Project status is set only manually. Project completion % considers effort property. See more on this in help.
A. On Apr 7, 5:55 am, "dwight" <[email protected]> wrote: > I created a project with six subtasks. Slid the effort bar on the Project > task all the way to min. Project status: Not-Started. Percent Complete: 0%. > > I completed one task. Project status of project task, Not-Started. Percent > Complete: 16%. > > I completed a second task. Project status of project task, Not-Started. > Percent Complete: 33%. > > I completed a third task. Project status of project task, Not-Started. > Percent Complete: 50%. > > . . . > > Eventually I completed the last task. Project status of project task, > Not-Started. Percent Complete: 100%. > > Then I completed the project task. Project status of project task, > Not-Started. Percent Complete: 100%. > > I believe that percent complete is being calculated correctly but project > status does not. > > -Dwight > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neal > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MLO] Re: Projects v Folders > > Sorry, but I don't want MLO "looking" a particular way just because a > Microsoft product looks that way. To me the Microsoft way of doing it is > what looks "goofy." > > As for the concept of Projects %complete, In Progress-status, be based > solely on the subtasks (read-only on the project, essentially). You can do > that easily in MLO. Just slide the effort bar on the Project task all the > way to min. Then percentage complete is based solely on the subtasks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
