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Task Progress - parent task with subtasks

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:50:48 GMT

The parent task "Business Task X" is showing 100% complete, yet there are several subtasks that are not complete.
Why is the parent showing 100%, then?

This is done by design. There can be 0% progress subtasks while a parent task has 100% progress, as EP considers such tasks as auxiliary or outside the progress calculation if you don't specify Both the 'Progress' And 'Est. hours' values for them. Even if the values for progress are 0 (zero) - the substask doesn't affect parent's progress.

A task will Not be taken into consideration if it doesn't have Both "Progress" And "Estimated hours" values specified.

Therefore, the solution is to add a number such as 1 to each of the Progress and Est. Hours fields, which is not enough to significantly affect the calculation, but is enough to allow these subtasks to become part of the calculation.

Below are the links to the online Help with the detailed explanation on how a progress is calculated:

http://www.easyprojects.net/Help/easy_projects__net_help/activities/parent_activity_progress_calculation.htm

http://www.easyprojects.net/Help/easy_projects__net_help/projects/calculating_project_progress_based_on_that_of_its_activities.htm

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