Actual Work problem

[Herbály Csaba]

Hi all!

Our PMs try to share actual work values that resources updated by PWA
between Actual Work and Actual Overtime Work in regards of planed or not. For
example Joe updates 10 hours for a task but only 8 hours is accounted, 2
hours are overflow work. PM accepts all hours but after this edits Actual
Overtime Work to 2 on Task Usage view. This results a recalculated Actual
work than became 12 hours, so PM reduced this value to 10. Actual Work = 10,
Regular Work = 8, Actual Overtime Work = 2. PM republishes these
modifications and everybody is happy.
But when resource writes other workhours to this task to other days and
updates this, the Actual Work changed with Act. Overtime Work value on day
that resource hasn't touched in this second case. So actual work will be 12
in example.

What is this reason? How can we keep the actual values that PM edited and
republished???

Csabi

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Herbal ,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Reid McTaggart]

When you republish asignments, check the box to "Overwrite actual work
entered by resources."
--
Reid McTaggart
(e-mail address removed)
Alegient, Inc., Houston
Project Server Experts
Microsoft Certified Partner

 

[Herbály Csaba]

Of course this option is checked and worked properly. After republish
everything is correct in Project and in PS too. The problem raised when this
task is updated again by resource. In PS we see the correct hours, but in
Project the Actual Work will be changed by overtime work. That is not good.