Problem with BCWS and BCWP columns

[Caio]

Hello,

Some projects are losing their values in the column bcwp and bcws.

I'm creating the project creating the tasks and saving the baseline, as
usually. But, some days, and maybe months later, when I reopened the project,
the bcwp and bcws values were set to 0 (zero).

The values for the baseline are still there in baseline column.

Is there a way to restore/recalculate these values in bcwp and bcws column?

Reset values (tools/tracking/set baseline - entire baseline) is not a option.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,
Caio

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Caio,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I'm no expert in budgeting, but I believe it uses the Status date for its
calculation. Have you entered the latest Status Date (Project/Project
Information...)?

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this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

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[Caio]

Hi Mike,

It really uses the status date to calculate. I'll look for some project
managers that reported this problem and check if ajusting only the status
date will fix my problem.

After doing that I'll post here.

Thanks!

Caio

 

[Mannie]

Hi,
In MSP2003, how about highlighting the summary level task for the bcws/bcwp
columns that are not summating properly immediately beneath the summary
level, then goto Tools/Tracking/Save Baseline..... and set the following
options:
Save Baseline
For: Selected tasks
and BOTH rollup baselines boxed TICKED.

Good luck
R.

 

[Caio Pereira]

Hello my friends,

I identifyed two problems on this and solved just one:

1) The values in BCWS and BCWP turned zero - still remains!
Partial solution: how I couldn?t just save the baseline, I made a copy to another blank baseline, saved the baseline 0, copied again the original baseline to 0 and cleared the created baseline. I made it by code transparently to the user. This problem remains, because I haven?t identifyed the main cause, so I can occur again.

2) Some projects were calculating the BCWP value wrong - solved!
Solution: This problem occurred because in the middle of the project I changed the aggregate calculation method from "% complete" to "% physical complete". The solution was just to reset for each task the "% physical complete" column, setting it to 0 and then to its original value.

Thanks for the answers and I still am looking for the main solution.

Regards,
Caio
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Mannie wrote:

Hi,In MSP2003, how about highlighting the summary level task for the bcws/bcwp
08-out-09

Hi
In MSP2003, how about highlighting the summary level task for the bcws/bcwp
columns that are not summating properly immediately beneath the summary
level, then goto Tools/Tracking/Save Baseline..... and set the following
options
Save Baselin
For: Selected task
and BOTH rollup baselines boxed TICKED

Good luc
R

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[Caio Pereira]

Hello my friends,

I identifyed two problems on this and solved just one:

1) The values in BCWS and BCWP turned zero - still remains!
Partial solution: how I couldn?t just save the baseline, I made a copy to another blank baseline, saved the baseline 0, copied again the original baseline to 0 and cleared the created baseline. I made it by code transparently to the user. This problem remains, because I haven?t identifyed the main cause, so I can occur again.

2) Some projects were calculating the BCWP value wrong - solved!
Solution: This problem occurred because in the middle of the project I changed the aggregate calculation method from "% complete" to "% physical complete". The solution was just to reset for each task the "% physical complete" column, setting it to 0 and then to its original value.

Thanks for the answers and I still am looking for the main solution.

Regards,
Caio
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)
MSN: (e-mail address removed)



Caio wrote:

Problem with BCWS and BCWP columns
14-set-09

Hello

Some projects are losing their values in the column bcwp and bcws.

I'm creating the project creating the tasks and saving the baseline, as
usually. But, some days, and maybe months later, when I reopened the project,
the bcwp and bcws values were set to 0 (zero)

The values for the baseline are still there in baseline column

Is there a way to restore/recalculate these values in bcwp and bcws column

Reset values (tools/tracking/set baseline - entire baseline) is not a option

Any help will be appreciated

Regards
Caio

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[Allan Long]

I, too, am having that problem. The reports worked fine for months, and then started showing zero's for BCWS and BCWP in the Earned Value reports. I should not have to change options since I haven't changed any since the last time it worked. Everything else seems to work, and the budget numbers are still there, but the reports don't pick them up.