Update Baseline 4 in pj2007

[RixMcx]

I took over a project and discovered there are no baseline4 finish dates in
96 tasks. We are calculating on bl4. Can you just enter the desired date? I
was told this would cause problems. I would like to update bl4 using the
date value from Finish .

Thanks

 

[Rob Schneider]

I looked up in Help about Baseline4 fields. Entry type is documented as
"calculated or entered" and it explains how it is calculated (by saving
a baseline into that numbered baseline).

You can read for yourself that article in Help and draw your own
conclusions. My conclusion is that it will be ok for you to just enter
dates into these Baseline4 fields since the documentation says you can.

Perhaps whoever told you that this would cause problems should be
consulted again. Find out *exactly* what problems are expected, and and
get specifics about the impacts of those problems. My hunch is that
there are no Project-caused projects, but maybe there are some issues
related to your project that you need to flesh out? Everything I know
says "no problem" but I would interrogate the naysayer another time.

Try it.


--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[Rob Schneider]

I looked up in Help about Baseline4 fields. Entry type is documented as
"calculated or entered" and it explains how it is calculated (by saving
a baseline into that numbered baseline).

You can read for yourself that article in Help and draw your own
conclusions. My conclusion is that it will be ok for you to just enter
dates into these Baseline4 fields since the documentation says you can.

Perhaps whoever told you that this would cause problems should be
consulted again. Find out *exactly* what problems are expected, and and
get specifics about the impacts of those problems. My hunch is that
there are no Project-caused problems, but maybe there are some issues
related to your project that you need to flesh out? Everything I know
says "no problem" but I would interrogate the naysayer another time.

Try it.


--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[RixMcx]

Thanks to both of you for your input. I will test both methods and let you
know. I am in the process of a minor overhaul of this schedule and this is
just one of the problems I have found.