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Article ID: 918317 - Last Review: September 18, 2011 - Revision: 3.0

You can add more work to a task even though the "% Work Complete" field of a task is set to 100% in Project Web Access 2003

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SYMPTOMS

You log on to Microsoft Office Project Server by using Microsoft Office Project Web Access. You then view your task assignments on the Tasks page.

NOTE: In Project Server 2007, you view your task assignment on the My Tasks page. In Project Server 2003, you view your task assignments on the View my tasks page.


You notice that you can add more work to a task even though the % Work Complete field of the task is set to 100%.

NOTE: In Project Server 2007, the Progress field or the Percent Complete field in the Assignment Details page of the task is 100%.

CAUSE

In Project Web App 2010, you can add more work to completed tasks as follows:

* If task in a project are tracked by the percentage of work that is complete, you can add more work to the Work field and the Remaining Work filed of the task.

* If tasks in a project are tracked by actual work done and by work remaining, you can add more work to the Completed Work field, the Work field, and the Remaining Work field of a task.

* If task in a project are tracked by hours of work done per period, you can add more work to the Work field and the Remaining Work field of a task.

* If tasks in a project are tracked free form, you can add more work to the Work field and the Remaining Work field of a task.

In Project Web Access 2007, you can add more work to completed tasks as follows:


* If tasks in a project are tracked by the percentage of work that is complete, you can add more work to the Remaining Work field of a task.

* If tasks in a project are tracked by actual work done and by work remaining, you can add more work to the Completed Work field and the Remaining Work field of a task.

* If tasks in a project are tracked by hours of work done per period, you can add more work to the timephased Actual Work field and the Remaining Work field of a task.

In Project Web Access 2003, you can add more work to completed tasks as follows:
  • If tasks in a project are tracked by the percentage of work that is complete, you can add more work to the % Work Complete field and the Remaining Work field of a task.
  • If tasks in a project are tracked by actual work done and by work remaining, you can add more work to the Actual Work field and the Remaining Work field of a task.
  • If tasks in a project are tracked by hours of work per day or by hours of work per week, you can add more work to the Actual Work field and the Remaining Work field of a task.
Project Server and Project Web Access work in this manner by design.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior in Project Server 2010, on the Tasks page, click the filter drop down box and select All Incomplete Tasks.

To work around this behavior in Project Server 2007, on the My Tasks page, click View Options, and then click Show Only Current Tasks. This will hid task based on the Current Task setting that is definied in Task Settings and Display in the Server Settings.

To work around this behavior in Project Server 2003, use one of the following methods if you are owner of the timesheet.

Method 1: Hide the completed task

When you hide a task, the task is not displayed in Timesheet view. To hide a task, follow these steps:
  1. Click the task that you want to hide, and then click Hide.
  2. Click OK when you are prompted to confirm that you want to hide the task.
Note After you hide a task, the task is no longer displayed on the View my tasks page. To display the task again, the project manager must either republish or update the task.

Method 2: View only current tasks

To do this, click Current Tasks on the View my tasks page.

MORE INFORMATION

To hide all completed tasks for all resources programmatically in Project Server 2003, you can create and run an SQL script. The following is an example of an SQL script that hides tasks that are set to 100% Complete for all resources and for all projects.
Update MSP_WEB_ASSIGNMENTS
Set WASSN_REMOVED_BY_RESOURCE = 1
where WASSN_PCT_COMP = 100.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Web Access
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
  • Microsoft Project Server 2010
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Written: 6/2/2006 3:41 AM
This is not an issue. Resources should be able to add more work to an assignment which has reached 100% complete for several reasons. 1. Resources OWN the actuals. 2. A resource may accidentally submit actuals which set the assignment to 100% complete without adjusting Remaining Work to indicate more work is left. 3. A resource has realized additional work for this specific assignments and must track the actuals under this specific assignment.