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    - Printing a Gantt Chart as a .pdf, or .doc file How can I capture a picture of a Gantt chart so that I can e-mail it to individuals who don't have MSProject? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62198
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    - template Does anyone know of a Project template for a large event? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62188
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    - Can we arrange the sequence of tasks instead of inputting the start-end time. Can we arrange the sequence of tasks instead of inputting the start-end time? Our project is just a Nation Science Foundation project. So we can not know the end time of each task. but we know the sequence of each task. Can we arrange the sequence of tasks instead of inputting the start-end time? Thanks! Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62185
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    - What is use of SQLServer in MS Project Server Collaboration Environment What is use of SQLServer in MS Project Server Collaboration Environment? Is there any limitation in the size of the files that project team members upload for each task because we only have MS Project Server2003 + Project 2003+ SQLServer 2000(Standard version)? I am not sure whether the size of SQLServer 2000(Standard version) decides the size of the files that project team members upload for each task. I heard that the size of SQLServer 2000 (Standard version) is only 2GB? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62184
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    - How can I freeze allocation %? I posted a similar question before, but I still haven't solved this maddening problem. Frequently when I update my plan from project server the % allocation units change on their own. So even though I have painstakingly set up allocations showing how an individual should split his time, after the update, these allocations change. Isn't there some way to freeze the values I enter? None of my tasks are effort driven and they are all set to fixed units. quickly loosing it... Ben Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62183
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    - Problem displaying Images/Pictures: Red "X" in IE I have a computer that is acting strange, it is displaying "Submit Status Report" improperly. Three Red "X" are placed where the edit window boxes are. Therefore the user cannot write or edit Status Report. But every where else are working fine. I did the Q283807 and no luck at all. The step 1, I looked at the properties and the "Type" is showing "Unknown" The system does not have any firewall/proxy installed. One step I did not understand, the step 3 mentions Toggle Images.exe on the "Link" toolbar. I couldn't find it. The computer has Windows XP SP1 + IE 6 SP1 and all the Windows Updates installed. There is nothing to update. I have also tried to login as different user, same problem. Any idea/links/solutions are welcome. Thanks all. Johnny Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62182
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    - Microsoft Project 98 I am having trouble printing on 8 1/2 by 14 paper. My project is only coming out on 8 1/2 by 11. How can I adjust this to print out? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62180
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    - Creating a custom Report I am trying to create a report that shows a specific milestone for multiple projects. In other words - my schedule file is comprised of multiple small projects. However, there are several milestones that are common to all of the projects. What I want is to able to create a report that shows when each milestone (Ex. PDR) is going to occur. The only columns I am interested in having is the Task Name column, start & finish. This seems like it should be easy, but I am getting a lot of columns that I do not want. Also, I do have a filter so that my Gantt view will only display these milestones Thanks in advance Bill Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62176
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    - Using e-mail to notify resources of assigned tasks I don't have MS Project Server, nor can I post my project to the internet. I want to inform my resources (personnel) of assigned tasks via e-mail. I've successfully sent the e-mails, but they appear as .mtm attachments in Outlook. Is there a way to send the assignments so the recipient can show it as a task (and then be able to update % complete, etc.)? How do I do this? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62168
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    - Timeline Desire to show only 5 days, not 7 I am running a project during the week only, requiring no weekends. How do i take saturday and sunday off of the chart. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62158
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    - How not to show % assignment units Hi All: I don't want the % assignment units to show on my Gantt Chart and I don't know how to do this. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62156
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    - How not to show % assignment units Hi All: I don't want the % assignment units to show on my Gantt Chart and I don't know how to do this. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62155
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    - # jobs per task In Project Server, is there a maximum number of jobs you can assign per task in a project Thanks for any help Jessica Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62146
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    - project 2003 on Win98? I have a really old machine that's running Win 98 - I'd prefer to not upgrade the OS, but I'd like to buy MS Project, the current version of which appears to only support Win2K or XP. Does anyone know if it's possible to install and run Project 2003 on a Win98 machine? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62142
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    - Problems installing Project 2003 Purchased copy of project 2003. Insert CD, install begins. Error message "Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and is writable". Have no idea what that means. I haven't specified anything - it's on autorun and works fine on another machine. Online help beyond useless - apparently, on the drop down list, I've bought something that does't exist, and unless you can click on product names and enter product numbers - none of which it allowed me to do as I couldn't identify it - you end up in a somewhat circular and very frustrating loop. Any suggestions? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62134
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    - Overallocation problem Hello, I am entering tasksthen assign them to an individual. Forexample when the start dates of tasks are same. Ms project occupies same hour for two tasks. It puts 2 hour work for example 11:00 a.m. I do not understand how to solve it. Please help. Burcu Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62131
