Microsoft KB Archive/245846

= PRJ2000: Progress Gantt Bar Drawn Beyond Expected Point in Time =

Article ID: 245846

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245846



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 2000, in a Gantt Chart view, the progress task bar may be drawn past the expected point in time.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * The task has a task calendar assigned.
 * A resource assigned to the task has different working times than the task calendar.
 * The progress bar in a Gantt Chart view is defined as being from Actual Start to CompleteThrough.

NOTE: This is the default definition for a progress bar.

The progress bar for this task is drawn to the beginning of the remaining duration value for the task. For example, if a task has eight days of remaining duration, the progress bar ends eight days from the finish date of the task. This occurs because Microsoft Project calculates CompleteThrough by subtracting the remaining duration from the task's finish. If applying a task calendar reduces the number of hours per day that the resource can be scheduled, thereby moving out the task's finish date, then CompleteThrough may be chronologically closer to the task finish than it otherwise would have been.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Draw the Progress Bar to the Stop Date
To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) In a Gantt Chart view, click Bar Styles on the Format menu.
 * 2) In the Progress bar row, click to select Stop in the To column.
 * 3) Click OK.

Method 2: Draw the Progress Bar Using %Complete
To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) In a Gantt Chart view, on the Format menu, click Bar Styles.
 * 2) In the Progress bar row, click to select %Complete in the To column.
 * 3) Click OK.



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

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