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    - Minor Columns in MSP2003? How do I set Minor Columns in MSP2003 as in 2000 under Gridlines? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93779
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    - Earned Values caluclated and displayed later than the Status Date It is my understanding that earned-value calculations only apply upto the specified Status Date. My problem is that I have earned-values being calculated and displayed on a tasks (which have %0 completed work) that start AFTER the Status Date. This eventually causes problems because as work is actually completed on such tasks the earned-value numbers are incorrect because they include the values that were prematurely calculated. Has anyone observed similar behaviour ? Is there some MS-Project setting I'm overlooking that enforces earned-value calculation being cutoff at the Status Date ? -- Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93774
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    - Hyperlinks warnings Hello, I created a hyperlink from a cell in Excel to a Fixed cost of Project. When I click the Hyperlink symbol, the system display a warning: "Hyperlinks can damage your computer. To protect your computer, open only hyperlinks from reliable sources". How can I get rid of this message? Thanks Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93770
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    - Predecessors I am new to project and have been told that each task must have predecessors, and successors. With the exception of the first and last tasks in a project. If they don't project will not be able to calculate the end date of a project. I am just wondering if this is god or bogus information. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93756
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    - SET UO 6:00PM TO 6:00AM 12 HOUR NIGHT SHIFT CALENDER IN MS PROJECT I wish to setup two resource calenders; one for a 12 hour day shift and one for a 12 hour night shift. The site works 24/7 and resources work 12 hours per day, 6:00 to 6:00, 14 days on 7 day off. This is very typical for mining in Western Australia where staff fly in fly out. the problem is entering a shift that starts at 06:00PM on one day and finishes at 06:00AM the next day. MS Project informs that the finish time must be later then the start time. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93751
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    - What does "eday" stand for in MS Project 2003 In the Detail Gantt and Leveling Gantt views in MS Project 2003 there is a Leveling field. The units are edays. I'm wondering what an eday is. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93748
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    - Newbie question I'm looking at buying some project management software. I'm having trouble finding information about MS Project 2003 that says very much about its functionality: PERT? GANTT? CPM? etc Any pointers to such information will be greatly appreciated. Bill Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93747
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    - combine file information I'm using Project Professional 2003. Is it possible to link the information of two or more separate files. For example, Project 1 and Project 2. One manager on each. I want to know if something changes in schedule on Project 1 and the manager allots time differently, can this automatically be updated in Project 2? thanks Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93745
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    - Print calendar View - large size I have a project plan which spans 12 months. I would like to print the Calendar View on a large poster size paper. Problem is that Calendar View only allows 2 months per page... I would like to have 12 months per page. Has anyone printed such planners from MS Project or any other application? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93741
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    - PRINTING OUT TABLE ONE EACH SHEET I am using Project 2000. Is there a way to have my Table on the left with my Tasks print out with each sheet when printing my Gnatt chart? I want to show this table of tasks on each page when I print mutiple paged projects. Thanks Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93738
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    - Project 2000 and 2003 users using same MPP All - Looking for anyone with information regarding compatabilties between 2000 and 2003. We have project files built using 2000. Multiple Project Managers (PM) apply updates to the same project files. Some PM have been upgraded to XP w/ MSP 2003 and some are still on MSP 2000. When a PM using MSP 2000 saves a project file after a PM using MSP 2003 has saved it, a warning box appears stating saving the 2003 file back to 2000 may lose some data. Anyone know if any data actually will be lost or is it just a disclaimer? Thanks! Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93736
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    - Linking Tasks in Project 98 I've just started using Project 98 at work but previously used an earlier version many moons ago (think it was Project 4). Becasue my dependency lines used to make the charts rather cluttered I remember making use of a link edit facility so that milestones were driven by tasks but without a link line being present (I think the facility was designed for external links). I tried to do this recently on 98 but couldn't figure out how to do it. I know you can format the dependencies to remove the lines but this removes all of them. Any ideas how the link edit facility works in 98? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93733
  - 13
    - adding formula Hello Dear, I am trying to add two formulas in one column and I am getting an error. If I have the fisrt part of the formula in tha same column it works ProjDateSub(Finish1,2320) OR ProjDateSub(Start10,1440) Plesae advise Thank you Majid Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93730
  - 14
