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James_Price
Jun 15, 2021Brass Contributor
MS Project timeline labels are wrong...
Hi team In MS Project Gantt, when I tick on the 'Use fiscal year' box, the labels change to the previous year. And this is exactly what's happening in the Timeline view. The starting task is 8 Jan...
- Jun 15, 2021James -- Did you set the starting month of the fiscal year on the Schedule page of the Project Options dialog? If so, did you select the checkbox named Use Starting Year for FY Numbering? Please let us know and we will try to help you.
clinnd
Copper Contributor
John-project @James_Price I was having a similar issue where I had set the FY to be July but as I presented this became confusing to the audience and wanted to revert back to just a timeline view. There is No option to change the Timeline from financial year to just standard months. Just by taking the tick off does not reset this (Unless Starting month is January
To resolve this you need to take the tick off "Use starting year for FY Numbering" and reset the "Fiscal year starts in: January that removes the Fiscal year from appearing in the timeline and reverts back to standard months
James_Price
Aug 25, 2021Brass Contributor
clinnd thanks for this. I think this was cover in Dale's response. It seems to do the trick.
Cheers
James