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ICNARC261
May 02, 2023Copper Contributor
Actual number of days working on the task VS period of time to complete the task
Hi All, You may find my question stupid, but after a long hassle, I decided to ask for help. Given: Say I input a new summary task for the project and say this summary task has 5 tasks. The ti...
May 02, 2023
ICNARC261 --
The Duration of a summary task is calculated from the Start date of the earliest starting subtask to the Finish date of the latest finishing subtask. The Duration is calculated as the number of working days during that time period as defined by your Project calendar (set in the Project Information dialog). Think of the Duration for the summary task as the "time span" for that summary section. To see the amount of working time, assign resources to the tasks, which will populate the Work field for each subtask and for the summary task as well.
Also, there is no way to force Microsoft Project to calculate the Duration of summary tasks the way you want. Sorry, but hope this helps.
The Duration of a summary task is calculated from the Start date of the earliest starting subtask to the Finish date of the latest finishing subtask. The Duration is calculated as the number of working days during that time period as defined by your Project calendar (set in the Project Information dialog). Think of the Duration for the summary task as the "time span" for that summary section. To see the amount of working time, assign resources to the tasks, which will populate the Work field for each subtask and for the summary task as well.
Also, there is no way to force Microsoft Project to calculate the Duration of summary tasks the way you want. Sorry, but hope this helps.