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Albladow
Jul 25, 2022Copper Contributor
Removing subtask gaps from summary Task duration
Hello, I am inputting actual start dates and durations that we have tracked for project tasks. We have skipped around a bit in the project and created gaps between certain tasks. I believe the su...
John-project
Jul 27, 2022Silver Contributor
Albladow,
Understand that a summary line is NOT a task, it is simply a summary of the performance tasks (i.e. subtasks with assigned resources) under it.
And as netmarcos noted, effort is work whereas duration is time span. The "working time" is noted in the Work field at summary level. Divide that by your calendar "Hours per day" and you have the "working days" you want.
John
Understand that a summary line is NOT a task, it is simply a summary of the performance tasks (i.e. subtasks with assigned resources) under it.
And as netmarcos noted, effort is work whereas duration is time span. The "working time" is noted in the Work field at summary level. Divide that by your calendar "Hours per day" and you have the "working days" you want.
John