Microsoft KB Archive/185484

= PRJ98: Total Cost Different from Edited Timephased Actual Cost =

Article ID: 185484

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 Q185484



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you edit timephased assignment Actual Cost for a task that is in-progress, you may see a different value in the Total Cost field when compared to the total of the timephased cost.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when following conditions are true:

 The Actual costs are always calculated by Microsoft Project check box is clear. To locate this option, on the Tools menu click Options, and then click the Calculations tab.

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 You manually enter timephased actual cost data for an in-progress task that has a resource with a Cost Per Use assigned to it.



WORKAROUND
To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1).



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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