Tricky issue with actual work and % complete fields

cleHi there,

I am trying to mark some tasks for which the actual work is less than the
baseline work as 100% completed but for some obscure reasons Project does not
allow me to do so (both fields work independently between 1% - 99% complete
range, but as soon as a mark them as 100% complete, my actual work figures
become equal to my baseline work figures). I cleared the 'updating task
status updates resource status' box under the Calculation Tab in Options and
the problem persists. This means that I cannot produce report that shows
completed tasks.

Can someone please help?????

Mike
Fri Jan 18 03:28:53 CST 2008

Hi Jason,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

Try not using %Complete as an input. Instead, enter Actual Work and
Remaining Work - Project will then calculate %Complete for you. If you
enter, eg, zero for remaining work, Project will accept that as beong
100%Complete with the data you've entered.

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


Jason wrote:
> cleHi there,
>
> I am trying to mark some tasks for which the actual work is less than
> the baseline work as 100% completed but for some obscure reasons
> Project does not allow me to do so (both fields work independently
> between 1% - 99% complete range, but as soon as a mark them as 100%
> complete, my actual work figures become equal to my baseline work
> figures). I cleared the 'updating task status updates resource
> status' box under the Calculation Tab in Options and the problem
> persists. This means that I cannot produce report that shows
> completed tasks.
>
> Can someone please help?????

Jason
Sat Jan 19 01:22:00 CST 2008

Hi Mike and thanks for the tips ;)

My issue is not 100% resolved. What happens now is that when I enter 0 for
remaining work, the actual duration also changes and I don't want this to
happen.

basically, what I'm trying to do is to tell project that atask that was
originally supposed to take 16 hours spread across 5 days has been completed
in 12 hours spread across 5 days (instead of the 3.75 days project is trying
to impose).

Let me know if you can help.

Many thanks,

Jason

"Mike Glen" wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
>
> Try not using %Complete as an input. Instead, enter Actual Work and
> Remaining Work - Project will then calculate %Complete for you. If you
> enter, eg, zero for remaining work, Project will accept that as beong
> 100%Complete with the data you've entered.
>
> 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
>
>
> Jason wrote:
> > cleHi there,
> >
> > I am trying to mark some tasks for which the actual work is less than
> > the baseline work as 100% completed but for some obscure reasons
> > Project does not allow me to do so (both fields work independently
> > between 1% - 99% complete range, but as soon as a mark them as 100%
> > complete, my actual work figures become equal to my baseline work
> > figures). I cleared the 'updating task status updates resource
> > status' box under the Calculation Tab in Options and the problem
> > persists. This means that I cannot produce report that shows
> > completed tasks.
> >
> > Can someone please help?????
>
>
>

Mike
Sat Jan 19 03:52:32 CST 2008

Hi Jason,

That's what the baseline is for - to record a snapshot of the data at
project start. You can then use the Tracking Gantt chart view to compare
and monitor progress. When you enter Actual data, including O Remaining
Work, Project assumes you know what you're talking about and makes the
Duration equal to the actual working time between start and finish.

Mike Glen
Project MVP


"Jason" <Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6FC30722-084C-449C-A0D5-B553405C4AEC@microsoft.com...
> Hi Mike and thanks for the tips ;)
>
> My issue is not 100% resolved. What happens now is that when I enter 0
> for
> remaining work, the actual duration also changes and I don't want this to
> happen.
>
> basically, what I'm trying to do is to tell project that atask that was
> originally supposed to take 16 hours spread across 5 days has been
> completed
> in 12 hours spread across 5 days (instead of the 3.75 days project is
> trying
> to impose).
>
> Let me know if you can help.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Jason
>
> "Mike Glen" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
>>
>> Try not using %Complete as an input. Instead, enter Actual Work and
>> Remaining Work - Project will then calculate %Complete for you. If you
>> enter, eg, zero for remaining work, Project will accept that as beong
>> 100%Complete with the data you've entered.
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Jason wrote:
>> > cleHi there,
>> >
>> > I am trying to mark some tasks for which the actual work is less than
>> > the baseline work as 100% completed but for some obscure reasons
>> > Project does not allow me to do so (both fields work independently
>> > between 1% - 99% complete range, but as soon as a mark them as 100%
>> > complete, my actual work figures become equal to my baseline work
>> > figures). I cleared the 'updating task status updates resource
>> > status' box under the Calculation Tab in Options and the problem
>> > persists. This means that I cannot produce report that shows
>> > completed tasks.
>> >
>> > Can someone please help?????
>>
>>
>>