Calendar view with task duration..

[ice_cold]

On a particular day d1, on the "Gantt chart" view, I have task t1 (
hrs), task t2 (3 hrs) and task t3 (3 hrs). Now, I want a simple calenda
view which shows:

d1:
t1 2 hrs
t2 3 hrs
t3 3 hrs

Pls help

 

[Dave]

The calendar view already shows that.

I must have missed something here but just select View/Calendar.

 

[ice_cold]

Thanks for your reply. Actually View - > Calendar shows me the days (i
this case d1) and the tasks that are scheduled for that day (in thi
case, t1, t2, t3), but not the task 'duration'. I need to 'double click
on each task to find details of that task (including duration).

However, what I was looking for was view in which I could see th
tasks, as well as their corresponding duration (without the need t
double click the tasks to see their duration)

 

[Dave]

Thanks for your reply. Actually View - > Calendar shows me the days (in
this case d1) and the tasks that are scheduled for that day (in this
case, t1, t2, t3), but not the task 'duration'. I need to 'double click'
on each task to find details of that task (including duration).

However, what I was looking for was view in which I could see the
tasks, as well as their corresponding duration (without the need to
double click the tasks to see their duration).

It seems that in the Calendar view in Project 2003 you can only display
one field and that is typically the task name.

If you go to Format/Bar Styles you can see that the name can be replced
by the duration but that is probably a worse situation.

The Calendar View is generally recognised as being limited in its
display functionality.

However, what you can do is format the required information into one of
the spare fields and choose to display that.

Add the Text1 column to the Gantt view (right click on the column
headers and select the Tex1 column).

Then right-click on the Text1 header, select "Customise Fields" and then
click "Formula".

"Task Name: " + [Name] + ", Task Duration: " + ProjDurConv( [Duration] ,
pjHours )

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi ice_cold,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

From the Calendar view, try Format/Bar Styles... and in the dialog with All
selected, in Text: Field(s) type in Name,Duration. That should do it.

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 my free Project Tutorials

 

[Dave]

Thanks for your reply. Actually View - > Calendar shows me the days (in
this case d1) and the tasks that are scheduled for that day (in this
case, t1, t2, t3), but not the task 'duration'. I need to 'double click'
on each task to find details of that task (including duration).
However, what I was looking for was view in which I could see the
tasks, as well as their corresponding duration (without the need to
double click the tasks to see their duration).

It seems that in the Calendar view in Project 2003 you can only display
one field and that is typically the task name.

If you go to Format/Bar Styles you can see that the name can be replced
by the duration but that is probably a worse situation.

The Calendar View is generally recognised as being limited in its
display functionality.

However, what you can do is format the required information into one of
the spare fields and choose to display that.

Add the Text1 column to the Gantt view (right click on the column
headers and select the Tex1 column).

Then right-click on the Text1 header, select "Customise Fields" and then
click "Formula".

"Task Name: " + [Name] + ", Task Duration: " + ProjDurConv( [Duration] ,
pjHours )

Alternatively, use Mike's simpler method!