using the Notes field) how you came to your overall total. 'General Support') which may lead you back into dealing with days per month/year rather than hours. An alternative is to try and collate some sundry tasks into a larger category and only track that category (e.g.

The Hide function simply hides that field from view since fields in Project can not be deleted. Task Name, Duration, Start, etc.) are added as columns in a view by inserting where desired.

I know it is only an example, but trying to track a couple of hours of effort over a full year may be creating a rod for your own back and leading you into trying to find solutions for problems of your own creating. Project does not have a 'move' function for columns, so nobody 'turned it off' in the template you are using. Customize the timescale You can show up to three timescale tiers in each timescale view, and format each tier individually. Note that when you insert something into the table it assumes the indentation of the task above. Now, go your Gantt Chart > Select Empty Row > Project Tab > Insert Sub Project > Insert Related Sub Project > Select Sports Day > Insert. Project automatically adjusts the top and middle tier. Before we move forward, we do want to insert the Sports Day project into the All project. MSP will convert from hours to days in the relevant views when necessary.įrom my Project Manager experience - be careful not to try and track too much. Pick the time units you want to show on the bottom tier of the timescale. You may find this works best if you set fixed duration rather than fixed effort as under the latter MSP will try and change your dates.īut, using hours may be your best option. MSP will take this rate of effort into consideration when calculation overallocation. Assuming you assigned Bob as the resource for Task 1, you could assign a rate of effort of 1.25% (approximately 1/2 day over 2 months). Task Usage) you can set a rate of effort against the resources.

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