leveling and actuals

[Arlo]

Help!

We have created .mpp files in a conversion project. When opening the
projects in the 2003 prof client it starts leveling automatically. The only
problem is that the files also contain 3 months of actuals which also get
levelled.

In my opionium project is allowed to level a lot, but not the actuals!! How
can we resolve this?
undo leveling is not possible as we didn't order it to level and it starts
automatically on opening the file.

Any help is appreciated (we have converted 600 projects)


(sorry for already posting this in de general group...my mistake)

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Arlo,

First, Automatic leveling can be halted in the level resources window (set
to manual).
I don't know server a lot so I cannot judge whether Server would put this to
automatic, by all means it can be put to manual and after that you can clear
leveling.

Problem is that Project to my knowledge doesn't level actuals. So what you
se emay be for instance :

- It levels work scheduled in the past but not declare "Actual"
- Or it moves actual work in the past because the actual work was declared
in nonworking days it "discovered" in the calendar. I agree that this is
(negative comment left out) because Actuals should never never never be
changed but that is how it is.

So are yoàu sure it's leveling doing the moving, or is it the calendar? And
if it is leveling, you can clear it can't you?

HTH

 

[Arlo]

Pffft.

I wouldn't know but we will check on that ASAP. Yes, it problably is the
work done on Nonworking hours that is moved by Project. (again negative
comment left out).

we see no solution except changing 600 calenders ;-( that will be a no go
for sure.
Fortunately the totals add up and reports are correct.

This definately is a nice lesson learned:
1. import actuals in MPP files
2. publish, and overwrite actuals (through republish)
3. turn on managed time periodes (cannot be done earlier as then it's not
possible to overwrite/insert past actuals
4. change calenders.

or perhaps PDS but we lack the knowledge.

Thanks