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summary to = actual no. of days?

summary to = actual no. of days?

summary to = actual no. of days?

(OP)
I've been requested to show the duration in total days (not working days).
example:
the project starts on May 15 and ends on June 15
summary equals 20 days, but need it to show 30 days in the summary.

Is this possible in a summary bar?

RE: summary to = actual no. of days?

(OP)
I'm new here, and a little discouraged. A couple of days and no answer to my seemingly simple question. I'm wondering if there's a morre active forum?

ps. for now, I'll keep task in units of DAYS, and Duration in units of WEEKS (decimal weeks that is). It seems to be the only way to represent the actual elapsed days of durations.

RE: summary to = actual no. of days?

Why don't you change Saturdays and Sundays into working days. Go to "Tools" then " Change Working Time" Click on Sunday ,then select "nondefault working time". Do the same for Saturdays.That might solve your problem.

RE: summary to = actual no. of days?

Seemed like a simple request!! But after an hours worth of research, this is the best I could come up with.

First off, I would not recommend changing the working time for the project calendar, this could impact all the other task dates in your project.

Here is what I did:

1. Create a new calendar (Tools, Change Working Time, New, Rename to calendar1, make all Saturdays and Sundays Non-Default Working Time-Click on the entire column, OK)
2. Insert Duration1 field
3. Customize Duration1 - Use this formula, also enable formula for summary task.
4. Duration1 will now calculate the total days between start and finish.


Hope this helps!

J Black
www.pmconnection.com

PS: I truely believe there is an easier way, but could not find it!!!

RE: summary to = actual no. of days?

Sorry!!  Here is the formula:
ProjDateDiff([Start],[Finish],"calendar1")

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