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    - Working Day Report For Individuals Hello, From change working time submenu, I put meeting times fýor individuals as non working times. I want to obtain working time reports for individuals. How can I do that? Cheers, Burcu Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62129
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    - Hello I am currently using bootvis to attempt to resolve an issue I have in XP. When boot, I am getting a delay of 93 seconds after I log in. Bootvis shows me that there are several processes initializing after login. How can I identify which of thwse processes are essential, since they do not appear in any startup program, such as Startup Cop, TweakXP Pro, or others. any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62127
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    - Combining Multiple Projects Hi All I am new to MS Project and I am using Project 2003. I have a question about combining multiple projects. Is it possible to have the tasks from each project (or subproject) shown in a different colour, or displayed with a prefix (e.g.:project 1 task name, project 2 task name) when viewed in calander mode? Thanks Robert Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62126
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    - project server Im trying to set up ms project pro 2002. It keeps asking about the path for the project server. I found that project server spooler but cant figure out if thats what I need. Does that allow me to share what project is showing? I also have an Intranet for the office that I would like to share these projects on. Last question, Is there a way to connect ms project to another database and have the other database update the time spent on a project? ODBC connectivity is what Im looking for here. Am I looking at the right software to do this? Brad Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62119
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    - MS Project 2002 I would like to know if MS Project 2002 is compliant with Office 2003? If there are any conflicts between the two? Thanks. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62115
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    - Actul Work / Work - changes duration Hi I've noted that if I go back to a task and try to change the hours MS Project provides a warning "The resource is assigned outside the original dates for task 1 ... blah blah in project. The duration of the fixed-duration task will change to accommodate the resource assigned." In my project MS Project assigns resource automatically. Therefore, if a fixed-duration task for a period of 1 day requires 16 hours MS Project will assign 2.0 / 200%. However, if I try to change the number of hours or if the actual working time is greater, MS Project plays with the duration rather than the resource allocation. I'm sure this is a standard issue, and I should like (Steve suggests in my previous post) know more about the resource on the project... But given the task is fixed-duration, I would have assumed the resource allocation would increase accordingly to ensure the completion date is not compromised. I'm doing something wrong (again)? TIA to all who replay - Vers Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62112
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    - Date Formulas First I appreciate all of the tips I have picked up here along the way...been a lurker for quite some time. Now the real deal, I'm trying to write a formula to generate a day calculation based on the finish date of a task and the start date of "task 1". Basically, imagine task one as being a contract award date in its finish field and I want all of the subsequent tasks to calculate their finish dates into the number of days since task ones finish...a "days after contract award" field basically Any help Thanks, Mike Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62111
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    - Recurring Tasks without a set pattern I am wanting to create a recurring task that does not have a set pattern, like Tuesday and Thursday one week then only Monday the next, Wednesday the next, etc. Is there a simple way of doing this without creating several tasks? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62107
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    - insert projects Can you insert "part of a project"? maybe by filtering Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62093
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    - Updating Actual Work Hi- I work in a software development company. We have a custom-developed software package (called BTR) to track enhancement requests/bugs for our software products. Our developers log the time they spent working on the enhancement requests/bugs into this custom system. We log out time in here because there are financial reports that this system generates for costing purposes. For each new release of our software, we take the list of enhancements/bugs from BTR and create an MS Project file to manage the project. Each enhancement/bug fix is a task in MS Project. Every week we run a report out of BTR to get the actual values worked on the different enhancements and hand update the actual work values in the Project file. There has got to be a better way. 1) Can MS Project import actual work values from a text file? 2) Can you access the Project database programmatically to add the actual work data? Also, if option 2 is the better method, can someone recommend some good resources on MS Project development? Thanks! Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62088
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    - Wrong Finish Dates? I'm running project 2000. I've got a resource that I have set up as 40% available (using Max Units on the resource sheet). I assign this resource to a 40 hr task. Project computes the finish date as if the resource was 100% available to the project. What am I doing wrong? I've tried levelling, but that doesn't seem to help. Thanks Pat Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62086
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    - Tutorial I recently upgraded from MS Project 2000. What happened to the self-paced tutorial? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62084
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    - Wrong work in summary tasks I have installed Project 2000 and I have the following problem: In summary tasks the calculation of the work does not consider the allocation of resources to the own task summarize (but, it does it for the calculation of the costs). Also, the calculation of working hours for the global of the project is erroneous (by excess, more of the double of the real one). I've installed the SP1 but the problem continues. Any idea? List of Sw: Windows XP Professional Office 2000 Project 2000 Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62083
