PRJ: Invalid Link Indicator in Summary Task Calculated Field (140167)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Project 2000
- Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
- Microsoft Project for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q140167 SYMPTOMS
Some fields, such as the Duration field, can be edited for non-summary
tasks, but are strictly calculated for summary tasks. If such a field in a
non-summary task contains linked data, and if that task later becomes a
summary task, then breaking the link fails to remove the link indicator.
If the task is made into a non-summary task again, the field continues to be marked as containing linked data, although the data in the cell is not updated from the link. Overwriting the field with data produces the warning:
Field contains linked data. Okay to remove entire link?
Choosing "Yes" overwrites the data, but does not remove the link indicator.
WORKAROUND
To remove invalid link information, do the following to make the summary
task into a non-summary task, and then cut and paste it to remove all the
links:
- On the Tools menu, click Outlining, and then click
Show All Tasks.
- On the Tools menu, click Filtered For, and then click
All Tasks.
- Select all the tasks that are indented below the summary task that
contains the invalid link information, and from the Tools menu
click Outlining, and then click Outdent.
- With any cell selected on the task that has the invalid link
information, press SHIFT+SPACEBAR. This selects
the entire task.
- On the Edit menu, click Cut Task. On the Edit
menu click Paste.
This re-creates the task without any linked data. - Select the same tasks that were indented below the original problem
summary task, and on the Tools menu, click Outlining
and then click Indent.
NOTE: All links into the original summary task have been removed. If
the original summary task contained any valid links into editable fields such as Text1, those links will have to be re-created.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Project listed above.
MORE INFORMATION
Link indicators are small markers in the lower-right corner of cells that
contain linked data. To display them, click Options on the Tools menu, and then select the View tab. Under Show, select the OLE Links Indicators check box.
To break a link, select the cell containing the link and on the Edit menu, click Links. Click the Break Link button. Overwriting linked data also breaks the link.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/25/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB140167 |
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