Microsoft KB Archive/245924

= PRJ: Task Progress Bar Does Not Show Progress as Expected =

Article ID: 245924

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245924



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, in a Gantt Chart view, task progress bars may not be drawn to show as much progress as expected.

For example, a task progress bar may imply a task is 10 percent complete when the % Complete field indicates that it is really 50 percent complete.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
 * Your project is scheduled from the finish.


 * The affected task is a predecessor of another task.


 * The successor of the affected task had a percent complete value before you increased the percent complete for the affected task.


 * The affected task has a percent complete value greater than zero and less than 100.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
 * 1) In the Gantt Chart view, click Bar Styles on the Format menu.
 * 2) Select the Progress bar style.
 * 3) Click Cut Row.
 * 4) Click Paste Row.
 * 5) Click Paste Row a second time.
 * 6) For the second progress bar, in the To column, change Complete Through to % Complete.

If the Gantt Chart view has multiple progress bars, repeat steps 2-5 for each progress bar. If you don't want the additional progress bars to appear in the legend, delete the name in the Name column.
 * 1) Click OK.



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

Additional query words: PRJ2000 %Complete % Complete %Comp. Comp.

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB245924

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