Time Formats

[assaf1978]

Hi,
How do I show the father activity in weeks (for instance) and its sons in
days?

Thanks,
Assaf.

 

[John]

Hi,
How do I show the father activity in weeks (for instance) and its sons in
days?

Thanks,
Assaf.

Assaf,
The unfortunate simple is answer is, you don't. The timescale setting
applies to all task rows, whether they are summary lines or subtasks.

John
Project MVP

 

[Jim Aksel]

See if this helps. Tools/Options then pull the schedule tab.
Change the default "Duration is entered in:" from Days to Weeks.
Click OK.

Now, everything is entered in weeks, so the summary (father) tasks show as
weeks and so do the children. However, you can manually key the children
with durations in Days: 5d.

The duration column is now shown in weeks and days with summaries in weeks
and discrete (child) tasks as days.

Fooling the software in this manner involves manual entery of units "days"
for all tasks. This may be more work than any benefit received.

I have not discovered a way to change the time scale on the right side to
mix duration units. It would be nice to have a magnifying glass feature that
would allow you to zoom in on some of the tasks and have the duration break
open.
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[John]

See if this helps. Tools/Options then pull the schedule tab.
Change the default "Duration is entered in:" from Days to Weeks.
Click OK.

Now, everything is entered in weeks, so the summary (father) tasks show as
weeks and so do the children. However, you can manually key the children
with durations in Days: 5d.

The duration column is now shown in weeks and days with summaries in weeks
and discrete (child) tasks as days.

Fooling the software in this manner involves manual entery of units "days"
for all tasks. This may be more work than any benefit received.

I have not discovered a way to change the time scale on the right side to
mix duration units. It would be nice to have a magnifying glass feature that
would allow you to zoom in on some of the tasks and have the duration break
open.

Jim,
Good call. For some reason when I read Assaf's post I got focused on the
Gantt display and the fact that he was probably talking about the
Duration field blew right past me.

However, in the event that he was referring to the Gantt display, I
should have directed him to the 3 tier display options for the timescale.

Thanks for stepping in.

John