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End dates of Subtask are appearing wrong
Hello again Saleem
If you want the summary task to be independent of the subtasks it groups, you must include the following instructions in the corresponding summary task of the xml schema you want to import:
<ManualStart>2024-12-26T00:00:00</ManualStart>
<ManualFinish>2024-12-29T23:59:00</ManualFinish>
<Manual>1</Manual>The order and place in which they are within the task does not matter, even if there are <Start>... and <Finish>... instructions, because when defining the task as Manual, only manual dates will be considered.
You must write the instructions exactly as shown above, respecting upper and lower case.
You must also write the end date as: 2024-12-29T23:59:00 and not as: 2024-12-29T23:59:59, in which case it will skip to the next day and count one more day when importing the schema file.
Going back to your initial request, it would look like this:
<Name>Testing</Name>
<Type>0</Type>
<IsNull>0</IsNull>
<WBS>3</WBS>
<OutlineNumber>3</OutlineNumber>
<OutlineLevel>1</OutlineLevel>
<Priority>500</Priority>
<ManualStart>2024-12-26T00:00:00</ManualStart>
<ManualFinish>2024-12-29T23:59:00</ManualFinish>
<Manual>1</Manual>If you consider that it has been useful and sufficient, you can close the query by clicking Solved.
Ignacio
Once you set something to Manual saleemullah054 , then it doesn't calculate - so you can specify whichever Finish date and time you want. You will need to change the other fields in the XML to whatever you want.
Hi there,
Can you please go through the previous conversation and have a look at my attached XML file to check what needs to be change
You will need to try this yourself and see what gives you the results you need. Manual means you set the Finish Date you want and don't have the scheduling engine calculate for you. I don't have a copy of Project to hand to try out. Sorry.
Hi there Brian,
thanks for extended explanation of what Manual means. I did try multiple combinations to achieve the desired results before asking for help here (you can find them all in thread).
For future, I would request anyone joining the conversation to read the whole thread before suggesting a solution. This way, I hope to actually find a solution rather than just random explanations.
You need to change whichever fields you want. Manual mean manual. If you want a different finish date then set a different finish date. If you want a different duration then set a different duration. I don't have a copy of project to hand to check exactly the settings - you can try it out.