    - SQL Server 2005 and Project Server 2003 Hello All, I've been attempting to get Project Server 2003 to run on SQL Server 2005. After testing the scripts that create the database and finding some postings here on the newsgroups, I've put together the steps on installing Project Server 2003 on SQL Server 2005. Please remember, this is not supported by Microsoft yet and I have not yet been able to test all the functionality, so consider it a way to test the environment, rather than put it into production. You can access what information I have now at the MPA Blog here: http://blogs.lv0.net/mpatest/archive/2005/11/18/182.aspx -Bill -- William Raymond, MVP Program Planning Professionals (Pcubed) projectnation@hotmail.com BLOG: http://blogs.lv0.net/MPATest Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93728
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    - How do I make summary tasks visible in calendar view? I am trying to make summary tasks visible when in calendar view, but am not able to. Any suggestions? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93726
  - 16
    - Symbol for illustrating indented tasks was a + with a box around i I use MS Project 2003. The symbol for illustrating that there are indented tasks used to be a + sign with a box around it. Now it is simply a + sign with now box around it. When I click on the + sign, the subtasks are displayed, but instead of a - sign with a box around it, simply a - sign is displayed. Restore the outline symbols back to a + with a box around it and a - sign with a box around it? Thanks in advance for your help. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93720
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    - Gantt Chart Positoning I am using ole automation to create an MS Project chart. Just before I auto save the project I send the Project Start Date. This however dose not reposition the gant chart to bring the task bars into focus. If I manually type in the Project Start date the bars will move into focus. What is an OLE command I could use to get this to happen in autmation. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93717
  - 18
    - Multiple Milestones on one Gantt line WITHOUT creating a seperate All of the messages that I found, pertaining to were very helpful. I was just wondering if we could put multiple project milestones on one task line, WITHOUT creating subtasks? If not, is there a way to hide the "expand" icon? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93710
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    - Tracking Tasks that can be Completed Out of Order My question pertains to tracking schedules for tasks that can be worked on out of order. Hereâ??s the setup: A person has several tasks assigned to him, all which must be completed by the end of the project. I link them together in this order: A->B->C. Due to the nature of the work, he might work first on task A for a day, then on task B for a couple of days, then task A for a few more days, then task C for a few days. Then, heâ??ll go back to task B and finish it, before going to finish task A, etc. The point is the tasks can be worked on in an order different than the way they are linked. They may be worked on before or after they are scheduled. They are linked as A->B->C because that is the â??generally accepted order one could expect to followâ??, but our process is very flexible on an individual basis. (This is software development as you might guess.) Iâ??d like to be able to track progress of this project and understand if it is on schedule. Any suggestions on how to do this correctly? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93708
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    - 24 Hour Calendar I used a 24 hour calendar for the first time. I assumed the calendar would give me say, 7 days @ 24 hours/day. What I got was the following: Name Dur Start Finish Task A 7d 11/18/2005 8:00 AM 11/20/2005 4:00 PM Is there a way to make project give you 1 day = 24 hours instead of 1 day = 3 * 8 Hour days? Thanks in advance, Stretch Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93706
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    - can I export a task list to Outlook ? I am about to buy a new cell phone and want to send my Project task lists to it -one way may be to export Project info by CSV file to Outlook -the phone can synchronise with Outlook -has anyone tried this ? does it work ? Presumably this would be easy with an Excel capable PDA since Project exports to Excel -but I am trying to avoid the expense of a PDA. Any suggestions ? Craig. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93696
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    - Reverting to 'Old' Baselines Hi all, I have a Master Schedule with 14 Sub-Projects. Each of the 14 Subprojects are ultimately under my control but they each have a planner that will be working on them day to day. I will be saving the Baseline for all of the 14 + Master. What I want to be able to do is revert back to this Baseline in the future, should one of my planners do what they're NOT supposed to do and update the baseline in their plan. I'm sure this is possible, but I'm unsure how to achieve it... any suggestions?? Thanks -- "Great Minds Talk about Ideas, Average Minds talk about Events, Small Minds talk about People" Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93695
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    - Project Overview Statement I am new to MS Office Project 2003 Standard. Q1. Can I define my Project Overview Statement (POS) using MS Project 2003? If so how? Q2. Can I define my project phases using MS Project 2003? If so how? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93688
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    - Can I apply a bell curve to work for a task Is there any way in project to apply a non straight line loading to a task in project? Like a bell curve or other variable work per week without breaking up the task? -- Rob Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93687
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    - resources group Hi there, I am using MS Project 2003 and I wonder how can I create a "group of resources" do automatize following case. Let's say, I've got 2 consultants and 4 tasks with different priorities. I don't care if consulatant A will be assigned to task1, 2 or to 4. For me the most important is that first available consultant (from my pool of 2 guys) should be assigned to the task according to task and its priority. Any idea? Plugins? Regards, MB Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93681
