parastoomousavi
Sat Nov 06 23:09:03 CST 2004
when i import the data by selecting " as a new project " in the import mode
of import wizard , this problem accurs ( 1 day converted to 0.3day) , but
when i import the data by selecting " merge the data into the active project
" this problem doean't accure. why?
"Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
> There's a bunch of things here I find confusing. First of all you said "in
> my calendar and the default calendar" but that's not the hours per day I'm
> talking about. In the menu find Tools / Options / Calendar. On that setup
> page you'll find "Hours per day" "Hours per week" and "Days per month"
> entries. Those fields control how a duration is, say, 3 days, is turned
> into hours for storage. Changing the entries on that page DOES NOT change
> your working time calendar but they are the conversion factors used to
> convert the various valid units of duration to and from hours. You can
> think of it as the Options determine how MANY hours you're talking about
> when you say "1 day" while the working time calendar determines WHICH hours
> out of the 24 count as working hours. If you have it set to 8 hours per day
> and enter a task with a duration of "1 day" you'll find the task runs from
> 8am to 5pm using the default calendar. If you then change the "hours per
> day" entry to 7 hours, changing nothing else, and look that task, you'll
> find the duration will now read 1.14 days even though the times are still
> 8am to 5pm for 8 hours of work. That's because you've change the definition
> of the number of hours called a "day" but that does not change the number of
> hours the task will require.
>
> Work and duration are not the same thing. Work measures the effort required
> while duration measures the time it takes. Your 7 hours of work would
> require a duration of 1 hour if all 7 resources are assigned 100% and work
> together, 7 hours duration if they work at 100% but in sequence for 1 hour
> each, 5 days duration if they work in sequence but at only around 18%
> effort, or any number of other combinations.
>
> There are so many factors involved with both with the specifics of the file
> you're importing the data from and the project you're appending the data
> into that it's hard to say just exactly what's going on from the information
> you've provided. If you want to email the files to me I'd be happy to take
> a look and see what I can figure out.
>
>
> --
> Steve House [MVP]
> MS Project Trainer/Consultant
> Visit
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
>
>
>
> "parastoo mousavi" <parastoomousavi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:396E1830-C460-45A4-97E3-17962D5CA453@microsoft.com...
> > in my calendar & default calender , each working day contains 10 hours and
> > each week contains 6 working days . the duration of special task is 1 day
> > &
> > total work that is assigned to this task is 7 hours.(the assigned work of
> > each resource on this task is one hour). my task type is fixed duration.
> > but
> > after importing ; the duration of task is converted to 0.3 days and all
> > assigned resource unit is 100%. but when i import data manually , this
> > problem doesn't accure.
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > "Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Fixed duration refers to what happens whem you edit resource assignments
> >> and
> >> has little to do with importing. Take a look at the Calendar Options
> >> page
> >> (Tools Options menu) - the "hours per day" setting determines how many
> >> hours
> >> of duration will be considered "1 day".
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve House [MVP]
> >> MS Project Trainer/Consultant
> >> Visit
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
> >>
> >> "parastoo mousavi" <parastoomousavi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:73747E9D-50BC-4924-9EFF-DEE8AB5122FF@microsoft.com...
> >> >I Import the data from excel file to msp file. type of all the task is
> >> >fixed
> >> > duration.but after importing the duration of some of the them is
> >> > changed?
> >> > for
> >> > example 1 day converted to 0.38 day.
> >> > --
> >> > PM
> >>
> >>
> >>
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