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- Rescheduling unstarted tasks to today's date
- Applying a different calendar to a task.
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- how do i add resources
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- Two different calendars for one project
- How do I use calendar days instead of work days for duration?
- Manipulating data in Project 2000/2002 .mpp files
- How do I set up external dependencies in Project?
- How can I show Task Date and Time information
- How do I show % of where the task SHOULD be?
- Getting a Custom Field with a formula to left justify
- How do I export custom MS Project reports into Excel?
- import & update actuals
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- concurrent projects on the same calendar
- How do I sort by date and Time
- file number changes to ~1.MPP after routing
- How to create a 7-day work week?
- copying a full project plan into another programme
- Fields available in microsoft project
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- Start-to-Finish dependency between summary task & predecessor
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| 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 "Morten" <microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de news:com... after: today. date. as status been |
| 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> schreef in bericht news:phx.gbl... task's it box show same and to duration this |
| 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: |
| 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: |
| 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 "Allen H" <microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:com... a closed implementing |
| 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 news:com... |
| 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 news:com... |
| 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 news:com... |
| 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 |
| 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 news:com... |
| 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 news:com... |
| 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 news:com... |
| 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. |
| 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 news:%phx.gbl... |
| 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: |
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