lag time defaulting to edays in Project 2016

Has anyone else seen lag defaulting to edays in Project 2016? It only happends when using the task information dialog to enter lag but then has to be edited in the cell/edit bar back to days. Most ...

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Julie Sheets
Sep 17, 2016
Hi Sara - this is a known issue. See:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/projectserver/en-US/f894a46c-7cbb-4a10-9d22-36786a137942/changing-lag-between-linked-tasks-changes-automatically-to-elapsed-time-in-project-2016-since?forum=projectprofessional2010general

for some recommended work arounds.

Julie Sheets

Copper Contributor

Sep 17, 2016

Hi Sara - this is a known issue. See:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/projectserver/en-US/f894a46c-7cbb-4a10-9d22-36786a137942/changing-lag-between-linked-tasks-changes-automatically-to-elapsed-time-in-project-2016-since?forum=projectprofessional2010general

for some recommended work arounds.

SaraFennah

MVP

Sep 18, 2016

Thanks Julie - good to know its not just me. The best workaround I've found is typing directly into predecessors column.

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