% Complete on Summary Bars

[MBA40118]

When I look at summary progress on a summary bar, compared with the %
complete for the Summary, the Summary Progress bar does not "Appear" to be
mapping out the correct amount on the Summary Bar. Example, if the Percent
complete is 33%, the summary progress bar will show 25%, or 40% on the bar
chart. This is not the case for all, but only some. I am using Project 2007.
Is this a matter of how it prints, or is it calculating something other than
percent complete to get skewed on the bar chart??

 

[Jim Aksel]

Turn off the 3D presentation of the bar and see if that changes anything.
Tools/Options/View (tab) deselect "Bars and Shapes in Gantt views in 3D"

I am not able to duplicate your situation here. This may be an issue
related to the length of the bar as well. Does it appear for tasks with
longer or shorter durations on a consistent basis?
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[davegb]

Turn off the 3D presentation of the bar and see if that changes anything.
Tools/Options/View (tab) deselect "Bars and Shapes in Gantt views in 3D"

I am not able to duplicate your situation here.  This may be an issue
related to the length of the bar as well.  Does it appear for tasks with
longer or shorter durations on a consistent basis?
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Check to see if the ones that appear like the progress is too short
are spanning a weekend and the others are not. Weekends, particularly
long weekends, can distort the picture.

Hope this helps in your world.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

This is not abnormal I'm afraid.
The progress bar does not use %complete but a value they call "Summary
Progress", and the formula to calculate that is not published AFAIK; you
cannot even show it as a column.
From memory I think there are deviations when there are periods where no
task is scheduled.
Hope this helps,
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