Microsoft KB Archive/113935

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PRJ: Progress Bar Disappears for Task in Progress

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Q113935

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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
In Microsoft Project, when you change the working time on the project calendar, the progress bar for a task that is in progress disappears from the Gantt chart if the following conditions exist:


 * You have the Split-In Progress Tasks check box selected on the Schedule tab of the Options dialog box.
 * You do not have the Updating Task Status Updates Resource Status check box selected on the Schedule tab of the Options dialog box.
 * You change some of the days that the task was scheduled for from working to nonworking.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the progress bar for a task is displayed based on the remaining duration of the task. If there are not enough working days to extend the progress bar to, before the task is finished, the progress bar is not displayed. The combination of selecting the Split In-Progress Tasks check box, and clearing the Updating Task Status Updates Resource Status check box, allows an earlier Finish date for the task because the task can be split, and because the task work completed doesn't update the resource work.

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

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, choose Options from the Tools menu. Select the Schedule tab. Select the Split-In Progress Tasks check box. Clear the Updating Task Status Updates Resource Status check box and choose OK.
 * 2) Enter a task, T1. In the Duration column for T1, type 5d. In the Start column for T1, type Monday.
 * 3) Select T1, and choose the Resource Assignment button from the Standard toolbar. In the Name column, type Res1 and press ENTER. Choose the Assign button.
 * 4) From the Window menu, choose Split. Apply the Gantt Chart view to the upper pane and the Task Form view to the lower pane, if they are not currently applied. Select the Task Form in the lower pane. From the Format menu, choose Details, and then choose Resource Work.
 * 5) On the Task Form, in the Percent Complete box for T1, type 50. In the Actual Work column for Res1, type 36h and choose OK.
 * 6) From the Tools menu, choose Change Working Time. On the calendar, select the week that the task is scheduled for. Under Make Date(s), select Nonworking, and choose OK.

The progress bar on the Gantt chart for T1 disappears.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage

Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbProjectSearch kbProject400Mac kbProjectMacSearch kbProject400