Track version in a view

[Peggy Cornett]

PS 2007
I need to track and have visible the "version" or baseline date of the
history baselines in a view. Every time a project is re-baselined (such as
when replanning future work because of change to scope) I need to show the
"version" in a specific view, how?

 

[Marc Soester [MVP]]

Peggy,

the Baseline ( without the number) should always be your current baseline.
That ensures that your views always has the current baseline. When you
re-baseline you should copy the Basline into a Baseline 1 ( or subsequent
number). Then you can overwrite the Baseline. If you want to know the history
of the baseline you can simply go to baseline 1. This approach ensures that
your baseline is always the current baseline and the numbered baseline are
always the historical baselines
Hope this helps

 

[Peggy Cornett]

Yes, actually I have adopted any time a baseline is set you set it twice,
once as baseline and again as Baseline 1 or the next in line. This will
retain the date the actual history baselines were done. However, this
doesn't address my question. How do I show each baseline (history) in a
view, or something to indicate the version, meaning how many times the
baseline has been revised?

 

[Marc Soester [MVP]]

Peggy, the project center and project detail view and the data analyser
display all baselines and you can report against all baselines. All you need
to do is include them into your view.

In regards on how many baselines you have, there is no out of the box
functionality that gives you the amount of baselines that have values, but I
can imagine that this can easily be custom developed.

Hope this helps

 

[Peggy Cornett]

I can't show baseline1,2,3 as a field in the header or footer, only baseline
right?
~Peg

 

[Marc Soester [MVP]]

When you choose the Baseline 1, 2, 3, etc, the header of the column will
actually say Basline 1,2,3.
Why dont you just try addid them to a view in Project Center. than you can
see what happens
thanks
Marc

 

[Peggy Cornett]

Thank Marc. I do insert BL 1,2,3 frequently for other uses but in this case
my hope was to put the bl date in the header or footer. I don't want the data
I want the date the baseline (1,2,3) was set. This would tell me how many
times it had been baselined and the dates.
Thanks

 

[Marc Soester [MVP]]

Sorry Peggy, that is not possible