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    - MS Project 2000 Flaw???? Ok, I am familiar with MS Project and all but I came across an interesting problem. I wish I could post a screen print on here to show the problem but since I can't I'll try to describe it. I like to keep my scedhules a flexable as possible so I try to keep all tasks as start as soon as possible and just link them. That way if I increase time for one task the entire schedule moves out. Now, I have run into a problem were I'll have to use a start on date on one task and the program does not move the rest of the tasks out like it should. I have the tasks linked but the dates do not change based on the previous task that is contrainted to start on a certain date. Has anyone else found this problem? Best Regards, Jason Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62078
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    - pjdbcomm.dll blocked Hello, I am attempting to setup MS Project Server 2003 with MS Project Pro 2003. I followed the configuration/installation for both Project and MS Portal Server 2003. Both are setup on a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. All seemed to go well, I can hit the Project Server web interface from a remote pc and perform admin tasks without errors, however when I try to connect to the server from project, I am getting the following error: The following file(s) have been blocked by the administrator: /isapi/pjdbcomm.dll I checked the file permissions and all users have read/read&execute on the file and full permissions on the isapi directory. I tried to search the help and could not find an error for this. Can anyone elaborate on this to tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you, Nathan Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62077
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    - duration display in real days Is there a way to display duration in real (elapsed) days but enter in working days? I am using project 98. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62071
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    - Project 2000 CD Hi, Just bought a copy of MS Project 2000 at an action, and it has the box and license but no CD. Where can I order the media only for this software and how much does it cost? based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Thanks, Leon Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62070
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    - beginner: difficulties with timeline I have entered all my tasks into Project 2000, entered my resources and allocated them to the tasks. I also set a few predecessors for those tasks that rely on others to be completed first. What I expected was that Project would start a new task "as soon as possible" without overallocating resources. But instead of doing that, all my resources are hopelessly overallocated. I didn't change the start-times or end-times, all I changed was the duration of each task. Any idea where I'm going wrong? Thanks for your help. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62063
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    - Dependencies between different projects I am trying to create dependencies between differnet projects. This seems to work fine if the projects exist within the same folder. However, if a project exists within a different folder, I cannot seem to get it to work. Any ideas? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62061
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    - actual hours appearing on weekend days Hi all Running Project Pro 2002, Project server and PWA I have accepted the standard working calendar of Mon - Fri, but have made slight modifications to the hours as we work 9 - 5.30. My chaps are entering their hours via PWA. I have requested that they enter their hours weekly. For some reason now the actual hours they report are appearing on weekend days, I checked with the chaps who told me that some of their actual hours were more than the estimated hours, so that may be the reason. Whatever the reason is, is there a way to stop the hours appearing on the weekend? Many thanks lynne Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62059
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    - Findnext problem Hello, I want to find start dates=23/02/2004.However Ms Project finds only one of them and ignores others. Why? why? why? Burcu Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62055
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    - Date format Hello, I want to change format of dates form Fri 20.02.04 to 20/02/2004 in start field etc. Can you help me? Thanks Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62050
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    - Table Relationships I'm planning to develop a set of custom reports using MS Project data exported to an MS Access database. Can anyone tell me where I can find a database diagram that defines the table relationships in MS Project 2002? Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62048
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    - task completion Using P2003 & PWA I am using hours logged per day on a task. As soon as the schedule (hours) equal the (actual hours) then tasks are considered completed and gets a tick next to the item. Is there any way that I can prevent the completion taking place eg. for a monthly job catcher project. This task is amongs others that do have determined hours tasks. I put another custom column in to indicate a percentage of the work complete to indicate to me when the task is complete but are there any other ways? Any help would be much appreciated Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62047
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    - Hyperlink usage Using Project 2003 & PWA Is it possible to use the hyperlink without Sharepoint installed ? When I hyperlink a doc the link is displayed the normal underscored way but clicking on it and nothing happens. Any ideas ? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62045
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    - Older file version, need conversion utility Hi, I'm using project 2000, and I've got a file (filename.mpp) an when I try to open it, it says: files prior to project 98 are not able to be opened. Is there a utility out there that will convert it for me? Regards Matt Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62044
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    - Resource Allocation - Main or Sub Tasks Hi All, I am new to MS Project and want to ensure when I set up my project it provides the maximum scheduling / budgeting / reporting flexibility to meet with the changing demands of the project I have a theoretical question about the most flexible method to assign resource. I understand the resource can be assigned as follows: ID Task Duration Resource 1 Create Post 5 Person 1 [1.0], Person 2 [3.0], Person 3 [1.0] The same scenario can be represented as main / sub-tasks: ID Task Duration Resource 1 Create Post 5 1.1 Create Post 1 Person 1[1.0] 1.2 Create Post 3 Person 2[3.0] 1.3 Create Post 1 Person 3[1.0] Can someone please describe / clarify the pro's & con's of both methods and what impact (if any) both methods have on scheduling / budgeting / reporting? When is it best to use one against the other - does it really matter or is it personal preference? I'd appreciate any insights from the NG. Thank in advance - Vers Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62041
