Create an Indicator column in MS Project which measures the % complete vs % planned of each activity

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11 years 7 months

Something along the lines of:

IIf([% Complete]-Val([Text28])<=-10,”Red”,IIf([% Complete]-Val([Text28])<=-1,”Amber”,”Green”))

should do the trick?

Regards, Ian

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11 years 7 months

Something along the lines of:

IIf([% Complete]-Val([Text28])<=-10,”Red”,IIf([% Complete]-Val([Text28])<=-1,”Amber”,”Green”))

should do the trick?

Regards, Ian

Member for

11 years 7 months

Hi Ruben, have done something like this before, and used the formula [% Complete]-Val([Text28]) & "%" to subtract planned from actual % where Text28 contains the % Planned, seems to work. You could then easily set another Text field to display graphics by setting values against test for the results.

Hope this helps you.

Regards

Ian

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11 years 7 months

yes, % planned of what needs to be completed up to the date I am consulting.

To give you some context, in order to calculate the % of planned worked in project, what I do is insert a text column (which will be my % planned column). I then press the "update project" button on the project tab which will update the percentages of each activity of my % complete column. It will indicate how much progress I should be reporting for the date I am consulting for each activity. I then copy the results of that column (% complete) and copy it onto my % planned column. This gives me a reference of what % I should be at, in other words, my planned percentage. I then manually update my % complete column with the real % of advancement I am at with each activity. For example, for a given activity, project might report that I should be at 50% based on the date I am consulting, but the reality is that I am 30% which would mean I am behind schedule. Given the aforementioned, I wish to have 3 indicators to report if i'm on target, 1%-10% behind schedule or greater than 10% behind schedule. To do this I believe I would need a formula I can use to calculate if for each activity if I am green, yellow or red.

I hope this clears the doubt.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Ruben

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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19 years 1 month

planned % in MS Project? was it coming from your baseline schedule or your current schedule? and how about planned % considering early or late?