Summary task % complete

I have a project with about 700 tasks in it. SOME of the summary/rollup
tasks do NOT show 100% even though all subtasks are 100% complete I have
tried changing the % complete to 100% but it automatically changes back to
99% complete when I click on okay. There are no special constraints and some
of the tasks update correctly. I have the options set to calculate
automatically and I have no outside dependencies.

Mike
Thu Apr 17 12:02:21 CDT 2008

Hi Karl,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

Have you, by chance, missed out a milestone?

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
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials


Karl wrote:
> I have a project with about 700 tasks in it. SOME of the
> summary/rollup tasks do NOT show 100% even though all subtasks are
> 100% complete I have tried changing the % complete to 100% but it
> automatically changes back to 99% complete when I click on okay.
> There are no special constraints and some of the tasks update
> correctly. I have the options set to calculate automatically and I
> have no outside dependencies.

Karl
Thu Apr 17 12:37:01 CDT 2008

Through experimentation I discovered that having predecessors and especially
resources allocated to the summary tasks causes problems. I removed both and
the summary task updated to 100%. I believe it was the resources allocated
to the summary task that caused the problem.

"Mike Glen" wrote:

> Hi Karl,
>
> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
>
> Have you, by chance, missed out a milestone?
>
> 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
> See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials
>
>
> Karl wrote:
> > I have a project with about 700 tasks in it. SOME of the
> > summary/rollup tasks do NOT show 100% even though all subtasks are
> > 100% complete I have tried changing the % complete to 100% but it
> > automatically changes back to 99% complete when I click on okay.
> > There are no special constraints and some of the tasks update
> > correctly. I have the options set to calculate automatically and I
> > have no outside dependencies.
>
>
>

Mike
Thu Apr 17 13:46:07 CDT 2008

Thanks for the feedback, Karl. I should have directed you to our FAQ#49
that covers that!

Mike Glen
Project MVP

Karl wrote:
> Through experimentation I discovered that having predecessors and
> especially resources allocated to the summary tasks causes problems.
> I removed both and the summary task updated to 100%. I believe it
> was the resources allocated to the summary task that caused the
> problem.
>
> "Mike Glen" wrote:
>
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
>>
>> Have you, by chance, missed out a milestone?
>>
>> 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
>> See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials
>>
>>
>> Karl wrote:
>>> I have a project with about 700 tasks in it. SOME of the
>>> summary/rollup tasks do NOT show 100% even though all subtasks are
>>> 100% complete I have tried changing the % complete to 100% but it
>>> automatically changes back to 99% complete when I click on okay.
>>> There are no special constraints and some of the tasks update
>>> correctly. I have the options set to calculate automatically and I
>>> have no outside dependencies.

Trevor
Thu Apr 17 20:04:44 CDT 2008

This is just one of several reasons for not attaching anything (Resources,
Costs, Predecessors, Successors) ever to Summaries.
For example, if you assign a Fixed Cost to a Summary this Cost will not get
picked up by the macro/wizard thingy that runs the Cumulative Cost graph in
Analyse Time Scaled Data In Excel button.
Make a rule not to hang anything off Summaries (no exceptions) and life gets
easier.

RabeyTrevor Rabey 0407213955 61 8 92727485 PERFECT PROJECT PLANNING
www.perfectproject.com.au
"Karl" <Karl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:652B09A1-7552-4C9B-85C4-2441793B3E04@microsoft.com...
> Through experimentation I discovered that having predecessors and
> especially
> resources allocated to the summary tasks causes problems. I removed both
> and
> the summary task updated to 100%. I believe it was the resources
> allocated
> to the summary task that caused the problem.
>
> "Mike Glen" wrote:
>
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
>>
>> Have you, by chance, missed out a milestone?
>>
>> 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
>> See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials
>>
>>
>> Karl wrote:
>> > I have a project with about 700 tasks in it. SOME of the
>> > summary/rollup tasks do NOT show 100% even though all subtasks are
>> > 100% complete I have tried changing the % complete to 100% but it
>> > automatically changes back to 99% complete when I click on okay.
>> > There are no special constraints and some of the tasks update
>> > correctly. I have the options set to calculate automatically and I
>> > have no outside dependencies.
>>
>>
>>