Weekends / Splitting Tasks

[Derrick Rand]

I read your original post below with regards to scheduling over the weekends. The task bars appear that work occurs over the weekend even though the weekends are scheduled as nonworking time. A little misleading but thanks for the answer there.

I do have one additional issue, though. When I split a task over a weekend period, say if I split a task on Friday and expect for the work to start back up on Monday I can only start the task back up on a Tuesday when dragging the taskbar backwards. What gives?

Derrick Rand


Subject: Re: Project Calendar 5/19/2004 7:40 AM PST

By: Gérard Ducouret In: microsoft.public.project

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Hello Brian,
The tasks bars cross the weed-end but they don't use it. Count all the
working days. MS Project durations are specified in working days by default.
You can set Ms Project to dsiplay the non-working time in front of the tasks
bars :
Format / Timescale... / Non working time / Draw : In front off...

Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret [Project MVP]
PragmaSoft ® - Paris

I have the working days in my calendar set to Monday through Friday.

However, when I have tasks cross a weekend (i.e. a 10 day task), the
weekends days are included in the task as working days. Any suggestions how
I can keep my weekends as non-working time?

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Hello Derrick,
Have you tried to "draw" the grey zones of non working time over the bleu
tasks bar ?
It's less tedious than setting artificial splits which can't work properly
because the logic of a split is quite different.
What would happen if your task drifts on 2 or 3 days ?

Gérard Ducouret [Project MVP]
PragmaSoft ® - Paris

I read your original post below with regards to scheduling over the

weekends. The task bars appear that work occurs over the weekend even
though the weekends are scheduled as nonworking time. A little misleading
but thanks for the answer there.

I do have one additional issue, though. When I split a task over a

weekend period, say if I split a task on Friday and expect for the work to
start back up on Monday I can only start the task back up on a Tuesday when
dragging the taskbar backwards. What gives?

Derrick Rand


Subject: Re: Project Calendar 5/19/2004 7:40 AM PST

By: Gérard Ducouret In: microsoft.public.project

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Hello Brian,
The tasks bars cross the weed-end but they don't use it. Count all the
working days. MS Project durations are specified in working days by default.
You can set Ms Project to dsiplay the non-working time in front of the tasks
bars :
Format / Timescale... / Non working time / Draw : In front off...

Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret [Project MVP]
PragmaSoft ® - Paris

I have the working days in my calendar set to Monday through Friday.

However, when I have tasks cross a weekend (i.e. a 10 day task), the
weekends days are included in the task as working days. Any suggestions how
I can keep my weekends as non-working time?

Thanks,
Brian