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Find out the remaining work on a linked task in another file
Hello,
I have a problem when I link tasks on two different files on MS Project.
I have a file A with tasks 1, 2 and 3 and a file B with the link on tasks 1, 2 and 3 of file A.
The start dates are well reported on file B but not the job remaining and the finish date.
How would it be possible to transfer the "remaining work" column from file A to file B?
Or the remaining work information?
Thanks,
Nicolas
- Nicolas,
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John
John
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Please tell us what version of Project you are using.
In Project desktop when you look at a file with inter-project links, the tasks for the other file show up as "ghost" tasks like shown here. As such you can display the Remaining Work field and any other field.
Does that not show what you want?
John
Thanks for your answer.
I use "Microsoft Project Professional" 2019.
This is the "ghost" that you said that I want to use.
I would like to copy the "ghost" as a task and the report the remaining work.
The yellow tasks above are the task that I copy, but the remaining work (collum "travail restant) are not good. I want to report it there.
Thank's a lot.
Nicolas
Nicolas_JOURJON
I'm a little confused. Are you saying you copy the ghost task (row) and then create a new task by pasting the copied ghost task? If so, then that won't work. What you can do however, is to create a new task, then copy the Remaining Work field from the ghost task and paste it into the Remaining Work field of the newly created task as I did here.But I have to ask, why are you going through this process (i.e. what is your end goal)?
John
