Tricky issue with actual work and % complete fields

[Jason]

cleHi there,

I am trying to mark some tasks for which the actual work is less than the
baseline work as 100% completed but for some obscure reasons Project does not
allow me to do so (both fields work independently between 1% - 99% complete
range, but as soon as a mark them as 100% complete, my actual work figures
become equal to my baseline work figures). I cleared the 'updating task
status updates resource status' box under the Calculation Tab in Options and
the problem persists. This means that I cannot produce report that shows
completed tasks.

Can someone please help?????

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Jason,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Try not using %Complete as an input. Instead, enter Actual Work and
Remaining Work - Project will then calculate %Complete for you. If you
enter, eg, zero for remaining work, Project will accept that as beong
100%Complete with the data you've entered.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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[Jason]

Hi Mike and thanks for the tips

My issue is not 100% resolved. What happens now is that when I enter 0 for
remaining work, the actual duration also changes and I don't want this to
happen.

basically, what I'm trying to do is to tell project that atask that was
originally supposed to take 16 hours spread across 5 days has been completed
in 12 hours spread across 5 days (instead of the 3.75 days project is trying
to impose).

Let me know if you can help.

Many thanks,

Jason

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Jason,

That's what the baseline is for - to record a snapshot of the data at
project start. You can then use the Tracking Gantt chart view to compare
and monitor progress. When you enter Actual data, including O Remaining
Work, Project assumes you know what you're talking about and makes the
Duration equal to the actual working time between start and finish.

Mike Glen
Project MVP