Removing duration from the calendar view

[dave]

Is there a way to remove the duration field from the calendar view in
project professional?

I only want to see the finish date for a task in the calendar.

Thanks

-Dave

 

[John]

Is there a way to remove the duration field from the calendar view in
project professional?

I only want to see the finish date for a task in the calendar.

Thanks

-Dave

Dave,
Sure. In the Calendar view, go to Format/Bar Styles. For each bar of
interest, remove the Duration field from the list of fields under the
Text heading and replace it with the Finish field.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[dave]

Thanks -

I guess I need to clarify what I am trying to do:

Within the calendar view, is there a way to display only the task
name, only on it's finish date? (No duration, no bar, etc) I would
like to display project tasks similar to the outlook add-in where you
set start date = finish date for the view.

 

[John]

Thanks -

I guess I need to clarify what I am trying to do:

Within the calendar view, is there a way to display only the task
name, only on it's finish date? (No duration, no bar, etc) I would
like to display project tasks similar to the outlook add-in where you
set start date = finish date for the view.

Dave,
To be honest, I don't know. I never use the Calendar view but playing
with it a little it might be possible to do what you want but it
certainly won't be pretty (i.e. very readable). What I ended up doing is
to set up a separate 1 day task on the Finish date of each task. Then I
filtered the view so only the one day tasks were visible. Finally I set
the Format/Bar Styles for a line bar type (noncritical task). Like I
said, not very "pretty".

Project isn't all that flexible when it comes to presenting the data in
certain ways and the Calendar view is one of them.

John
Project MVP

 

[dave]

Thanks John -

I appreciate your help!

-Dave

Dave,
To be honest, I don't know. I never use the Calendar view but playing
with it a little it might be possible to do what you want but it
certainly won't be pretty (i.e. very readable). What I ended up doing is
to set up a separate 1 day task on the Finish date of each task. Then I
filtered the view so only the one day tasks were visible. Finally I set
the Format/Bar Styles for a line bar type (noncritical task). Like I
said, not very "pretty".

Project isn't all that flexible when it comes to presenting the data in
certain ways and the Calendar view is one of them.

John
Project MVP

 

[John]

Thanks John -

I appreciate your help!

-Dave
Project MVP

Dave,
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
John