Importing from .mpx, elapsed duration

[LarryG]

in importing a project .mpx file, an export from Primevera, durations show up
as elapsed durations which is what is desired. The durations are imported as
hours, the macro to convert to days works fine.

When the schedules are inserted into a master schedule, the begin and end
date are consistent with the original elapsed durations.

When the schedules are copied into a new schedule, the end dates all run
long. It appears the 5 workdays per week applies to these tasks.

How can i change the duration from days to edays? Any macros out there to
fix this?

LarryG

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Larry,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I can't help with a macro, but is that what you really want? If you assign
any human resources to an elapse times, they will be required to work 24
hours per day, 7 days per week until completed. Is that OK?

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[LarryG]

Mike, thanks for your reply. these schedules are top level future schedules
that are programatic at best. We are not using any resource leveling for
these. Most of these schedules will be replace when the work is actually
funded and the contractor develops his contract schedule plan.

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Larry

A possible work around: I assume that when you have a task duration of 2
days, that is an elapsed time of 48 hours. So, with your Durations in days,
insert a new column, say, Text1. Now copy/paste your Duration column into
the Text1 Column. Now Tools/Options/Calendar tab and change the day from 8
to 24 hours. Then in Project/Project Information, change the Calendar to
24hrs. Finally, copy the Text1 column back to the Durations column. Your
original 2-day task is still 2 days but is in effect elapsed time as it
actually spans the 48 hours. (All this makes much more sense of you have a
resource doing Work.)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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