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mainze5
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Jul 24, 2024

Action Planning with MS Project Pro

Hi,    I want to make an action plan for technical service for 2 members of staff for whole a year. The services last 2 to 5 days each in different countries. The services should not take place whe...
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mainze5
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Aug 04, 2024
Hi John, thanks for your effort. I have still a question about the connection between calendars. If I mark e. g. New Year' Day as a holiday. It is a holiday in many countries. If I mark it in the German calendar as a holiday, must I do this also in Swiss Calendar (where it is also a holiday) ? Please tell me how the calendars are related to one another ? How is the connection to resource calendar ? Must I mark the 1st January also in the resource calendar ? Regards, mainze
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John-project
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Aug 04, 2024

mainze5 

The simple answer is, there is NO connection between custom calendars. If you have a custom calendar for German holidays and it shows Jan 1 as a holiday, and you also have a custom calendar for Swiss holidays, which also has Jan 1 as a holiday, you must also list Jan 1 as a holiday exception on the Swiss calendar. Custom calendars are NOT related.

 

Resource calendars are defined by the resource's Base Calendar. The resource Base Calendar should show the Project Calendar, but if not edit it to agree with the Project Calendar. That way, the resource picks up all holidays.

 

However, a resource may have vacation days in addition to holidays. For that case, double click on the resource's name on the Resource Sheet. Then hit the "Change Working Time" button. Add unique exceptions as needed. For example, in this case Hans is taking vacation the week of August 11th.

Hope this further helps.

John

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