From: Amy U Amy on
Does MS Project 2007 automatically flag a holiday that falls on the weekend
to the prior/following work day or is this something that I can change?
Example, July 4, 2010 was marked as a holiday, but it is showing up as July 5
being a non-working day for the holiday. The same thing happens for Christmas
From: Dale Howard [MVP] on
Amy --

No, Microsoft Project 2007 does NOT automatically flag holidays that occur
on a Saturday and Sunday, and then reschedule them to the preceding Friday
or following Monday. The reason the software does not do this is because
every organization has different policies concerning what happens when a
holiday falls on a weekend. In the 13+ years I have worked with this tool,
I have seen the following company policies for weekend holidays:

-- If the holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the
recognized holiday; if the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday
is the recognized holiday (this is the most common, but not every company
does this).

-- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the preceding Friday is always the
recognized holiday.

-- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the following Monday is always the
recognized holiday.

-- If the holiday falls on a weekend, there is no recognized holiday on the
preceding Friday or following Monday. Instead, each worker gets one
additional personal holiday which he/she can use as he/she wishes.

Given the above scenarios, see why Microsoft Project 2007 doesn't do what
you hoped it would do in regard to weekend holidays? So, what you need to
do is to create additional instances of the holiday according to your
company's policy. For example, Independence Day this year falls on a
Sunday. So, you would need to create one additional instance of
Independence Day to set July 5th as the holiday. Also, when you create your
company holidays, click the Details button for each holiday and set the
holiday to recur 2 or more years into the future. I personally like to
create 5 years of holidays to minimize the amount of work I must do.

Hope this helps.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
VP of Educational Services
msProjectExperts
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We write the books on Project Server"


"Amy U" <Amy U(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6F1FCE17-A786-4F45-989E-AE771E2D0C88(a)microsoft.com...
> Does MS Project 2007 automatically flag a holiday that falls on the
> weekend
> to the prior/following work day or is this something that I can change?
> Example, July 4, 2010 was marked as a holiday, but it is showing up as
> July 5
> being a non-working day for the holiday. The same thing happens for
> Christmas

From: Amy U on
Dale,

In my case, in the Enterprise global the holiday is marked as July 5 vs.
July 4 and I am wondering how to go about changing that. Please advise.
Thanks!

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:

> Amy --
>
> No, Microsoft Project 2007 does NOT automatically flag holidays that occur
> on a Saturday and Sunday, and then reschedule them to the preceding Friday
> or following Monday. The reason the software does not do this is because
> every organization has different policies concerning what happens when a
> holiday falls on a weekend. In the 13+ years I have worked with this tool,
> I have seen the following company policies for weekend holidays:
>
> -- If the holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the
> recognized holiday; if the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday
> is the recognized holiday (this is the most common, but not every company
> does this).
>
> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the preceding Friday is always the
> recognized holiday.
>
> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the following Monday is always the
> recognized holiday.
>
> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, there is no recognized holiday on the
> preceding Friday or following Monday. Instead, each worker gets one
> additional personal holiday which he/she can use as he/she wishes.
>
> Given the above scenarios, see why Microsoft Project 2007 doesn't do what
> you hoped it would do in regard to weekend holidays? So, what you need to
> do is to create additional instances of the holiday according to your
> company's policy. For example, Independence Day this year falls on a
> Sunday. So, you would need to create one additional instance of
> Independence Day to set July 5th as the holiday. Also, when you create your
> company holidays, click the Details button for each holiday and set the
> holiday to recur 2 or more years into the future. I personally like to
> create 5 years of holidays to minimize the amount of work I must do.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> VP of Educational Services
> msProjectExperts
> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
> "We write the books on Project Server"
>
>
> "Amy U" <Amy U(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6F1FCE17-A786-4F45-989E-AE771E2D0C88(a)microsoft.com...
> > Does MS Project 2007 automatically flag a holiday that falls on the
> > weekend
> > to the prior/following work day or is this something that I can change?
> > Example, July 4, 2010 was marked as a holiday, but it is showing up as
> > July 5
> > being a non-working day for the holiday. The same thing happens for
> > Christmas
>
From: Dale Howard [MVP] on
Amy U --

You have to be a Project Server administrator to perform the following
steps:

1. Log into PWA and then click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch
menu.
2. Click the Enterprise Calendars link in the Enterprise Data section of
the Server Settings page.
3. Select the Standard calendar (assuming that is the calendar your
organization uses) and click the Edit Calendar button.

The system opens the enterprise Standard calendar for editing in Microsoft
Project 2007.

