Article ID: 185484
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
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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