Summary task does not pick up finish date of sub-tasks

[Fiordispina]

I have a summary task that has multiple sub-tasks. I changed all of the
sub-task finish dates (and removed all constraints of the sub-tasks) and the
summary task continues to reflect the original finish date (two months later
than new date).
There are no predecessors, no links, no constraints set.
Help please! Thank you.

 

[JulieS]

Hello Fiordispina,

Try pressing the F9 key on your keyboard to force a calculation. If the
date changes after pressing F9, it would appear that your calculation is
set to manual. Set it to automatic through Tools > Options, Calculation
tab.

Also, your comment "I changed all of the sub-task finish dates (and
removed all constraints of the sub-tasks)" is contradictory. If you
manually changed the finish dates, your tasks are still constrained .
Add the constraint type column to the table and ensure the tasks are all
set to ASAP -- assuming a project scheduled from a fixed start date.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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[Dave]

I have a summary task that has multiple sub-tasks. I changed all of the
sub-task finish dates (and removed all constraints of the sub-tasks) and the
summary task continues to reflect the original finish date (two months later
than new date).
There are no predecessors, no links, no constraints set.
Help please! Thank you.

I have seen this occasionally. I carry out the following steps:
- Promote all the subtasks to the same outline level as the summary task
(so it is no longer a summary task for those tasks)
- Delete the summary task
- Insert a new task where the summary task previously was
- Demote the newly promoted subtasks to the required outline level