Timeline for Alternative schedules in Microsoft Project 2010?
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| Feb 4, 2013 at 18:47 | history | edited | balinjdl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added screen captures and a little more detail
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| Feb 3, 2013 at 13:25 | vote | accept | Gili | ||
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| Feb 3, 2013 at 12:35 | comment | added | balinjdl | StartX and FinishX columns (e.g. Start1, Start2, etc) are not automatically calculated. Only Start and Finish are. Since DurationX is not used in calculating the Start and Finish values, you'll need to update the Duration column manually (copy-and-paste from a DurationX column) or programmatically (using a VBA script to set the values based on a DurationX value). That's what I was trying to say with the "The rub" paragraph above. The automatic values are simply the DurationX values, which need to be copied into the Duration field. | |
| Feb 2, 2013 at 22:51 | comment | added | Gili | It doesn't seem to work. Duration1 is being calculated correctly, but Start1 and Finish1 are not updated. Any ideas? | |
| Feb 2, 2013 at 5:05 | vote | accept | Gili | ||
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| Feb 2, 2013 at 4:53 | comment | added | balinjdl | Yes, as long as you set the value of the fields to a calculation based on the value of the Standard Duration field. If you customize the Optimistic Duration field, for example, to a formula of "[Duration3]/2]" will set Duration1 (Optimistic) to 1/2 of the standard duration (Duration2). Right-click on the column header then choose "Customize field", click "Formula" button and set the formula as above. Then you'll see the calculated fields change automatically whenever the Standard Duration field is updated. | |
| Feb 2, 2013 at 4:06 | comment | added | Gili | Okay, say I update DurationX with optimistic/pessimistic values, will Project be smart enough to make the association with StartX/FinishX and update them based on the DurationX values? | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 16:04 | history | answered | balinjdl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |