Issue with zeroing out of remaining work

[David]

Hi,

We have a PM who is trying to set a task's remaining work to 0 and to 100%
complete. These are the steps he is performing:
1. setting remaining work to 0
2. republishing the task
3. setting task to 100% complete
4. sync'ing actuals
5. republishing the task
These steps work correctly but when he performs the same steps on a
different section of the project the previous values revert back to their
original values.

Any idea as to why this is happening?

We are using Project Server 2003 for time entry with managed time periods
and are using the desktop version of Project 2003 to edit the schedules.

I originally posted this issue to the general questions section but I forgot
to include our envirnment info and I received the following response:
"It sounds as though he is using Project Server in which case you would
get a better response by asking the question in the
microsoft.public.project.server.

I would guess that the section of the Project he is trying to do this to
is some time in the past and that the system has locked those values."

If this is the cause of the issue is there anyway around it?

Thank you.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

David:

When you use managed time periods, you are telling the system that the Web
tables own the work record. Therefore, the PM cannot change these values for
any tasks that are actually assigned to resources. If you want to change the
project from inside the Project Client, you must first disable managed time
periods long enough for the PM to make the change.

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
MSProjectExperts
For Project Server Consulting: http://www.msprojectexperts.com
For Project Server FAQS: http://www.projectserverexperts.com

 

[David]

Thank you Gary,

Just so that I completely understand. With the exception of your reply there
is no way for a PM to update time remaining or % complete if these values are
not 0 and 100 respectively when a task has been completed. Is that correct?

Thank you,

David

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

When managed time periods are enabled, these values cannot be changed by the
PM in the Project client.

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
MSProjectExperts
For Project Server Consulting: http://www.msprojectexperts.com
For Project Server FAQS: http://www.projectserverexperts.com