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    - I thought the smallest units were Minutes? We have deployed Project Server and use Project Professional throughout the enterprise. A single instance of Project Professional shows seconds when totalling resource assignments values in Resource Usage View. The task levels show hours: its just the totals for the resource that look like 678,000s. We tried to uninstall and reinstall the application. But the behaviour remains. HOW DO WE TURN IT OFF? Thanks, -- owp^3 Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93680
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    - How to make a backup of a master project Hi all, I have a master project with 4 subprojects. I need to save these files on a daily basis for example: ProjectName_Date_Versionnumber. Thus daily the project as well as all the sub projects need to be renamed to the new version. What I currently do is Copy and paste all the files in the same directory and then I rename them. The problem with this is that I find that these backups still refer to the previous version when I go to either the resource pool (which also need to change) and the linked projects ? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93679
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    - ODBC in VBA I want to import data from a table/query in MS Access 2002 into MS Project using an ODBC connection. I don't know if the .connection method is appropriate or how to use it. I would like some help on understanding the method. I have successfully imported data using VBA but that' s from an Excel spreadsheet as the intermediary and it's brought in temporarily and erased at the end of allocating data to tasks/assignments in project. All this was done in vba I just want to make the connection streamless and get rid of the excel step. I don't want to use the convert ms project into an access database unless I have to. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93678
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    - Loading a Project from Excel Is it possible to actually create projects in MS Project by loading a row of data from Excel? I know you can import tasks and resources, but has anyone ever loaded (and created) projects from a spreadsheet? We have a large number of completed projects listed on spreadsheets, and would like to load them as completed projects in MS Project for historical tracking. Thanks. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93673
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    - Filtering for only cross-project links In a master with inserted projects that have external links, I want to display only those cross-project links. I've tried Predecessors contain "\\" and Predecessors contain \\. I can't use Predecessors not equal to (blank) because the projects have internal task dependencies and they all display. What would be the syntax for not within (a range from 0 to 1000)? I could then say Predecessors not equal to (blank) AND Predecessors not within ... Any ideas? Thanks Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93670
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    - Importing Data from MS Access 2003 I've imported task info from an MDB file in Access 2003 into project file. The import process I used was "merge by key." I'm using Project 2003 Professional. After completing the import I closed and saved the file. Later when I open the project file, the Import Wizard immediately starts to run. Question: is this the normal occurance or is their a bug in the s/w. SteveHend Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93666
  - 7
    - Viewer for documents created in Project I don't have Microsoft Project. Is there a way to view documents that are sent to me with the .mpp suffix without getting the program? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93649
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    - Difficulty exanding/collapsing summary level tasks All of a sudden I can't expand or collapse my summary level tasks...its like the project is frozen. Has this happened to anyone else? I'd like to know what I did to cause this so I don't repeat it. And Is the damage reversable? Patti Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93646
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    - Manuals for Microsoft Project Standard 2003 I purchased Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003. I would like to purchase the manuals for reference. Do they exist? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93642
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    - help plz help please i typed a project in microsoft word with the hope that i can mirror it there, because is for publication. i need help on how to mirror please help me out i can't type this project on another package i so much love ms-word. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93635
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    - About to filter the all tasks in the project Hi, I want that when I open any project in project professional . suppose which have 100 tasks in which 80 tasks are completed and 20 are not completed. I want create a group or filter and whatever suitable for this which i set and when open my that project it will show only incompleted tasks. regards micheal Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93632
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    - using resources question Hello, How can I group resources, for example 2 teams, that do the same job parts, And when I assign the group of resources to a job part, ms project would decide which team would do what job parts. I know the option of 200% in the resources chart, but that only means they would do Each job part faster.. I need the teams to work separately... Thanks!!! dave Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93630
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    - Analysis Toolbar in MSP 2003 Can't seem to find this, and when I try to change the installation via Control Panel it's not ne of the options - is there a 'download' perhaps I could run to install this ? -- Dave Eade Global Project Solutions Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93628
