As soon as you change the task type to fixed duration you will see the following changes happen to the task:. You can find this option that only works when you set a calendar on a task in the Advanced tab in the task information. Starting with the version where the task is set to fixed work. This will be your result:.
And now we tell Bill, forget about your Monday off, we need you bro! And the task has a nice little message telling you that you told MS Project to ignore the resource calendar.
Wooohoo, would you look at that! Sounds reasonable right? How would you get the actual finish date for that resource? Just change the task type to fixed work and the task changes to the intended finish date. You will now be able to change it back to fixed duration by the way. I would like to cut this post short here. I know there is a lot more to tell about Max units, however it would be best to pick these subjects in follow up posts.
I have tackled the Unit vs peak unit situation that is new since the installment of Microsoft Project. Here is the link to this post. So there will be at least two follow up posts coming up. I will share the links in this post as soon as they come available. Do you have a specific question about Max. Units and would like me to elaborate on it in a blog post? Let me know in the comments and I will see what I can do for you. And lastly: Thank you all for reading the post!
I really enjoyed writing it and look forward to the next ones that will dive even deeper into the subject. Later, you inadvertently assign Sean to a task at a unit of percent. Sean is now overallocated.
A new resource, Ashley, is starting work on this project about a month from now on June 1. Ashley will start the project working half-time, and then on September 1, Ashley will go to 75 percent.
On January 1, Ashley will be percent on the project. You use the Resource Information dialog box to set the availability dates and their corresponding units. You then add the Available From, Available To, and Max Units fields to the resource view so you can always see Ashley's availability for the current time period. Remarks If a resource is assigned to more assignment units than the maximum units for all assigned tasks, the resource is overallocated, and the Overallocated field is set to Yes.
You can also specify maximum units in the Resource Information dialog box. This is also where you can set the different unit availability for different time periods throughout the project. You can switch between percentages and decimals for representing maximum units in the Project Options dialog box. Need more help? Expand your skills.
Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. When I am setting up a new project, and I have resources that only work part-time on my project, do I want to indicate that in their max units in the Resource Sheet e. Thanks in advance for any help. Friday, September 4, PM. Hope this helps. Dale A. Howard [MVP]. These to concepts are relative to the calendar assigned to the resource.
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