display graphical inicators for changes in costs

[Uli Grunert]

Dear all,
I tried to get a feedback in MS-Project2003 when there was an automatic
(unmeant) calculation in the costs in each row.

Therefore I added a new Column cost10 in the View Gantt. I copied the values
of column cost to the new column cost10. Then I used customize fields of
column10 to display graphical inicators. In the window graphical indicators I
used:
"does not equal" in the first colum cost10,
"[Cost]" in the second column Values(s) and
"8" in the last column Image.

In the View Gantt I get now a lot of blue dots. Even if the costs in column
cost is exactly the same as in column cost10. Only if the costs in the column
cost are 0 it works correctly and no blue dot apperars.
I want to see only blue dots in cost10 if the costs in column cost have
changed.

Could you please help me finding out what is going wrong whith my customized
field?

Is there any better way controlling the automatic cost changes?

Uli

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
For FAQs: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Tried this, worked perfectly.
I'm nearly sure you mispasted the values when you copied.
HTH

 

[Uli Grunert]

Hi Jan,
thank you for fast respose!
You are right it works for some rows but not for all.
Sometimes I get a graphical indicator although the figures for cost and
cost10 (using "show data values in ToolTips") are exactly the same.
Do you have an idea what could be the reason for this?
Uli

Hi,

Tried this, worked perfectly.
I'm nearly sure you mispasted the values when you copied.
HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
For FAQs: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

Dear all,
I tried to get a feedback in MS-Project2003 when there was an automatic
(unmeant) calculation in the costs in each row.

Therefore I added a new Column cost10 in the View Gantt. I copied the values
of column cost to the new column cost10. Then I used customize fields of
column10 to display graphical inicators. In the window graphical indicators I
used:
"does not equal" in the first colum cost10,
"[Cost]" in the second column Values(s) and
"8" in the last column Image.

In the View Gantt I get now a lot of blue dots. Even if the costs in column
cost is exactly the same as in column cost10. Only if the costs in the column
cost are 0 it works correctly and no blue dot apperars.
I want to see only blue dots in cost10 if the costs in column cost have
changed.

Could you please help me finding out what is going wrong whith my customized
field?

Is there any better way controlling the automatic cost changes?

Uli