%complete not working in XML update

[Jason Leung]

I created a project with only one task and saved it as XML. I used the Word
editor to open the XML file and updated both %Complete and % Work Complete to
50% and then saved the XML. I used Project Professional 2002 to import the
XML file and discovered the %Work Complete has been updated successfully to
50% but the %Complete remains at 0%. Is there any reasons why %Complete would
not pick up the XML update?

 

[JackD]

%complete is calculated by project from a few other values. I'm too lazy to
check for you, but try changing duration (duration, actual duration,
remaining duration) and if that doesn't do anything change the work values.

 

[Jason Leung]

JackD Thank you for your quick response. I am new to XML so I am learning.
I did not assign any resource to the task so work, actual work, remaining
work are all set to 0, making my test straight forward.
This round I updated the %complete, %work complete and Physical % complete
to 100. Both %work complete and Physical % complete show 100% on the plan
successfully but %complete remains as 0%.
I set the remaining duration to 0 on the XML but it did not solve this
problem. Although Physical % complete is a non calculated value, both %work
Complete and %complete are calculated values. One works and the other
doesn't. There must be some logic in Project to over-ride XLM data for
%complete to ensure data integrity.
Jason

%complete is calculated by project from a few other values. I'm too lazy to
check for you, but try changing duration (duration, actual duration,
remaining duration) and if that doesn't do anything change the work values.

 

[Rod Gill]

No,

I think there is a sequence to calculations. You have no assignments, so the
% work complete was simply copied. Try making your task 50% complete in
Project then save as xml and compare before and after. I suspect you need to
enter an Actual Start date, and % complete or Actual Duration and remaining
duration.

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Rod Gill
Project MVP

JackD Thank you for your quick response. I am new to XML so I am learning.
I did not assign any resource to the task so work, actual work, remaining
work are all set to 0, making my test straight forward.
This round I updated the %complete, %work complete and Physical % complete
to 100. Both %work complete and Physical % complete show 100% on the plan
successfully but %complete remains as 0%.
I set the remaining duration to 0 on the XML but it did not solve this
problem. Although Physical % complete is a non calculated value, both
%work
Complete and %complete are calculated values. One works and the other
doesn't. There must be some logic in Project to over-ride XLM data for
%complete to ensure data integrity.
Jason

 

[JackD]

I agree with Rod. There is a sequence that Project uses when it imports
data. The remaining duration and remaining work are likely to be the key.