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Link Remaining Duration and schedule percent complete

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Sat, 2009-10-24 08:12
Marcelo Castillo
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One client required the update every day and the argument is why is not possible if you use the link in the reference is possible and export to excel, the argument when the project have 9 month of the delay is imposible apply please your comments about this is very important forget about contractual point.
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Tue, 2009-10-27 01:18
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Shah. HB
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hi check this formula as Rafel stated in words

% completion =[Actual duration/total duration]*100
Actual duration =[Actual start-data date]
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Mon, 2009-10-26 12:56
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Marcelo Castillo
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Thanks for your comment
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Sat, 2009-10-24 10:36
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Rafael Davila
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Look on the thread named; Updating the schedule in P3.

More often than not the progress is not as planned, especially for a job showing a 9 months delay. When progress is not as planned, linking % complete and progress is wrong because of how formulas compute remaining durations using actual durations, instead of original duration once the activity is in progress and has some duration from a prior update period. Even if the software would calculate remaining duration as a function of Original Duration, not taking into account actual duration, the computations will in most cases be wrong.

Best regards,
Rafael
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