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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...
Albladow --
You have gotten two excellent responses to your question. The short answer is that you cannot force Microsoft Project to calculation the Duration value the way you want for summary tasks. The software will always calculate the Duration of summary tasks from the Start date of the earliest starting subtasks to the Finish date of the latest finishing subtask, measured in working days. Hope this additional information helps.
You have gotten two excellent responses to your question. The short answer is that you cannot force Microsoft Project to calculation the Duration value the way you want for summary tasks. The software will always calculate the Duration of summary tasks from the Start date of the earliest starting subtasks to the Finish date of the latest finishing subtask, measured in working days. Hope this additional information helps.