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    - Duration problem I am just learning how to use ms project, I have a big project and I first listed all the task names and didnâ??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. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93621
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    - Set a start AND end date for a project? Hey, I'm beating my head against a wall trying to do this, and it can't be so uncommon a problem that Project can't solve it. Project lets me set a start date, or an end date, but not both. But frequently I get a project that's already got an end date (client driven) and a start date (usually yesterday =/ ). How should I work that? What I want is for Project to say, OK, if you want to do these tasks in this timeframe, you will overbook the assigned resources by this amount. If I could get "this amount", then I can go to the client and say hey, your resources have to be available for 100-200 hours a week for these weeks, and they can go hire contractors or whatever to maintain that workload. But Project doesn't seem to be able to do this. I enter in a start date, then enter in a Must Finish Before constraint date, and it warns me, and I say do it anyway, and it reschedules THAT ONE TASK. I can't do that for 1200 tasks. Help! Ranjan Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93620
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    - identify tasks in reports Hi, friends. I have several tasks who has same name/description, but they are in different summary tasks. I need to generate a report with those tasks, but I don't want the full structure of the project. I need only the tasks and, in each record, a field with the name of the summary related to each task. Is it possible? Thanks, Carlos Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93614
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    - how to reassign recourse tasks multiple projects ? Question: Is it possible to reassign assignments for one resource accross multiple projects without having to open up individual projects one by one ? (eg: Joe leaves the company & all his unfinished tasks accross multiple projects must be reallocated to Bill) Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93613
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    - To do list Report doesn't show Work per resource Hi, when I run a 'To Do List' report, filtered by resource, then while the 'Work' column is displayed, only the total work for that task is shown. What I am needing to do is, for each task, to show only that particular resource's work. If relevant, am using Project Professional 2002 (10.0.2002.0502). Any ideas please? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93612
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    - Project Resource Gap Analysis Project has resources that have transferred or moved off to other initiative. I want to determine the uncompleted task for the transferred resources and prepared a customized report. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93611
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    - Meaning of total slack in a project scheduled from a finish date Has anyone of you clear in his/her mind what is the definition of the total slack of a task in a project scheduled from a finish date? Thank you Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93609
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    - Import Macro I have a macro set up to import data from Excel, but i want to extend the macro to then go on and apply a filter and delete rows based on the filter criteria. I have tried adding these latter steps to the macro and nothing happens beyond the import stage - is what i am trying to achieve feasible? Thanks in advance. Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93607
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    - The notify your manager of time you will not be available link The notify your manager of time you will not be available link is no longer available. How should the administrator put that back? He is at a loss.... Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93606
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    - Does Project Professional 2003 come with Server CAL? Does Project Professional 2003 come with Server CAL? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93605
  - 24
    - VIEW ONLY OPTION Is there a view only option available for MS project 2003 that is free? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93602
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    - Single level Milestone roll up I am looking for a way to show a rolled up milestone only to the imediate level. In other words, I want to exclude some milestones that get rolled up to the top level. Is there a way to do this or will I be forced to rollup milestones all the way to the top level? Tag: Predecessors Tag: 93600

I have two subtasks that starts on 07/11/05 if i put a predessesor on the
second task it should update the start and end dates but it just stays the
same,please help.
ms project 2003

Re: Predecessors by Rod

Rod
Mon Nov 21 03:14:40 CST 2005

Hi,

Does the second task have an actual start date or is calculation on manual?
If either, then it can't move. Set % Complete to 0% and test calculation by
pressing f9 to calculate.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP
Visit www.msproject-systems.com for Project Companion Tools and more

"Schalk" <Schalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D518D068-378F-4940-9F38-FBE05C7A1803@microsoft.com...
>I have two subtasks that starts on 07/11/05 if i put a predessesor on the
> second task it should update the start and end dates but it just stays the
> same,please help.
> ms project 2003

Re: Predecessors by Mike

Mike
Mon Nov 21 03:41:20 CST 2005

Hi Schalk ,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

Try Tools/Options.../Calculation tab and set calculation to Automatic.

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

Schalk wrote:
> I have two subtasks that starts on 07/11/05 if i put a predessesor
> on the second task it should update the start and end dates but it
> just stays the same,please help.
> ms project 2003