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From: kinetix on 31 Mar 2010 13:43 Didn't get any responses to a previous post on this. I would like to be able to show a "simple" % complete. It can be based on elapsed % (as of data date) of total planned duration. Sometimes I would prefer to punch in a %. If I do that now, it changes the end dates and that's not okay. This shouldn't be difficult but it's eluding me. thanks -- kinetix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kinetix's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/116990.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/microsoft-project/1322638.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Trevor Rabey on 31 Mar 2010 20:42 Why do you want to show this number, and who do you want to show it to, and what information will they be able to derive from it (especially if they do not understand what it is)? % Complete = actual duration/total duration, and that's all it is. % Complete is this one thing, and one thing only, and by itself is not very useful. 50% Complete could be 2 days actual out of 4 days total, or it could be 5 days actual out of 10 days total. Unless you know the numerator and denominator, % Complete is ambiguous. Your mention of "total planned duration" is not quite right. Total Duration includes both the Actual Duration and the Remaining Duration. The first is a fact, and the second is the "planned" part. If you punch in % Complete and get bad, unexpected results, doesn't this suggest that it is not a good idea? Try this. Set up a new file with one 10 day task. Set the Status Date to day 6. Use the Tracking Table to input the actual start and actual duration. If we assume that the task started on the planned start date, the actual duration can be anything up to but no nore than 6 days. Suppose it is 6 days. % Complete will be calculated by MSP as 60% There is no need for you to type it in. Have a look at the Tracking Toolbar, especially the 2nd and 3rd buttons from the left. -- Trevor Rabey 0407213955 61 8 92727485 PERFECT PROJECT PLANNING www.perfectproject.com.au "kinetix" <kinetix.48p99b(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:kinetix.48p99b(a)DoNotSpam.com... > > Didn't get any responses to a previous post on this. I would like to be > able to show a "simple" % complete. It can be based on elapsed % (as of > data date) of total planned duration. Sometimes I would prefer to punch > in a %. If I do that now, it changes the end dates and that's not okay. > This shouldn't be difficult but it's eluding me. thanks > > > -- > kinetix > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > kinetix's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/116990.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/microsoft-project/1322638.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in >
From: JulieS on 1 Apr 2010 06:09 If you wish to be able to manually gauge % complete, consider using the Physical % complete field. I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. Julie Project MVP Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information about Microsoft Project On 3/31/2010 1:43 PM, kinetix wrote: > Didn't get any responses to a previous post on this. I would like to be > able to show a "simple" % complete. It can be based on elapsed % (as of > data date) of total planned duration. Sometimes I would prefer to punch > in a %. If I do that now, it changes the end dates and that's not okay. > This shouldn't be difficult but it's eluding me. thanks > >
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