rfreschner
Wed Jun 13 10:11:07 CDT 2007
Thanks Steve and Jan -- I think I've got it now.
Rick
"Steve House" wrote:
> Absolutely correct - if a "standard day" (think "ship's standard day" from
> StartTrek <grin>) is defined as 6 working hours, someone who puts in 8 hours
> on a given day of the week working 8am to 5pm will have worked 1.33 working
> days during that single day. Project tracks duration in minutes to the
> nearest 10th. It allows you to use units of day, week, month, etc only as a
> matter of your convenience but "day" doesn't mean a period from a sunrise to
> a sunset, it always means a single specific count of minutes, fixed at the
> project level.
> --
> Steve House [Project MVP]
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> "rfreschner" <rfreschner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1218B331-8626-41D2-AF33-E7376E32A41B@microsoft.com...
> > Jan - If I understand you correctly, when my default day is 6 hours then
> > the
> > duration will be set using this figure for all resources no matter what
> > their
> > individual calendar might say. In my example, an 8 hour employee will
> > show a
> > duration of 1.33 days for 8 hours instead of 1 day, but the Start and
> > Finish
> > dates will reflect the fact that the resource is working the 8 hours. Is
> > that right?
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> There can only be one definition of "a day".
> >> You can set it in Tools,, Options, Calendar.
> >> Whatever individual calendars you use will only define when the work
> >> (which
> >> Projet internally keeps as minutes) will be scheduled.
> >> But if you want to display durations and work as days, there is only one
> >> definition possible, sorry.
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jan De Messemaeker
> >> Microsoft Project MVP
> >>
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> >> "rfreschner" <rfreschner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1A678476-D472-4FCD-A7A3-F1F36519DCE6@microsoft.com...
> >> > That doesn't seem to help. I set up the resources based on an 8 hour a
> >> > day
> >> > calendar (8:00 to 12:00, 1:00 to 5:00) and if I go into Change Working
> >> > Time
> >> > and select the individual resource calendar it shows 8 hours with no
> >> > effect
> >> > on the duration.
> >> >
> >> > It appears that it doesn't matter what I put in the individual
> >> > calendars
> >> > if
> >> > the projects default working day is 6 hours.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the reply though.
> >> >
> >> > Rick
> >> >
> >> > "Crook" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> You could set up your consultants with individual resource calendars.
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH,
> >> >> Crook
> >> >>
> >> >> "rfreschner" <rfreschner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:B0D5CE96-3725-4802-A5FB-03DC91557D92@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I've set the default calendar in my Project 2007 project to a 6 hour
> >> >> > day
> >> >> > for
> >> >> > internal resources and when I enter 6 hours, duration equals 1 day.
> >> >> > I've
> >> >> > added another calendar for Consultant resources that I've set
> >> >> > working
> >> >> > times
> >> >> > to 8 hour days. How do I get the duration to equal 1 day for these
> >> >> > resources
> >> >> > when I enter 8 hours - right now it continues to use the 6 hour day.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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