MSP scheduling on holidays

[K Major]

I have a project calendar assigned to the project.

I have a task with no calendar assigned (i.e. "None").

Still, MSP is scheduling this task on a holiday. That holiday is clearly
marked in the project calndar as a holiday. I don't get it?

Help, Kevin

 

[Rod Gill]

Select Tools, Change Working Time. Look in the Standard calendar. Every task
that doesn't have a resource assigned uses this calendar. Every task that
has a resource assigned uses the resource calendars.

The task calendar is only used if you want to force a particular task to say
happen only after hours or at weekends.

 

[K Major]

All my tasks have resources assigned. When I set up the project file, I made
a copy of the standard calendar and assigned it to the project. It is called
"corporate".

I have Memorial Day marked as non-working time in the "corporate" calendar.
Are you saying I HAVE to use the "standard" calendar (i.e. my "Corporate"
calendar won't work) or are you saying I would have to note in every resource
calendar that M-Day is a holiday?

Thanks, Kevin

 

[JulieS]

Hi Kevin,

Check your resource sheet - are your resources' using the "Corporate"
calendar as their base calendar? It defaults to Standard.

The background of the Gantt chart (non-working time grey shade) also
defaults to using the Standard calendar, but if the resources' base calendar
is "Corporate" and the project calendar is "Corporate" the calculation
should be correct, it is just the display in the Gantt chart that needs to
be changed.

Go to Format>Timescale and click on the Non-Working time tab, select the
"Corporate" calendar.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie