Tas Numbers Out of Sequence (Part 2)

S

Scrufnut

What Jan suggested I do worked great however it was not actually what I was
trying to accomplish after all. It did reorder the tasks by their ID number
but what I guess I wanted to do was, becasue the tasks themselves are already
in the proper order, was to reassign new task ID #s based on the order that
tasks are presently in.

Is this even possible?
 
J

Jan De Messemaeker

Good.

Then I can tell you how to renumber automatically - providing the sorting
resopected the outline structure (meaning each task is still raked below its
summary task)
Foirst take a backup since there is no turning back
Go to Project, Sort, Sort by...
Make sure both checkboxes below are on
- Keep outline structure
- Permanently renumber tasks.
That does it
If the sort has ranged the tasks out of their outline structure there is no
automatic renumbering, sorry.

Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
 
J

Joel

I've had the same problem. I'm using Project 2007 Standard. When I select
the resort and premanent renumber option, it does the sort and renumber;
however, after I close and reopen the file, the numbers reverts back to the
original ID numbers. Has MS develope a patch for this problem?
 
J

JulieS

Hello Joel,

In quick testing with Project 2007 with SP-1 and the Infrastructure
update installed, I see what you report. Sorry, neither seems to
have corrected that issue. I believe those are the latest patches.

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
 
J

Joel

Julie, thanks for the confirmation, but this "bug" really causes lots of
problems for my clients and me. This feature works in Project 2003, so MS
should have a "fix" for the problem by going back to version 2003. There are
a few other nuisance problems with printing that worked in version 2003, but
not in 2007.

Begging for a patch,

Joel
 
J

JulieS

Hi Joel,

Sorry, I have no pull with Microsoft and their bug fixes. You can
certainly contact Microsoft support directly and they may have
better news than I or there may be a hot-fix that they have
available that I am unaware of.

If you have not installed SP-1 and the infrastructure update, I
suggest you do so -- it has solved some other problems -- sadly --
just not the renumbering one.

Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance.

Julie
 
J

JulieS

Hi Joel,

You'll need to contact MS through any service agreement you may have
or you'll need to contact tech support. In Project, see Help > About
Tech Support for details on contacting MS. There is a support fee I
believe.

Julie
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Moving tasks order 3
Weighted % Complete calculation 1
Page numbering with Merged Document and IF statements 1
Tasks not visible 4
When I open a MSP file, my task numbers are out of sequence. 7
Help for 2 reports 3
Disappearing and Out of Order Tasks 5
What about modeling real life dependencies? 0

Top