days rather than hours

[Jan de Wit]

Project 2003 counts with 8/h per day.
However, I am not interestd in calculating in hours, I want to set up a
project in days. How to go about?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Project doesn't count in hours, it always, inevitably counts in minutes,
sorry :-(
But you can enter durations in days (that is even the default) and if you
want to show Work in days, Tools, Options, Schedule, has an option for that.
Hope this helps,

 

[Jan de Wit]

Thanks Jan,

No, that doesn't help much I am afraid.
I want to enter the workload in hours, not only show it in the summary.

Any other ideas?

Cheers, Jan

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Jan,

Well you can... first you say I wa,nt to do everythinhg in days, then in
hours ...
Entering workload in hours is default so waht's the problkem?

 

[Steve House]

Workload and duration are two different things entirely. Workload is effort
(work) and is entered in man-hours. Duration is work-hour calendar time
between start and finish.

 

[Jan de Wit]

Sorry, I meant to write DAYS in stead of hours.
So expressing more specifically, thanks Steve, is there a way of expressing
the workload in DAYS rather than hours.

Duration is not my first concern.

Workload and duration are two different things entirely. Workload is
effort (work) and is entered in man-hours. Duration is work-hour calendar
time between start and finish.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Thanks Jan,

No, that doesn't help much I am afraid.
I want to enter the workload in hours, not only show it in the summary.

Any other ideas?

Cheers, Jan

 

[JulieS]

Hello Jan,

As Jan directed: Tools > Options, Schedule tab. Select the measurement
you wish to use in the drop-down next to "Work is entered in:"

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

Sorry, I meant to write DAYS in stead of hours.
So expressing more specifically, thanks Steve, is there a way of
expressing the workload in DAYS rather than hours.

Duration is not my first concern.

Workload and duration are two different things entirely. Workload is
effort (work) and is entered in man-hours. Duration is work-hour
calendar time between start and finish.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Thanks Jan,

No, that doesn't help much I am afraid.
I want to enter the workload in hours, not only show it in the
summary.

Any other ideas?

Cheers, Jan



"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in
message Hi,

Project doesn't count in hours, it always, inevitably counts in
minutes, sorry :-(
But you can enter durations in days (that is even the default) and
if you want to show Work in days, Tools, Options, Schedule, has an
option for that.
Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project MVP
http://users.online.be/prom-ade
"Jan de Wit" <s> wrote in message
Project 2003 counts with 8/h per day.
However, I am not interestd in calculating in hours, I want to set
up a project in days. How to go about?

 

[Jan de Wit]

It works!
Thank you ever so much.
That I ever missed this option!

Hello Jan,

As Jan directed: Tools > Options, Schedule tab. Select the measurement
you wish to use in the drop-down next to "Work is entered in:"

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

Sorry, I meant to write DAYS in stead of hours.
So expressing more specifically, thanks Steve, is there a way of
expressing the workload in DAYS rather than hours.

Duration is not my first concern.

Workload and duration are two different things entirely. Workload is
effort (work) and is entered in man-hours. Duration is work-hour
calendar time between start and finish.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Jan de Wit" <s> wrote in message
Thanks Jan,

No, that doesn't help much I am afraid.
I want to enter the workload in hours, not only show it in the summary.

Any other ideas?

Cheers, Jan



"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in
message Hi,

Project doesn't count in hours, it always, inevitably counts in
minutes, sorry :-(
But you can enter durations in days (that is even the default) and if
you want to show Work in days, Tools, Options, Schedule, has an option
for that.
Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project MVP
http://users.online.be/prom-ade
"Jan de Wit" <s> wrote in message
Project 2003 counts with 8/h per day.
However, I am not interestd in calculating in hours, I want to set up
a project in days. How to go about?

 

[JulieS]

You're welcome Jan and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
Project MVP

It works!
Thank you ever so much.
That I ever missed this option!

Hello Jan,

As Jan directed: Tools > Options, Schedule tab. Select the
measurement you wish to use in the drop-down next to "Work is entered
in:"

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

Sorry, I meant to write DAYS in stead of hours.
So expressing more specifically, thanks Steve, is there a way of
expressing the workload in DAYS rather than hours.

Duration is not my first concern.



"Steve House" <sjhouse at hotmail dot com> wrote in message
Workload and duration are two different things entirely. Workload
is effort (work) and is entered in man-hours. Duration is
work-hour calendar time between start and finish.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Jan de Wit" <s> wrote in message
Thanks Jan,

No, that doesn't help much I am afraid.
I want to enter the workload in hours, not only show it in the
summary.

Any other ideas?

Cheers, Jan



"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in
message Hi,

Project doesn't count in hours, it always, inevitably counts in
minutes, sorry :-(
But you can enter durations in days (that is even the default)
and if you want to show Work in days, Tools, Options, Schedule,
has an option for that.
Hope this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project MVP
http://users.online.be/prom-ade
"Jan de Wit" <s> wrote in message
Project 2003 counts with 8/h per day.
However, I am not interestd in calculating in hours, I want to
set up a project in days. How to go about?