Microsoft KB Archive/132870

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PRJ4: Actual Start Dates Deleted When Opening MPX file

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Q132870

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
 * Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you open a previously saved MPX file in Microsoft Project, the Actual Start Dates for some tasks are changed to NA.

CAUSE
When you open an MPX file, Microsoft Project will remove Actual Start dates from any MPX file that meets all of the following criteria:


 * The task has an Actual Start Date.
 * The task has at least two resources assigned.
 * The first resource assignment has no Actual Work.

This problem is caused when Microsoft Project is calculating Stop and Resume dates for the tasks and adding the resource assignments via the MPX importing process.

WORKAROUND
To maintain the actual dates for the tasks, use the following steps:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) On the Schedule tab, clear (remove the "x" from) the Split In-Progress Tasks check box.
 * 3) Click OK.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

Additional query words: lost missing N/A

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Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbProjectSearch kbProject400Mac kbProjectMacSearch kbProject400