How many lines of activity

[Russ]

When using MS Project 2003 i experience unusual issues when exceeding 10,000
lines of activity. Is this a limitation in the software?

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[John]

When using MS Project 2003 i experience unusual issues when exceeding 10,000
lines of activity. Is this a limitation in the software?

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Russ,
Yes Project does have a limit on the number of tasks but you are far
from it. The maximum is 1 million tasks. What "unusual" issues are you
experiencing.

John
Project MVP

 

[Russ]

The order of tasks get mixed up. i.e. 1,2,3,9,10,11,4,5,6,7,8,12,13 on so on.
When interigating this tasks the internal logic seems to remain.

External links are lost which have been established over time hence not due
to poor saving procedures.

thanks for the tip on double posting as i'm a newbee to the area.

 

[Robert]

John, the task [display] order issue sounds like something that happens to me
periodically, on a slightly larger project. Workaround I use is Project >
Sort > By ID.
Hope this helps

 

[John]

The order of tasks get mixed up. i.e. 1,2,3,9,10,11,4,5,6,7,8,12,13 on so on.
When interigating this tasks the internal logic seems to remain.

External links are lost which have been established over time hence not due
to poor saving procedures.

thanks for the tip on double posting as i'm a newbee to the area.

Russ,
First, I assume you realize that with a dynamically consolidated master
the IDs will start over for each subproject. If you have made sure that
the current filter is "all tasks" and the sort is by ID, then it looks
like you may have the display for external predecessors/successors
turned off. That will cause some task IDs to appear as if they have been
skipped. Try going to Project/Options/View tab and making sure the boxes
to show external predecessors and successors are checked. However, even
though those boxes are checked there is no guarantee that external tasks
will in fact be displayed in the master file. Why? I don't know, but
I've seen that behavior occur. It doesn't mean the external links are
lost, the ghost tasks associated with them just may not be displayed.

John
Project MVP

 

[Russ]

Thanks for reply’s guys but it still sounds a little unreliable and
inconsistent to me.

I am aware about the holding of ID's from original schedules within a master
and don't see this to be the problem but thanks for the tip.

I think some rationalisation of the schedules themselves is gonna help more
than anything else.

 

[John]

Thanks for reply’s guys but it still sounds a little unreliable and
inconsistent to me.

I am aware about the holding of ID's from original schedules within a master
and don't see this to be the problem but thanks for the tip.

I think some rationalisation of the schedules themselves is gonna help more
than anything else.

Russ,
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.

John