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Project 2019 SUMMARY TASK MISCALCULATING DURATION
Hello. My first encounter with this. One of my Summary Tasks is miscalculating the Duration for sub tasks. I have tried outdenting sub tasks, deleting "summary line", re-entering a task and indenti...
GM. I appreciate you help on this. I'll have to get back with you later today. i have a busy morning. Also, I cannot send this file outside the company. Its just a section of the schedule with a Summary line and maybe 16 sub tasks. No links on summary, all tasks are Auto Scheduled, all tasks are linked, durations just a couple of days each. I see that a quite a few folks have encountered this, i didn't see a solution that worked for me yet. Thanks again and have great day! but i'll try to get back this later
willard800,
Besides task splits, another thing that can cause the summary to show a longer duration than might be expected is if there are any lags on task predecessors (e.g. XXfs+5d).
Without actually seeing a screen shot or the file itself it is really difficult to surmise what factors might be at play. If you are unable to attach a screen shot then please describe in gory detail all the subtask durations and link relationships. Also, do any of the subtasks have a constraint? if so, what is the constraint?
You mentioned that, "quite a few folks have encountered this". Where did you see or hear that? I'm not aware of any posts on Project forums with this type of issue.
What version of Project are you using? Is it fully updated?
John
Besides task splits, another thing that can cause the summary to show a longer duration than might be expected is if there are any lags on task predecessors (e.g. XXfs+5d).
Without actually seeing a screen shot or the file itself it is really difficult to surmise what factors might be at play. If you are unable to attach a screen shot then please describe in gory detail all the subtask durations and link relationships. Also, do any of the subtasks have a constraint? if so, what is the constraint?
You mentioned that, "quite a few folks have encountered this". Where did you see or hear that? I'm not aware of any posts on Project forums with this type of issue.
What version of Project are you using? Is it fully updated?
John
