Inserting tasks from other projects

[Amy]

I have copied one task in Project A and pasted it as a link in Project B.

My goal is to have any changes of this task made in Project A be reflected
Project B.

The pasted task in Project B does dynamically show any changes in dates and
duration I have made in Project A, but it does not show any changes in
progress, % complete, etc... The task reads as 0% complete in Project B, but
reads 100% complete in Project A. Does anyone know what is causing this, and
if it can be fixed?

I know if I insert the entire Project A into Project B that all changes will
be shown, but in this case, I just want only one task to be shown, not an
entire project.

I would appreciate any help!

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

You would have to copy paste link the individual fields as well if it let
you. Be aware that links use old DDE technology, so if you over-write, move
rename either file on the ends of the link corruption of either file can
occur.

I prefer to use VBA macros run weekly to update changes, after all schedules
rarely get updated more than weekly.

 

[Amy]

Thank you for your response.
I have tried to paste the individual fields, but it automatically pastes the
whole task, and still does not reflect the progress information.

I am aware of the issues with linking this way, like corrupting the link if
I move the file (I learned that the hard way a long time ago), but thank you
for warning me anyway.

Do you have any other suggestions? I guess I have decided that the only way
I can do what I want is to insert an entire project, and apply a filter. The
only problem I have doing it this way is I would like to filter certain tasks
and summary tasks. When I filter any summary tasks, you can still expand the
summary task. Other employees at my company (including my boss) will be
looking at this project and I have a feeling that someone will expand one of
the summary tasks, and there will be total confusion.......I am just not sure
what to do at this point.....