Schedules That Span Midnight

[Redbone]

I am having a problem entering work times for construction schedules that
span midnight. I frequently need to schedule outages that the working times
are around the clock seven days a week. Typically this type of outage would
be worked in twelve hour shifts starting at 7:00 A.M. and ending at 7:00 P.M.
and 7:00 P.M. till 7:00 A.M. I keep getting messages like " the end of the
shift must be later than the start of the shift " I have the same trouble
with outages that require me to work only at night. These shifts would be
from 7:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. with no work during the day. Can someone give me
some examples of how to set this up?

 

[Jack Dahlgren]

Set up working times from 12:01-7:00AM and 7:00PM -12:00

 

[Rod Gill]

Shift 1 needs to end at midnight and shift 2 start at 00:01 This may create
extra shifts but it is the only way Project will work.

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Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

 

[JulieS]

Hi Redbone,

In addition to both Jack and Rod's excellent advice, take a look at
the "Night Shift" calendar that ships with Project for an example of
shifts that span midnight.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

 

[Paul Conroy]

have you tried using elapsed hours (ie 12 ehrs) ?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Paul,

I think elapsed hours applies to the Task Duration and not calendars.
Elapsed times are usually reserved for tasks like paint drying or concrete
curing.


Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Steve House]

Adding to the other's comments - the work hours in the calendar do not
correspond to a single shift. They are the hours that work can take place
on a given calendar day. A 7pm to 7am shift has working hours on two
consecutive workdays - if we look at the shift arriving Monday night, for
example, parts of its work is done on Monday and the balance is done on
Tuesday. Thus when setting up the calendar the first part of the shift is
entered as hours on Monday and the rest of it is entered as hours on
Tuesday.