Start/Finish vs. Actual Start/Finish

[Cree]

Baseline is set as the "Projected" dates you anticipate completing a task.
Start and Finish are normally used to show when you have actually
started/finished a task. When are Actual Start/Finish columns/dates used?

I've shown the Start/Finish and the Actual Start and Finish columns side by
side. Why is it that when I update the dates in either the "actual" columns,
it automatically changes the "start and finish dates"?

 

[Rod Gill]

Start/finish are your latest calculated dates. Baseline dates are a copy of
start/finish. Actual dates are when tasks actually start. Start/finish must
always=actual dates because they are the latest ones.

So, set the baseline when you have an agreed schedule. You can save
additional baselines at the beginning of each phase.

 

[JoepL]

This answer is useful. Thank you.
Along those lines, I set the baseline for my project, but now I 've found an
error. Task information shows the start and finish dates I want for an
activity, but the dates on the schedule are different. I don't see any
constraints on the task information either.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Can't be unless you have a corrupted file, which is not frequent at all.
What do you mean by "the dates on the schedule"?

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[JoepL]

Hi, thank you for your help. My baseline schedule for a task shows a 12 03 07
start date, which is incorrect. If I click on the date cell it reveals the
task information box. It shows a start date of 12 31 07, which is correct.
FYI, I already saved the schedule a baseline. Joe