4. Set the holidays according to your company's standards.
5. Click the OK button.

Hope this helps.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
VP of Educational Services
msProjectExperts
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We write the books on Project Server"


"Amy U" <AmyU(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8A9B8386-EDF0-435C-BB04-552B798D2931(a)microsoft.com...
> Dale,
>
> In my case, in the Enterprise global the holiday is marked as July 5 vs.
> July 4 and I am wondering how to go about changing that. Please advise.
> Thanks!
>
> "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Amy --
>>
>> No, Microsoft Project 2007 does NOT automatically flag holidays that
>> occur
>> on a Saturday and Sunday, and then reschedule them to the preceding
>> Friday
>> or following Monday. The reason the software does not do this is because
>> every organization has different policies concerning what happens when a
>> holiday falls on a weekend. In the 13+ years I have worked with this
>> tool,
>> I have seen the following company policies for weekend holidays:
>>
>> -- If the holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the
>> recognized holiday; if the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following
>> Monday
>> is the recognized holiday (this is the most common, but not every company
>> does this).
>>
>> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the preceding Friday is always the
>> recognized holiday.
>>
>> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the following Monday is always the
>> recognized holiday.
>>
>> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, there is no recognized holiday on
>> the
>> preceding Friday or following Monday. Instead, each worker gets one
>> additional personal holiday which he/she can use as he/she wishes.
>>
>> Given the above scenarios, see why Microsoft Project 2007 doesn't do what
>> you hoped it would do in regard to weekend holidays? So, what you need
>> to
>> do is to create additional instances of the holiday according to your
>> company's policy. For example, Independence Day this year falls on a
>> Sunday. So, you would need to create one additional instance of
>> Independence Day to set July 5th as the holiday. Also, when you create
>> your
>> company holidays, click the Details button for each holiday and set the
>> holiday to recur 2 or more years into the future. I personally like to
>> create 5 years of holidays to minimize the amount of work I must do.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> --
>> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
>> VP of Educational Services
>> msProjectExperts
>> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
>> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
>> "We write the books on Project Server"
>>
>>
>> "Amy U" <Amy U(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6F1FCE17-A786-4F45-989E-AE771E2D0C88(a)microsoft.com...
>> > Does MS Project 2007 automatically flag a holiday that falls on the
>> > weekend
>> > to the prior/following work day or is this something that I can change?
>> > Example, July 4, 2010 was marked as a holiday, but it is showing up as
>> > July 5
>> > being a non-working day for the holiday. The same thing happens for
>> > Christmas
>>
From: Amy U on
I am the administrator and had looked at the steps that you mentioned,
however, the Standard calendar looks to be checked out and so the Edit
Calendar is grayed out and I cannot choose it. Next steps?

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:

> Amy U --
>
> You have to be a Project Server administrator to perform the following
> steps:
>
> 1. Log into PWA and then click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch
> menu.
> 2. Click the Enterprise Calendars link in the Enterprise Data section of
> the Server Settings page.
> 3. Select the Standard calendar (assuming that is the calendar your
> organization uses) and click the Edit Calendar button.
>
> The system opens the enterprise Standard calendar for editing in Microsoft
> Project 2007.
>
> 4. Set the holidays according to your company's standards.
> 5. Click the OK button.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> VP of Educational Services
> msProjectExperts
> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
> "We write the books on Project Server"
>
>
> "Amy U" <AmyU(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8A9B8386-EDF0-435C-BB04-552B798D2931(a)microsoft.com...
> > Dale,
> >
> > In my case, in the Enterprise global the holiday is marked as July 5 vs.
> > July 4 and I am wondering how to go about changing that. Please advise.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Amy --
> >>
> >> No, Microsoft Project 2007 does NOT automatically flag holidays that
> >> occur
> >> on a Saturday and Sunday, and then reschedule them to the preceding
> >> Friday
> >> or following Monday. The reason the software does not do this is because
> >> every organization has different policies concerning what happens when a
> >> holiday falls on a weekend. In the 13+ years I have worked with this
> >> tool,
> >> I have seen the following company policies for weekend holidays:
> >>
> >> -- If the holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the
> >> recognized holiday; if the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following
> >> Monday
> >> is the recognized holiday (this is the most common, but not every company
> >> does this).
> >>
> >> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the preceding Friday is always the
> >> recognized holiday.
> >>
> >> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, the following Monday is always the
> >> recognized holiday.
> >>
> >> -- If the holiday falls on a weekend, there is no recognized holiday on
> >> the
> >> preceding Friday or following Monday. Instead, each worker gets one
> >> additional personal holiday which he/she can use as he/she wishes.
> >>
> >> Given the above scenarios, see why Microsoft Project 2007 doesn't do what
> >> you hoped it would do in regard to weekend holidays? So, what you need
> >> to
> >> do is to create additional instances of the holiday according to your
> >> company's policy. For example, Independence Day this year falls on a
> >> Sunday. So, you would need to create one additional instance of
> >> Independence Day to set July 5th as the holiday. Also, when you create
> >> your
> >> company holidays, click the Details button for each holiday and set the
> >> holiday to recur 2 or more years into the future. I personally like to
> >> create 5 years of holidays to minimize the amount of work I must do.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> >> VP of Educational Services
> >> msProjectExperts
> >> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> >> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
> >> "We write the books on Project Server"
> >>
> >>
> >> "Amy U" <Amy U(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6F1FCE17-A786-4F45-989E-AE771E2D0C88(a)microsoft.com...
> >> > Does MS Project 2007 automatically flag a holiday that falls on the
> >> > weekend
> >> > to the prior/following work day or is this something that I can change?
> >> > Example, July 4, 2010 was marked as a holiday, but it is showing up as
> >> > July 5
> >> > being a non-working day for the holiday. The same thing happens for
> >> > Christmas
> >>