Thanks for your help - I want to understand this new workflow so I can Overall I'm just feeling like more columns are greyed out and notĮditable unless through the gantt or inspector. (which I find counterintuitive - but it's just what I'm used to). Planned dates all change but you can't change them in the columns Right now I can drag the task in the gantt and the expected/ Other "start") column if I know I want to start a task on a specificĭay. I would like to be able to enter a date in the "planned start" (or any "start and "end" are always editable in the outline even if set to after you click "Set Baseline" your "start" and "end" are basicallyĪctual (because you'll be able to still see what your original plans Thisĭoesn't mean that any work has actually started) The duration of "task A" from 1 week to 2 weeks or vice versa. Used as planned, expected or actual dates. until you click "Set Baseline" your "start" and "end" are able to be I guess there isn't a simple comparisonīetween how OmniPlan uses start and finish and duration to plan andĮxecute a project and how Merlin deals with them (as they are greyed
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So if the actual duration changes as soon as work takes place, you update the task in absolute mode, enter the amount of work performed in the task and the remaining amount of work. You can use the "actuals" tab or actual columns. To update the overall duration of a task (because the works on this task had been started and are in progress) you edit the actuals. If the works on a task should have a fix duration no matter how many resources are assigned or not, you may enter this time in the "given planned duration". "Given Planned Duration" defines the planned duration for the task during planning. > how long in working days each task/activity is going to take? Is Given Planned Duration the best column for me to quickly update > don't get down to the granularity and just want things in working days > I aslo don't want to see that column convert everything to hours as I > activity is going to and/or should take. > column that I can change based on feedback from my team how long each > column for me to use (out of the many, many columns dedicated to > After a lot of testing and reading the help file I think the best > ourselves a week duration to finish a 4 hour task. > staff necessary to complete each task/activity and often give > the planning stage, mainly just duration as we pull in the resources/ > In my business we don't put as much emphasis on resources or effort in > Thanks for the support as I'm new with Merlin but a long time user of How do I change the units to Days or Weeks, etc? ("Calculatedĭurations" set to Days wont affect my Given Planned Duration units) How long in working days each task/activity is going to take?Ģ. I aslo don't want to see that column convert everything to hours as Iĭon't get down to the granularity and just want things in working daysġ.
Am I correct? On the fly I need a quickĬolumn that I can change based on feedback from my team how long each Ourselves a week duration to finish a 4 hour task.Īfter a lot of testing and reading the help file I think the bestĬolumn for me to use (out of the many, many columns dedicated toĭURATION) is "Given Planned Duration". Staff necessary to complete each task/activity and often give The planning stage, mainly just duration as we pull in the resources/ In my business we don't put as much emphasis on resources or effort in Thanks for the support as I'm new with Merlin but a long time user of
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