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MS Project Status Guidance
Hi Expert, Wonder if someone could assist ,me with something or perhaps point us in the right direction please? I'm currently working on a Milestone Plan for reporting project work. I’ve built a...
Dhan --
The value in the Task Status field is calculated by Microsoft Project based on the Status date of your project. The Status date is a value you must manually enter, and it is not generated for your automatically. The Status date should be the last day of the previous reporting period. So, if today is Tuesday, your Status date should be last Friday. To set the Status date, click the Project tab to display the Project ribbon and then click the Status Date button. In the Status Date dialog, enter the date of the last day of the previous reporting period and then click the OK button. You will need to do this every week to get accurate values in the Task Status field.
If you do not set the Status date for your project, then Microsoft Project uses the Current Date value instead. I suspect that is probably why you are seeing unpredictable results in the Task Status field in your project. Hope this helps.
The value in the Task Status field is calculated by Microsoft Project based on the Status date of your project. The Status date is a value you must manually enter, and it is not generated for your automatically. The Status date should be the last day of the previous reporting period. So, if today is Tuesday, your Status date should be last Friday. To set the Status date, click the Project tab to display the Project ribbon and then click the Status Date button. In the Status Date dialog, enter the date of the last day of the previous reporting period and then click the OK button. You will need to do this every week to get accurate values in the Task Status field.
If you do not set the Status date for your project, then Microsoft Project uses the Current Date value instead. I suspect that is probably why you are seeing unpredictable results in the Task Status field in your project. Hope this helps.