Microsoft KB Archive/192026

= PRJ98: Analyze_Timescaled_Data Macro Produces Incorrect Values =

Article ID: 192026

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q192026



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you use the Analyze_Timescaled_Data macro to export data to Microsoft Excel, you may see any of the following symptoms when you view the data in Microsoft Excel:

Symptom 1: Cost or Work Values Are Greater Than Expected
Cost or work values for a task, resource or assignment may be greater than expected.

For example, a resource with 8h work and $1/hr cost will have the following values in Microsoft Excel:

Work 800.000,00h

Cost $800.000,00

Symptom 2: Costs Are Displayed in Scientific Notation
Costs are displayed in scientific notation (for example, 1E+07.00000) and are not included in totals.

Symptom 3: Costs Are Rounded to an Incorrect Value
Most commonly, only decimal values of costs are rounded to an incorrect value.

Symptom 4: Start and Finish times are not exported
Only start and finish dates are exported; start and finish times are not exported.



CAUSE
These behaviors may occur when you run the Analyze_Timescaled_Data macro that ships with Microsoft Project 98 and any of the following conditions are true.

Condition for Symptom 1: Cost or Work Values Are Greater Than Expected
Cost or work values for a task, resource or assignment may be greater than expected when the Digit Group Symbol is a period (.) and the Decimal Symbol is a comma under Regional Settings in Control Panel.

Condition for Symptom 2: Costs Are Displayed in Scientific Notation
Cost values greater than or equal to 9,999,999.50 in any of the following fields may be displayed in scientific notation (for example, 1E+07.00000) and are not included in Totals:


 * Actual Cost
 * Baseline Cost
 * Cumulative Cost
 * Fixed Cost
 * ACWP
 * BCWP
 * BCWS
 * CV
 * SV

Condition for Symptom 3: Costs Are Rounded to an Incorrect Value
Values greater than or equal to $999,999.00 in the following fields may be rounded to an incorrect value:


 * Actual Cost
 * Baseline Cost
 * Cumulative Cost
 * Fixed Cost
 * ACWP
 * BCWP
 * BCWS
 * CV
 * SV

Condition for symptom 4: Start and Finish Times Are Not Exported
Start and finish values are rounded to the nearest whole day.



RESOLUTION
To correct symptoms 1-3, follow these steps:

 Obtain and install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1). See the "Status" section later in this article for information about obtaining and installing SR-1. Start Microsoft Project 98 SR-1. On the File menu, click Open. Find and open the Backup.mpt file.

NOTE: This file is found in the same directory where Winproj.exe is located. The default location is:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office.

 In the Organizer dialog box, click the Modules tab. Under the BACKUP.MPT column, click Analyze_Timescaled_Data.</li> Click Copy. Click Yes when prompted to replace the existing Module Analyze_Timescaled_Data

NOTE: The arrows should be pointing from the BACKUP.MPT column to the GLOBAL.MPT column.</li> Click Close.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

NOTE: See the "Workaround" section of this article for additional steps after obtaining SR-1.

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