Update Project Dialog Box

[Anita]

Can someone pls explain to me the difference between

Set 0-100% complete
and
Set 0-100% complete only

in the update project dialog box, I'm really confused.

Many thanks

Anita

 

[JulieS]

Hi Anita,

Those settings control how Project updates % Complete on tasks that should
have been in progess (but not finished) as of the status date (date appearing
in the Update Project dialog box). The choice set 0-100% complete would mark
a task that should have been started by not completed as of the date the
appropriate % complete. For example, a 10 day task that that started on 28
April 2005 should have been 50% complete as of 4 March 2005. If I choose
"set 0-100% complete it is marked as 50% complete.
If I choose 0 or 100% complete only the same task with the same update date
(4 March) the % complete is not touched by Project because it is not
scheduled to be completed until 11 March 2005.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[John]

Can someone pls explain to me the difference between

Set 0-100% complete
and
Set 0-100% complete only

in the update project dialog box, I'm really confused.

Many thanks

Anita

Anita,
"Set 0-100% complete" actually implies the range of "0" to "100" while
"set 0-100% complete only" means either "0" or "100". The latter is more
applicable to milestones.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[John]

Hi Anita,

Those settings control how Project updates % Complete on tasks that should
have been in progess (but not finished) as of the status date (date appearing
in the Update Project dialog box). The choice set 0-100% complete would mark
a task that should have been started by not completed as of the date the
appropriate % complete. For example, a 10 day task that that started on 28
April 2005 should have been 50% complete as of 4 March 2005. If I choose
"set 0-100% complete it is marked as 50% complete.
If I choose 0 or 100% complete only the same task with the same update date
(4 March) the % complete is not touched by Project because it is not
scheduled to be completed until 11 March 2005.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

Julie,
When I first read your explanation, (I didn't see it in my newsreader
until after I posted mine), I thought I had missed something. However on
re-reading it I noted two things. First your example has a really
strange task that hasn't started yet (i.e. 28 April 2005) but should
have been 50% complete as of 4 March 2005. How you do dat? The second
thing I realized is that our responses say the same thing. You just
provide more of an explanation and that is better.

John

 

[JulieS]

Hi John,
What, you mean that you haven't found how to conquer the space/time
continuum using Project? <grin>. Sorry about the dates - clearly my brain
was moving slower than my fingers!
What is nice is that we both posted the same answer - yours with less errors!
Julie

 

[John]

Hi John,
What, you mean that you haven't found how to conquer the space/time
continuum using Project? <grin>. Sorry about the dates - clearly my brain
was moving slower than my fingers!
What is nice is that we both posted the same answer - yours with less errors!
Julie

Julie,
Well if you can keep a secret . . . I actually do have the formula for
flipping the space/time continuum, but I dare not publish it or the feds
will come and get me. They will lock me up and tickle me until I tell
them how to do it.

John

 

[JulieS]

Your secret is safe with me....must run. I just noticed a black helicopter
hovering over the house.....

Julie

 

[JulieD]

now i know why you never post your surname

Julie,
Well if you can keep a secret . . . I actually do have the formula for
flipping the space/time continuum, but I dare not publish it or the feds
will come and get me. They will lock me up and tickle me until I tell
them how to do it.

John

 

[John]

now i know why you never post your surname

Julie,
Actually, I do ... but its encoded I gotta keep a low profile.

John

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

Time travel is very easy. To go backward in time, just goes faster than the
speed of light. To travel into the future, just go slower than motionless.
<g> It's kind of like Dirk Gentry's instructions for flying: "Hurl
yourself to the ground with all your might ... and miss!"