Baseline issue (please help!)

[Jrufin]

Hi,
We have a project wherein we are entering the actuals (work hrs)
continuously. Now the problem is we already entered 2 months of actual data
on the project but now we want to re-baseline the schedule to September 3,
2007. How can we do it because we already entered all data since then and we
want to compare the current/actual cost and labor versus the supposedly
baseline date of the project dated Sept 3, 2007 (original start date)?? Take
note, we didn't save any baseline eversince.

I have an archive of our old schedule dated Sept 3, 2007, should I start
from scratch, edit the old schedule we have (dated Sept 3, 2007), save a
baseline as of Sept 3 then enter ALL the actuals again?? It will be a big
work, I hope there is a another way to do it, so please help.


Thanks!

 

[Rod Gill]

What you can do is copy the Baseline values you need from the backed up
schedule and manually enter them into the latest schedule Baseline.

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[Steve House]

I'm confused a bit on what you're asking about. Are you saying you
neglected to save a baseline back on 03 Sept before beginning work? Or did
you save the baseline back then before starting and now want to compare
progress to date with that original baseline?

 

[Jrufin]

Hi Steve,
We forgot/neglected to save a baseline back in Sept 3. So any idea how to
work on it now?

I'm confused a bit on what you're asking about. Are you saying you
neglected to save a baseline back on 03 Sept before beginning work? Or did
you save the baseline back then before starting and now want to compare
progress to date with that original baseline?


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Hi,
We have a project wherein we are entering the actuals (work hrs)
continuously. Now the problem is we already entered 2 months of actual
data
on the project but now we want to re-baseline the schedule to September 3,
2007. How can we do it because we already entered all data since then and
we
want to compare the current/actual cost and labor versus the supposedly
baseline date of the project dated Sept 3, 2007 (original start date)??
Take
note, we didn't save any baseline eversince.

I have an archive of our old schedule dated Sept 3, 2007, should I start
from scratch, edit the old schedule we have (dated Sept 3, 2007), save a
baseline as of Sept 3 then enter ALL the actuals again?? It will be a big
work, I hope there is a another way to do it, so please help.


Thanks!

 

[Jrufin]

Hi Rod,
The problem is there is no baseline created on the back-up schdule. If I
open the archive schedule and cretae a baseline now, it wil be dated as of
today not on the Sept 3.

 

[Rod Gill]

You said re-baseline so I assumed you wanted to return to a previous
baseline. Your two options are to manually undo actions or to manually set
baseline. If you only need baseline on Tasks, then that will be the least
effort. Copy Scheduled Task values from old schedule to current schedule,
baseline values.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP

Project VBA Book, for details visit:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

NEW!! Web based VBA training course delivered by me. For details visit:
http://projectservertraining.com/learning/index.aspx

 

[Jrufin]

Hi,
Thanks for the input, i'll give it a try.

You said re-baseline so I assumed you wanted to return to a previous
baseline. Your two options are to manually undo actions or to manually set
baseline. If you only need baseline on Tasks, then that will be the least
effort. Copy Scheduled Task values from old schedule to current schedule,
baseline values.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP

Project VBA Book, for details visit:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

NEW!! Web based VBA training course delivered by me. For details visit:
http://projectservertraining.com/learning/index.aspx

 

[Trivikram]

Hi Jrufin,

Its simple. Open your old schedule, copy the task start / finish dates and
paste them in the column "Baseline Start & Baseline Finish" of the new
schedule. Once you complete the above process for all the tasks, you can
baseline your summary tasks by using the following procedure :

1. Select all tasks.
2. Goto Tools, Tracking, Set Baseline.
3. Choose Set Baseline, Selected Tasks & From subtasks into selected summary
task(s).

With this you entire schedule will get baselined to your desired dates (your
project dates).

!!!!!!!!!!! Dont forget to do this in a copy of your new schedule !!!!!!!!!!!

If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

3vikram...

Hi Steve,
We forgot/neglected to save a baseline back in Sept 3. So any idea how to
work on it now?

I'm confused a bit on what you're asking about. Are you saying you
neglected to save a baseline back on 03 Sept before beginning work? Or did
you save the baseline back then before starting and now want to compare
progress to date with that original baseline?


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Hi,
We have a project wherein we are entering the actuals (work hrs)
continuously. Now the problem is we already entered 2 months of actual
data
on the project but now we want to re-baseline the schedule to September 3,
2007. How can we do it because we already entered all data since then and
we
want to compare the current/actual cost and labor versus the supposedly
baseline date of the project dated Sept 3, 2007 (original start date)??
Take
note, we didn't save any baseline eversince.

I have an archive of our old schedule dated Sept 3, 2007, should I start
from scratch, edit the old schedule we have (dated Sept 3, 2007), save a
baseline as of Sept 3 then enter ALL the actuals again?? It will be a big
work, I hope there is a another way to do it, so please help.


Thanks!

 

[Jrufin]

Hi, when I did what you wrote, and set baseline as per #3 below, all the
original Baseline Start and Baseline Finish dates were changed into the
current date (Dec 12, 2007), which is wrong. The baseline start and finish
should be the same as my old schedule.

I selected ALL the tasks (the whole project), then go to
Tools - Tracking - Save Baseline - For: Selected Tasks - Roll-up baseline -
Check the "From substasks into selected summary"

Any idea?

Hi Jrufin,

Its simple. Open your old schedule, copy the task start / finish dates and
paste them in the column "Baseline Start & Baseline Finish" of the new
schedule. Once you complete the above process for all the tasks, you can
baseline your summary tasks by using the following procedure :

1. Select all tasks.
2. Goto Tools, Tracking, Set Baseline.
3. Choose Set Baseline, Selected Tasks & From subtasks into selected summary
task(s).

