% complete

[Bhasker]

Hi,

This query is related to PWA.

I'd like to publish the "% complete" field and allow it to be edited by my
team members. Is this possible?

As of now, I've been able to publish it, but in PWA, my team members cannot
edit it.

Thanks !
Bhasker.

 

[mark.everett]

Bhasker -

The % Complete field is related to duration. For example, if you have
a task that is 10 working days in duration, and you are at the end of
day 5, your % Complete is 50%. It is based on the calendar, so team
members should not adjust it.

You can adjust % Work complete. You do that in Project Pro by going to
Tools > Published Fields and adding % Work Complete. You need to set
that in, and republish all of your projects.

Then in PWA > Admin > Views, add the % Work Complete field to the
timesheet view.

In a Project Center view, you might try adding the % Complete and %
Work Complete side by side. If you have a project that is 80%
Complete but % Work Complete is, for example, 60%, you might want to
take a closer look ;-)

Mark

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Bhasker --

You can add the % Complete field to the list of published fields in
Microsoft Project Professional (Tools - Customize - Published Fields), you
can add the % Complete field to the list of fields in the Timesheet view of
PWA, but team members cannot edit this field. Sorry.

 

[Bhasker]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the update.

How then, can I represent the 'actual' % complete. In the example you
mentioned, at the end of day 5, the 'actual' work complete might not be
50% - the team member might have only progressed 20%.

In MS Project (not PWA), the %Complete column can be made independent of the
Actual Work, % Work complete, and the duration. This can be done by clearing
the "updating task status updates resource status" checkbox in the
Calculation tab of Tools->Options dialog. Then, one can manually enter
values in the % complete column.

Thanks,
Bhasker.

 

[Bhasker]

Thanks Dale.

Bhasker --

You can add the % Complete field to the list of published fields in
Microsoft Project Professional (Tools - Customize - Published Fields), you
can add the % Complete field to the list of fields in the Timesheet view of
PWA, but team members cannot edit this field. Sorry.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Dale,

Can we make %Complete available to the manager on PWA for him to update? Can
those updates automatically reflect to the project schedule as it does in
case of remianing work?

Thanks
Rajesh

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Rajesh --

Although you can add the % Complete field to the Timesheet page in PWA, no
one can edit this field in PWA. If the manager needs to do so, then he
needs to use Microsoft Project Professional for this purpose. If a task has
fallen behind schedule (the % Complete for the task is less than expected),
then the manager should use Tools - Tracking - Update Project in Microsoft
Project Professional. He/she should select the "Reschedule uncompleted
work..." option and set the date after which uncompleted work will resume.
Again, I want to stress that your managers should be using Microsoft Project
Professional for these tasks. Hope this helps.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Rajesh --

Although you can add the % Complete field to the Timesheet page in PWA, no
one can edit this field in PWA. If the manager needs to do so, then he
needs to use Microsoft Project Professional for this purpose. If a task has
fallen behind schedule (the % Complete for the task is less than expected),
then the manager should use Tools - Tracking - Update Project in Microsoft
Project Professional. He/she should select the "Reschedule uncompleted
work..." option and set the date after which uncompleted work will resume.
Again, I want to stress that your managers should be using Microsoft Project
Professional for these tasks. Hope this helps.