Re: switch between calendars

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Hi Scott,

My comments are inline

I hope this helps.
Julie

"theintern" <theintern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Julie, i'm not quite seeing what you are. I imported tasks using an
8 hour
day, Standard calendar.

[Julie] How are you "importing tasks"? If you are copying and pasting
tasks you may very well be picking up constraints by copying and
pasting dates. Why are you importing tasks into other projects?

But if i just go to Tools > Options, Calendar and
change that 8 hours per day to 10 hours per day, 50hrs/week, and 7am
to 6pm,
nothing shifts on the gantt chart.

[Julie] Nope, I didn't say anything about going to Tools > Options,
Calendar tab :-). Please see FAQ #5 at:
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

If i change the task info to 10hourdays,
the project info to 10hourdays, and the resource base calendar to
10hourdays,
and Tools->Options->calendar to 10hrs/day, and then reimport, still
nothing
changes.

[Julie] Did you create the 10hr day through Tools > Change working
time? Did you set *all* working days to 7:00 am to 6:00 pm? Do you
have resource assigned to the tasks? If you have assigned resources
to the tasks, changing the resource base calendar to the 10hr day
calendar should be enough to alter the finish times. If you don't
have resource assigned to the tasks, changing the project calendar
through Project > Project Information should be enough.


It seems like i've changed everything to be 10hours per day. what
am i missing?

thanks
scott

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi Scott,

You're welcome for the help and thanks for the feedback.

The settings in Tools > Options, Calendar where you define the
number
of hours per day is merely a "translate" which allows you to
specify
durations in days or week. When you enter a 3 day duration task,
project converts that 3 days to 24 hours assuming a day = 8 hours.
If
you use a 10 hour per day calendar, the task duration is still 24
hours but because you've allowed more hours per day than 8, the
finish
date will move forward.

You can show duration in hours if you wish. To change existing
durations, run the Format_Duration macro at Tools > Macros > Macro.
To change the default for new tasks, change the option on Tools >
Options, Schedule tab.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project

"theintern" <theintern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks! these definitely help. How does it work for hours then?
for
example, if i have a duration of 3 days (which should be 24
hours)
and then i
switch to a 10 hour day, does it now take 30 hours to complete
the
task?
Maybe i should just have duration entered in hours for there to
be
no
ambiguity? I think that's how my boss wants it anyway.

thanks
scott

"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Scott,

If you wish to switch all tasks to the 10 hour day calendar,
simply
change the calendar in the Project > Project Information dialog
box.

If you want to apply the 10 hour day calendar to only a
selection
of
tasks, add the Task Calendar field to the table and use the
drop-down
to select the calendar you'd like to use.

If you have resources assigned to tasks, you'll need to change
their
base calendar to the 10 hour day calendar. See the Resource
***
and
change the information in the base calendar field.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project

"theintern" <theintern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I'd like to be able to easily switch between calendars. For
example, usually
we run an 8 hour day around here (7am to 4 pm) but if we're
slammed
with
work, i'd like to be able to switch to a 10 hour day (7am to
6pm)
to
see how
that changes things. I have a separate 10 hour calendar setup
(10hourdays)
but how do i switch to that one? Even if it's not easy, i
could
make it a
macro; that's fine. I tried playing around with the
Tools->Options->Calendar
and the Tools->change working time, but i must be missing a
crucial
step
somewhere along the way.

thanks
scott








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