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Why aren't some Tasks displaying Custom Field Graphical Indicators
Actually I changed my test criteria to be as shown below and now all of the rows are reflecting a graphical indicator. So it was something related to how my test criteria were defined.
John-project The formula is simple. For cost KPI formula = CPI. For Schedule KPI, formula = SPI. When I changed the display from graphical indicator to data. There was no error. The CPI value displayed.
John,
I notice the custom field for your Schedule KPI shows indicators for all task lines but the custom field for Cost KPI is missing indicators for a summary line and a task line. What are the custom fields for each (e.g. TextX, NumberX, etc.)?
Try changing to a different custom field for the Cost KPI. Is the indicator still missing from those lines?
John
John-project I'm using the Number2 for Cost KPI and Number3 for Schedule KPI. I deleted the cost kpi custom field and was going to try and use the Number4 field, but now I'm getting an error when I try to rename the custom field to "Cost KPI" saying that the field name already exists. Not sure how it can since I deleted it.
John-project I managed to get the graphical indicator field displaying on the project summary row by changing the options in the indicator criteria for.... to Project Summary. However, I tried doing the same thing by selecting to apply the options for Summary rows and non-summary rows, but I still have one non-summary task and a summary task not displaying a cost kpi graphical indicator. It's mind boggling.
- John,
Did you switch to a different field? Did you try XML?
John
- John,
How exactly did you "delete" it? If you only cleared the custom field name locally it may still exist in your Global and that may be why it's flagged. Go to your Organizer and make sure the custom field "Cost KPI" no longer exists locally or globally.
If it's gone in both places and it still claims the name already exists, try closing and exiting Project. Then open the file and try using a different field. If you still see the "already exists" message, you may have some file corruption. Try saving to XML, close and then re-open the XML file in Project.
John