Microsoft KB Archive/127173

Nonworking Date in Master May Cause Wrong Subproject Slack

PSS ID Number: Q127173 Article last modified on 04-04-1995

1.00 3.00 3.00a 4.00 | 1.10 3.00 4.00

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

Total Slack is calculated incorrectly for tasks in a subproject if either of the following occur:

  The master task has a Start No Earlier Than (SNET) constraint with a nonworking constraint date. -or-   The master project starts on a nonworking day and the master task has an As Soon As Possible (ASAP) constraint. 

In either case, the master task automatically moves to a working day, and the total slack for tasks in the subproject is calculated with respect to the subproject, instead of being calculated with respect to the master project, as it should be.

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem, use a working day for the project start date of the master project. If the master task has an SNET constraint, then use a working day for its constraint date.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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