PRJ98: Incorrect Resource Work After Undo Drag of Progress Bar (195151)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q195151

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, in a Resource Sheet or Resource Usage view, resource Work and resource Percent Work Complete fields may contain incorrect values.

NOTE: Because resource Remaining Work and resource Work Variance are calculated based on resource Work, these fields will also contain incorrect values in the Resource Sheet and Resource Usage views.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you do the following:

  1. In a Gantt Chart view, you use the mouse to make a task 100 percent complete by dragging the progress bar.
  2. You undo the drag by clicking Undo Drag on the Edit menu, or by clicking the Undo button on the Standard toolbar.
In this situation, resource work and resource percent work complete are not recalculated correctly. The incorrect values are visible when you include resource Work and resource Percent Work Complete in the table of the Resource Sheet and Resource Usage views.

WORKAROUND

To Avoid This Problem

To correctly undo the setting of percent complete on a task, do not drag a progress bar on the Gantt Chart to make a task 100% complete. Instead, enter 100 percent complete for a task, using any of the following methods.

Method 1: Enter Percent Complete in Task Information for the Task:

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.
  2. Click anywhere in the task.
  3. On the Project menu, click Task Information.
  4. In the Task Information dialog box, click the General tab. In the Percent Complete box, type 100%, and then click OK.
Method 2: Enter Percent Complete in the Update Tasks Dialog Box:

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.
  2. Click anywhere in the task.
  3. On the Tools menu, point to Tracking, and then click Update Tasks.
  4. In the Update Tasks dialog box, type 100% in the % Complete box, and then click OK.
Method 3: Enter Percent Complete in the Tracking Table of a Task View:

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart or Task Usage.
  2. On the View menu, point to Table and then click Tracking.
  3. In the %Comp. column for the task, type 100%, and then press ENTER.

To Correct This Problem

To work around this problem, reenter task percent complete using either of the following methods.

Method 1: Reenter Percent Complete in Task Percent Complete Field:

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.
  2. On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Tracking.
  3. In the %Comp. column, click in the cell containing percent complete for the task you are correcting, retype the value currently contained in the cell, and then press ENTER.
Method 2: Reenter Task Percent Complete in Task Form:

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.
  2. On the Window menu, click Split.
  3. In the Task Form in the lower pane, click in the box next to % Complete, retype the value currently contained in the box, and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/17/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB195151
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