added it to my computer in
addition to its existing 500 gig RAID array just to use for audio/video
project working storage.
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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"Granny" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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MS Project Overallocated Resources Report

Posted: 30 Aug 2005 12:59 PM PDT

Hi Jerryinnc,

Glad to hear the suggestion worked and thanks for the feedback.

In the past I have used the "Using Project xx" books from Que publishers and
found them to be pretty good. You may also want to check out Mike Glen's
(Project MVP) site at:

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23

Good luck and post again if we can assist.

Julie


"Jerryinnc" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Globally change task type

Posted: 30 Aug 2005 11:57 AM PDT

Hi Chris,

In addition to Jack and Brian's suggestions you can change the default to
all *new* tasks added to a project in Tools>Options, Schedule tab and change
the default task type. If you change the option before adding tasks to the
project file, all tasks will have the newly set default.

Hope this helps.
Julie

"Chris" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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actual work showing up on dates in the future from the status date

Posted: 30 Aug 2005 11:48 AM PDT

As Jan said, Project doesn't know anything about the status date or current
date when updating work on a task. I create a project with a start date of
30 Aug. I enter a task with 5 days duration and assign Fred to it. Now
today, 6pm on 31 Aug, I enter that 24 hours of work has been done and set
the remaining work is 8 hours. Project happily enters work as being done
through tomorrow, 1 September, with 1 day remaining and it sets the task as
being 75% complete. It doesn't know that as of the time of my updates 01
Sept is still in the future - I told it 24 hours of work has been done
starting 30 Aug and that's what it recorded, it's up to me to insure I'm
giving it accurate information.


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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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