Microsoft KB Archive/176308

= PRJ98: Duration Changes If Task Split Is Moved =

Article ID: 176308

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176308



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, if you move a split portion of a task, the duration of that task may change.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the task has an assigned resource that uses a calendar other than the project calendar (for example, the Night Shift calendar).

For example, let's say you are using the Standard calendar (8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.) as the project calendar. You assign a resource that uses the Night Shift calendar (11:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M.) to a task and then split the task. When you move the split portion of the task, Microsoft Project attempts to schedule the split using the Standard calendar. Because the resource is based on the Night Shift calendar, the split portion is adjusted to coincide with the working time of the resource. If this carries over to the day after the task should have been finished, that portion of the task will be lost.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, turn off the Round bars to whole days option by following these steps:


 * 1) On the Format menu, click Layout.
 * 2) Click to clear the Round bars to whole days check box.
 * 3) Click OK.



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

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

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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