PRJ98: Analyze_Timescaled_Data Macro Produces Incorrect Values (192026)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you use the Analyze_Timescaled_Data macro to export data to Microsoft Excel, you may see any of the following symptoms when you view the data in Microsoft Excel:

Symptom 1: Cost or Work Values Are Greater Than Expected

Cost or work values for a task, resource or assignment may be greater than expected.

For example, a resource with 8h work and $1/hr cost will have the following values in Microsoft Excel:

Work 800.000,00h
Cost $800.000,00

Symptom 2: Costs Are Displayed in Scientific Notation

Costs are displayed in scientific notation (for example, 1E+07.00000) and are not included in totals.

Symptom 3: Costs Are Rounded to an Incorrect Value

Most commonly, only decimal values of costs are rounded to an incorrect value.

Symptom 4: Start and Finish times are not exported

Only start and finish dates are exported; start and finish times are not exported.

CAUSE

These behaviors may occur when you run the Analyze_Timescaled_Data macro that ships with Microsoft Project 98 and any of the following conditions are true.

Condition for Symptom 1: Cost or Work Values Are Greater Than Expected

Cost or work values for a task, resource or assignment may be greater than expected when the Digit Group Symbol is a period (.) and the Decimal Symbol is a comma (,) under Regional Settings in Control Panel.

Condition for Symptom 2: Costs Are Displayed in Scientific Notation

Cost values greater than or equal to 9,999,999.50 in any of the following fields may be displayed in scientific notation (for example, 1E+07.00000) and are not included in Totals:

Actual Cost
Baseline Cost
Cumulative Cost
Fixed Cost
ACWP
BCWP
BCWS
CV
SV

Condition for Symptom 3: Costs Are Rounded to an Incorrect Value

Values greater than or equal to $999,999.00 in the following fields may be rounded to an incorrect value:

Actual Cost
Baseline Cost
Cumulative Cost
Fixed Cost
ACWP
BCWP
BCWS
CV
SV

Condition for symptom 4: Start and Finish Times Are Not Exported

Start and finish values are rounded to the nearest whole day.

RESOLUTION

To correct symptoms 1-3, follow these steps:

Obtain and install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1). See the "Status" section later in this article for information about obtaining and installing SR-1.
Start Microsoft Project 98 SR-1.
On the File menu, click Open.
Find and open the Backup.mpt file.

NOTE: This file is found in the same directory where Winproj.exe is located. The default location is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office.
In the Organizer dialog box, click the Modules tab.
Under the BACKUP.MPT column, click Analyze_Timescaled_Data.
Click Copy. Click Yes when prompted to replace the existing Module Analyze_Timescaled_Data

NOTE: The arrows should be pointing from the BACKUP.MPT column to the GLOBAL.MPT column.
Click Close.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

NOTE: See the "Workaround" section of this article for additional steps after obtaining SR-1.