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Find out the remaining work on a linked task in another file
- Nicolas,
I'm sorry you are having difficulty trying to decode my address. Take another look at what I provided, there is no "john.project". If and when you figure it out do NOT post it to this, or any other, forum.
John
John
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
I work on a the following project:
Waiting reminder:
Currently we work with two different schedules.
-A schedule A (RTP) on MS Project.
-A schedule B (Validation) on MS Project.
The input data are:
Master Planning Validation -> %Task progress (schedule B)
RTP -> Availability Milestones XXXX (schedule A)
The output data are:
RTP -> Milestones of the RTP schedule for validation. (schedule A)
Master Planning Validation -> The progress of validation tasks. (schedule B)
Constraints: The RTP (Schedule B) have no control over the progress of validation tasks.
Validation does not have control over RTP milestones.
Carrying out tests
In all the tests carried out, I simplified the files.
Only two milestones and two tasks, the goal being to make the files communicate together.
Create two schedules -> a RTP Schedule (A) and a Master Schedule (B) validation.
1/ Consolidate schedules:
Links are ok between schedules.
End dates are not ok and remaining work is not ok.
Note: external tasks are only useful to link tasks between different projects, but information is usable.
2/ Create two schedules and link the Master schedule with the task address in the RTP file.
Dates Start End Ok
Remaining work in not ok.
3/ Copy-pasted the tasks with Special Paste "Paste with Link".
A copy-paste of the tasks from the Master Planning in the RTP planning with special pasting "Pasted with link"
Remaining work is not reported in the RTP file.
The remaining work does not work.
The RTP file can modify the progress of the Master's tasks.
Today I don't have any solution / direction to look after.
Do you have any idea in with way I should work to have a good communication between the two file.
Thank's
Nicolas
