Time Sheet Updates using specific hours per day

[Grant]

Scenario:

Created a new task: Duration: 10 days Start: Oct 3 End Oct 19
Assigned this task to 100% to myself
Published the project plan
In Project Web I went to my timesheet and entered in time at 4 hours a day
between Oct 2 and Oct 19 until I had a total of 40 hours, 50% complete.
Updated timesheets
In Project I then updated project progress and accepted my entries.

My plan was then updated to the following for my task:

Duration: 12.13 days Start: Oct 2 End Oct 17 Actual Start Oct 2 Actual
Finish N/A Actual Duration 7.13 days Remaining Work 40 hours and % Complete
59%

I get why Start, Actual Finish, and Remaining Work are what they are but
what happened to the rest; Duration, End, % Complete, Actual Duration?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Grant,

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Mike Glen
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[Haris Rashid]

hi,

you seem to have set a constraint on your task. A task starting on Oct 3
with 10 days duration should finish on Oct 14. Since you have the finish date
of Oct 19 you might have a constraint such as "Finish As Late As Possible",
etc.

When a task is first created, the percent complete is zero percent. As soon
as you enter actual duration, remaining duration, or actual work (which
affects actual duration), Project calculates percent complete as follows:

Percent Complete = (Actual Duration / Duration) * 100

If the % Complete field is set to a value greater than zero, the Actual
Start field is set to the scheduled start date if you have not yet entered an
actual start date. If the % Complete field is set to 100, the Actual Finish
field is set to the scheduled finish date.

If you type a value in the % Complete field, Project automatically
calculates actual duration and remaining duration. Likewise, entering a value
in the Actual Duration or Remaining Duration field automatically recalculates
the other fields.

You can control whether changes to total percent complete are distributed
through the status date or to the end of the task's actual duration so far.
On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Calculation tab, select or clear the
Edits to total task % complete will be spread to the status date check box.

When you enter percent complete, Project might adjust actual and remaining
work around the current status date. If you prefer, you can leave these
tracking fields in the project as originally scheduled, even if completed
work is shown in the future or remaining work is shown in the past. On the
Tools menu, click Options. On the Calculation tab, clear the Move end of
completed parts after status date back to status date and Move start of
remaining parts before status date forward to status date check boxes.

To set the status date to a date other than today's date, click Project
Information on the Project menu, and then enter the date in the Status date
box.

Regards,