Gantt Chart data question

I have a MS Project 2003 file whose Gantt Chart shows the name of the
resource and the % of time that resource will work on a task. It looks
great. However, I would like the gantt chart to show the number of hours the
resource will work on that task instead of the precent of time assigned. I
dont see an option for that in the Gantt Chart Wizard. Is there a way to
make it happen?

Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.

ConTed
Thu Aug 09 08:44:03 CDT 2007

On Aug 9, 8:24 am, john mcmichael
<johnmcmich...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have a MS Project 2003 file whose Gantt Chart shows the name of the
> resource and the % of time that resource will work on a task. It looks
> great. However, I would like the gantt chart to show the number of hours the
> resource will work on that task instead of the precent of time assigned. I
> dont see an option for that in the Gantt Chart Wizard. Is there a way to
> make it happen?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.

Have you tried the Format tab off of the main menu? Select Bar Style
from the selections, then select a bar style and modify its text.

You could select duraton or remaining duration, that is your decision,
if the informaton is available you should be able to show it on your
Gantt Chart.

Ted Ploszaj

Gérard
Thu Aug 09 08:48:59 CDT 2007

Hello John,

Format / Bar Styles...
Select a task symbol : red or blue.
Click the text tab
Right : chnage the Resource name by the Work...

Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret

"john mcmichael" <johnmcmichael@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
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>I have a MS Project 2003 file whose Gantt Chart shows the name of the
> resource and the % of time that resource will work on a task. It looks
> great. However, I would like the gantt chart to show the number of hours
> the
> resource will work on that task instead of the precent of time assigned.
> I
> dont see an option for that in the Gantt Chart Wizard. Is there a way to
> make it happen?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.

Trevor
Thu Aug 09 08:45:15 CDT 2007

You can easily show the Work associated with each Task on the end of the bar
by changing the bar style (Format, Bar Styles).
However, you cannot (easily) show the Work of each Resource if you have more
than one Resource assigned to a Task.
This is sensible because the bars are essentially about the Tasks, not the
Resources or the Assignments.

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"john mcmichael" <johnmcmichael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EDD82EB9-C5B1-4F0A-BDE6-22D81F1C031F@microsoft.com...
>I have a MS Project 2003 file whose Gantt Chart shows the name of the
> resource and the % of time that resource will work on a task. It looks
> great. However, I would like the gantt chart to show the number of hours
> the
> resource will work on that task instead of the precent of time assigned.
> I
> dont see an option for that in the Gantt Chart Wizard. Is there a way to
> make it happen?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.

Mike
Thu Aug 09 08:56:42 CDT 2007

Hi John,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

The % you see is the % of the resource that is allocated, not the time
he/she will work on it. 200% means 2 people, 100% is one (and being the
default, is not shown) and 50% means a person only works half time, etc. If
you want Work to show, try Format/Bar Styles... and select the Text tab.
Select where you want the data to show and from the drop-down arrow select
Work from the pick list.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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"john mcmichael" <johnmcmichael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EDD82EB9-C5B1-4F0A-BDE6-22D81F1C031F@microsoft.com...
>I have a MS Project 2003 file whose Gantt Chart shows the name of the
> resource and the % of time that resource will work on a task. It looks
> great. However, I would like the gantt chart to show the number of hours
> the
> resource will work on that task instead of the precent of time assigned.
> I
> dont see an option for that in the Gantt Chart Wizard. Is there a way to
> make it happen?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help and have a great day.