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    - task duration = 15 min Hi, Active in the meeting industry, I am confronted with projects that are very intense over a few days. Intense is , that I need to make tasks duration of only 15 min. This is possible but inserting a task with minutes as a nessecary duration is not easy/ MS projects (at least in its stantards settings) is not flexible for this. Does anybody use MS project for this purpose (tasks with minutes as duration)? Is the user interface extentable with minutes as timeline? any help is welcome paul Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62040
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    - Linking with Lotus notes Hi, I am looking for some help in linking project with lotus notes. I am using MSP2002 and Lotus notes R5 and my OS is Win2K professional edition. I cannot access the lotus notes address book through tools\workgroup\assign task option Can anyone help me with this. Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62034
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    - Baseline I'm a Project 2002 user, I did a plan for this year, when I add the actual work hours on the Task Usage View, I have a problem of changing finish date field for the same row. Is there any setting there to stop this changing and can I copy the baseline finish date column to finish date column. Regards,,, Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62029
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    - Microsoft Pro 2002 Client against Project Server2003 Hi, we are trying to configure for a customer a mixed environment with Project Pro 2002 on the client side and Project Server 2003 on the server side. After installing and having changed the Global Permission to allow connection from Project 2002 we are trying to configure the clients, when we connect from Project Pro to Project Server we get the following message: Cannot connect to Project Server. Project server was unable to Microsoft Project Server was unable to process the specified enterprise resource. Can anyone help with suggestions? Thanks in advance Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62026
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    - % Complete Here is my work sheet: ID Resource Name Units Work Baseline Act.Work Rem.Work 1 Proj Mgmt 0.25 8h 4h 0h 8h 2 Prog Mgmt 0.63 21h 15h 0h 21h 1) Populated the tasks in the resource work window below the gantt chart (split screen) 2) Updated the tasks in the tasks usage to show an increase from the baseline and to ensure durations did not change (as per previous post) Question: 3) Rem. Work (does this "remaining work") in the resource work view is still 8h / 21h respectively. How or where do I input the actual physical hours done. When I inputed the data in the Task Usage I assumed this is what I was doing - but as there are still Rem. Work I must be incorrect. I have a feeling I am getting confused what screens are executing which task. Having updated the Task Usage sheet with over-runs (more hrs than scheduled) I expected to see the '% Complete' bar activated on the Gantt Chart. I am assuming the Task Usage is another plan of task as opposed to the executed time on tasks. Thanks in advance to all whom respond. Smiles - Vers Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62019
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    - Actual work altering task durations Hi All, When I populate the actual work complete there will be ocassions when it is greater than the baseline causing a variance (over budget). The work column increase to reflect the actual data [I understand this]. However, I do understand why the above would alter the duration / period of the task from 5 days to 5.35 days especially as I have chosen the task type is 'fixed duration'. In one scenario, I have a task requiring two departments, each consumes 40 hrs across a period of 5 days. Project automatically populates the resource requirement (this is fine as I do not know the max resource in the department). I have tried checking / unchecking the effort driven option when testing but it makes no difference. I would appreciate any assist or guidance on this matter. TIA - Vers Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62014
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    - Basic Time Tracking for Software Dev. Projects Microsoft Project is driving me crazy - please help. I would like to setup MS Project for tracking time for our Software Development Projects. This is what I want: - I want to assign tasks to developers - I want them to know which tasks are assigned to them. - I want to estimate the time for each task and set this estimate in stone. - I want the developers to track their time on each task on a daily basis. For example, on monday, they worked on TaskA, 4 hours. Task B, 4 hours. - I want them to tell me when they are done with a particular task. - I want to see that they worked MORE or LESS than the original estimate. - I want to print a report at the end of each week that shows: All of our active projects Who worked on these projects How many hours they worked on these projects on SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT THAT'S IT!!! How do I do this!? Here is what I tried: We have a Project Server, Sharepoint, etc. I open up the MS Project Fat Client and I follow the very nice wizard. I create a project, tasks, assign resources from the server, etc. I have time tracking set to: "Hours of work done per day or per week" The tasks I create are effort driven. I set the duration for "4 days". I assign myself as the resources for the tasks. I create a baseline. I publish everything to Project Server. I go to Project Web Access. I click on "Tasks" to see the Timesheet view. I see that I can edit the "Remaining Work" field and the "Actual work" for each day. Everything is very, very confusing from here. Project Web Access automatically "checks off" the task as complete when the developer exceeds the time estimate. Sometimes Project automatically adjusts the "Work" field. All of a suddent the Fat Client pops up and shows some information that makes no sense... I want to make this as simple as possible. I want to remove unecessary, confusing fields and features. BOTTOM LINE: What are the settings I need? On the fat client: - What columns should I show on the "Gant Chart" View? - What columns should I show on the "Task usage" View? - What columns should I show on the "Tracking Gantt" View? On Project Web Access: - What columns should I show on the "Timesheet" View? - What columns should I show on the "Gantt Chart" View? - What columns should I show on the "Updates" View? - What columns should I show on the "Project Center" Is there a set of Views I can just download and install? This application is crazy. We are a standard software development shop. Why is this so difficult? Tag: Filtering Tasks Tag: 62012

I was just curious if there was a way to filter based
solely on the Task ID number, so that I could pick
arbitrary tasks throughout the project to show to
someone. I would appreciate any insight you might have.

Thanks,
Rachael

Re: Filtering Tasks by John

John
Tue Feb 24 17:25:39 CST 2004

Yes but it's awkward.

Project | filtered for | More Filters and click on the New button.

Create a bunch of lines with And/Or set to :or"; field name set to "ID",
test set to "equals" and Values set to "enter ID"? -- note: in this last
item, you must include the quotes and you must include the question mark.

If you have 5 entries in your filter you must make 5 entries when you run
the filter.

(Surely there MUST be a more logical way for you to select the tasks you
want to display?)

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:46:32 -0800, Rachael
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I was just curious if there was a way to filter based
> solely on the Task ID number, so that I could pick
> arbitrary tasks throughout the project to show to
> someone. I would appreciate any insight you might have.
>
> Thanks,
> Rachael

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Re: Filtering Tasks by John

John
Tue Feb 24 20:25:42 CST 2004

Racheal,
John's method will certainly work but as he noted it is very
inefficient. Here is a better suggestion. Insert a column for a spare
flag field (e.g. Flag1) in the view you are using. Put a "yes" on those
tasks that you want to show. Then simply filter on the flag field. You
can create several variations at once by using different flag fields.

John