With this you entire schedule will get baselined to your desired dates (your
project dates).

!!!!!!!!!!! Dont forget to do this in a copy of your new schedule !!!!!!!!!!!

If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

3vikram...

Hi Steve,
We forgot/neglected to save a baseline back in Sept 3. So any idea how to
work on it now?

I'm confused a bit on what you're asking about. Are you saying you
neglected to save a baseline back on 03 Sept before beginning work? Or did
you save the baseline back then before starting and now want to compare
progress to date with that original baseline?


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs


Hi,
We have a project wherein we are entering the actuals (work hrs)
continuously. Now the problem is we already entered 2 months of actual
data
on the project but now we want to re-baseline the schedule to September 3,
2007. How can we do it because we already entered all data since then and
we
want to compare the current/actual cost and labor versus the supposedly
baseline date of the project dated Sept 3, 2007 (original start date)??
Take
note, we didn't save any baseline eversince.

I have an archive of our old schedule dated Sept 3, 2007, should I start
from scratch, edit the old schedule we have (dated Sept 3, 2007), save a
baseline as of Sept 3 then enter ALL the actuals again?? It will be a big
work, I hope there is a another way to do it, so please help.


Thanks!

 

[Trivikram]

Jrufin,

Have you copied all the start / finish dates from your schedule. If yes, try
#3 for each set of tasks (do it one by one to all summary tasks). This should
work, I did it like this for my schedule...

3vikram...

Hi, when I did what you wrote, and set baseline as per #3 below, all the
original Baseline Start and Baseline Finish dates were changed into the
current date (Dec 12, 2007), which is wrong. The baseline start and finish
should be the same as my old schedule.

I selected ALL the tasks (the whole project), then go to
Tools - Tracking - Save Baseline - For: Selected Tasks - Roll-up baseline -
Check the "From substasks into selected summary"

Any idea?

Hi Jrufin,

Its simple. Open your old schedule, copy the task start / finish dates and
paste them in the column "Baseline Start & Baseline Finish" of the new
schedule. Once you complete the above process for all the tasks, you can
baseline your summary tasks by using the following procedure :

1. Select all tasks.
2. Goto Tools, Tracking, Set Baseline.
3. Choose Set Baseline, Selected Tasks & From subtasks into selected summary
task(s).

With this you entire schedule will get baselined to your desired dates (your
project dates).

!!!!!!!!!!! Dont forget to do this in a copy of your new schedule !!!!!!!!!!!

If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

3vikram...

Hi Steve,
We forgot/neglected to save a baseline back in Sept 3. So any idea how to
work on it now?



:

I'm confused a bit on what you're asking about. Are you saying you
neglected to save a baseline back on 03 Sept before beginning work? Or did
you save the baseline back then before starting and now want to compare
progress to date with that original baseline?


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs


Hi,
We have a project wherein we are entering the actuals (work hrs)
continuously. Now the problem is we already entered 2 months of actual
data
on the project but now we want to re-baseline the schedule to September 3,
2007. How can we do it because we already entered all data since then and
we
want to compare the current/actual cost and labor versus the supposedly
baseline date of the project dated Sept 3, 2007 (original start date)??
Take
note, we didn't save any baseline eversince.

I have an archive of our old schedule dated Sept 3, 2007, should I start
from scratch, edit the old schedule we have (dated Sept 3, 2007), save a
baseline as of Sept 3 then enter ALL the actuals again?? It will be a big
work, I hope there is a another way to do it, so please help.


Thanks!

 

[Jrufin]

Ok, thanks, I'll give it a try

Jrufin,

Have you copied all the start / finish dates from your schedule. If yes, try
#3 for each set of tasks (do it one by one to all summary tasks). This should
work, I did it like this for my schedule...

3vikram...

Hi, when I did what you wrote, and set baseline as per #3 below, all the
original Baseline Start and Baseline Finish dates were changed into the
current date (Dec 12, 2007), which is wrong. The baseline start and finish
should be the same as my old schedule.

I selected ALL the tasks (the whole project), then go to
Tools - Tracking - Save Baseline - For: Selected Tasks - Roll-up baseline -
Check the "From substasks into selected summary"

Any idea?

Hi Jrufin,

Its simple. Open your old schedule, copy the task start / finish dates and
paste them in the column "Baseline Start & Baseline Finish" of the new
schedule. Once you complete the above process for all the tasks, you can
baseline your summary tasks by using the following procedure :

1. Select all tasks.
2. Goto Tools, Tracking, Set Baseline.
3. Choose Set Baseline, Selected Tasks & From subtasks into selected summary
task(s).

With this you entire schedule will get baselined to your desired dates (your
project dates).

!!!!!!!!!!! Dont forget to do this in a copy of your new schedule !!!!!!!!!!!

If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

3vikram...

:

Hi Steve,
We forgot/neglected to save a baseline back in Sept 3. So any idea how to
work on it now?



:

I'm confused a bit on what you're asking about. Are you saying you
neglected to save a baseline back on 03 Sept before beginning work? Or did
you save the baseline back then before starting and now want to compare
progress to date with that original baseline?


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs


Hi,
We have a project wherein we are entering the actuals (work hrs)
continuously. Now the problem is we already entered 2 months of actual
data
on the project but now we want to re-baseline the schedule to September 3,
2007. How can we do it because we already entered all data since then and
we
want to compare the current/actual cost and labor versus the supposedly
baseline date of the project dated Sept 3, 2007 (original start date)??
Take
note, we didn't save any baseline eversince.

I have an archive of our old schedule dated Sept 3, 2007, should I start
from scratch, edit the old schedule we have (dated Sept 3, 2007), save a
baseline as of Sept 3 then enter ALL the actuals again?? It will be a big
work, I hope there is a another way to do it, so please help.


Thanks!