Jan
Fri Nov 18 10:47:14 CST 2005
Hi,
Not really. Read the mail I also sent directly after looking at your file:
Hi Schalk,
Sorry to have kept you waiting... I have some very demanding customers these
days
Had you been clear I could have set you straight from the start.
Why did you write 'I didn't care about start and finsh dates' when that's
exactly what you have been doing?
On summary task 4, most tasks start 7/11 and you FORCE task 28
Develop and set up the thematic maps in Autodesk MapGuide
to not finish before 27/3/06
So the summary task, which by definition starts with the first tasks and
ends with the finish of the latest one, will automatically stretch from
7/11/5 till 27/3/06, and that is 100 working days.
Duration runs from start to finish of the summary task and is absolutely not
(necessarily) the sum of the tasks' durations.
Hope this helps,
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
+32-495-300 620
"Schalk" <Schalk@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:0E71863A-6950-4BDA-854A-672A6C8C24CB@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jan, thanks for the help i think i solved the problem, it looks like
it
> has something to do with the settings of the time sceduling, i set the
work
> and duration to days, if i change the work time to hours and take off the
> predesessors everything work out.thanks for the help.
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
>
> > That indeed sounds like a very different problem!
> > It's not something I recognize.
> > Would you send the file to
> > jandemesATprom-adeDOTbe
> > replacing AT and DOT by the appropriate signs?
> > I shall look at it and come back ASAP.
> >
> > --
> > Jan De Messemaeker
> > Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> >
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
> > +32-495-300 620
> > "Schalk" <Schalk@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:2F1ABA59-39C4-4E2F-8CAB-92BE161C6B30@microsoft.com...
> > > I don't think i explained my question correctly, my task is populated
with
> > > 100 days but the sub task is only 11 days, i dont know where the other
89
> > > days are coming from, even if i delete the task and create a new task
it
> > is
> > > still populated with the 100 days. Only when i go past 100 days the
> > duration
> > > starts to update, it does not happen with all the tasks. I have 5 big
> > tasks
> > > with alot of subtasks and subtasks for those tasks and only three
tasks
> > are
> > > giving me the problem.
> > >
> > > "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Schalk,
> > > >
> > > > There is absolutely no need to clear all durations, when necessary
they
> > will
> > > > be recalculated when you will manipulate Work and Resource Units
(i.e.
> > how
> > > > many of one resource will be assigned to a task).
> > > > And there will always be a duration, the default being one day; it
can
> > be
> > > > zero but then the task will be considered a milestone, and all your
> > tasks
> > > > can't be milestones, can they?
> > > >
> > > > And I like your comment about not worrying about start and end
dates,
> > indeed
> > > > you shouldn't, Project will calculate them for you, that is the
purpose
> > of
> > > > the SW.
> > > > HTH
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Jan De Messemaeker
> > > > Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> > > >
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
> > > > +32-495-300 620
> > > > "Schalk" <Schalk@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > > > news:D1C06642-22CE-43AB-B2A4-03C682A1D13F@microsoft.com...
> > > > > I am just learning how to use ms project, I have a big project and
I
> > first
> > > > > listed all the task names and didn't worry about the start and
finish
> > > > dates.
> > > > > Then I put in all the durations .Today I found out about the
recourse
> > > > > management and I cleared all the duration fields now my sub tasks
are
> > zero
> > > > > but my tasks are still populated with days how do I clear the
tasks
> > > > duration?
> > > > > I am using ms project professional 2003.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >