Change date to days

kevin

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Dec 19, 2009, 6:51:23 AM12/19/09

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Hi.

I'm using MS Project 2007.

By default, network diagram format is in dates not day. So how to change it for early start/end, late start/end from dates to DAY? I want it to be days not date. But i couldn't find a way to do it.

Please guide. Thanks.

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JulieS

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Dec 19, 2009, 8:16:44 AM12/19/09

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Hello Kevin,

The network diagram view does not have that capability built in.
However, you can calculate the day value in a custom field and use
that value as the display in the network diagram view.

For example, the formula below in a text field will calculate the
difference a task's start date is from the start date of the
project.

ProjDateDiff([Project Start],[Start])/[Minutes Per Day]

A slight variation in the formula will calculate the difference
between a task's end date and the start of the project:

ProjDateDiff([Project Start],[Finish])/[Minutes Per Day]

If you search this newsgroup for a post in mid November titled "More
Help Setting up School Homework Project" you'll see quite a
discussion about this very topic.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
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Jim Aksel

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Dec 19, 2009, 9:58:01 AM12/19/09

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Additional information can be found on my blog, I recently posted a paper
called "Project Day Numbering". It is the last white paper on the MS Project
Tips and Tricks page.
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kevin

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:01:51 AM12/19/09

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Thanks. Let met try it first.

JulieS wrote:

Hello Kevin,The network diagram view does not have that capability built in.
19-Dec-09

Hello Kevin,

The network diagram view does not have that capability built in.
However, you can calculate the day value in a custom field and use
that value as the display in the network diagram view.

For example, the formula below in a text field will calculate the
difference a task's start date is from the start date of the
project.

ProjDateDiff([Project Start],[Start])/[Minutes Per Day]

A slight variation in the formula will calculate the difference
between a task's end date and the start of the project:

ProjDateDiff([Project Start],[Finish])/[Minutes Per Day]

If you search this newsgroup for a post in mid November titled "More

Help Setting up School Homework Project" you will see quite a

discussion about this very topic.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

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JulieS

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:24:26 AM12/19/09

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You're welcome Kevin. Post back with any questions as you need.

Julie

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kevin

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:45:16 AM12/19/09

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I know the way to view critical path in Gantt Chart. But is there any where i can view it on Network Diagram?

Kevin,

JulieS wrote:

Hello Kevin,The network diagram view does not have that capability built in.
19-Dec-09

Hello Kevin,

The network diagram view does not have that capability built in.
However, you can calculate the day value in a custom field and use
that value as the display in the network diagram view.

For example, the formula below in a text field will calculate the
difference a task's start date is from the start date of the
project.

ProjDateDiff([Project Start],[Start])/[Minutes Per Day]

A slight variation in the formula will calculate the difference
between a task's end date and the start of the project:

ProjDateDiff([Project Start],[Finish])/[Minutes Per Day]

If you search this newsgroup for a post in mid November titled "More

Help Setting up School Homework Project" you will see quite a

discussion about this very topic.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

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kevin

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:55:25 AM12/19/09

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Sorry... i'm still new to this. But I got it the way to view the critical path.

Is there a way i can put the Network Diagram to MS Word so that i can print it out with my essay?

Kevin,

kevin wrote:

How to view critical path in Network diagram?
19-Dec-09

I know the way to view critical path in Gantt Chart. But is there any where i can view it on Network Diagram?

Kevin,

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JulieS

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Dec 19, 2009, 11:36:35 AM12/19/09

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No need to apologize Kevin. That's why we're here.

You can use the Copy Picture button or Edit > Copy picture to create
a GIF image file of your network diagram. Then you can insert the
GIF image in the Word document.

Julie
Project MVP

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salgud

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:31:01 PM12/21/09

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I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with Julie here. The Critical
Path is shown in the Network by default - it's the red boxes.

JulieS

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Dec 21, 2009, 4:20:11 PM12/21/09

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>
> I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with Julie here. The
> Critical
> Path is shown in the Network by default - it's the red boxes.

Hi Dave,

No troubles at all. <smile> I like having people disagree with me.
I'm wrong more often than I'd like. However, this is a case of
weird newsreader problems.

The way the posts show doesn't make it clear that my comment "The
network diagram view does not have that capability built in" was
really not in response to the question that Kevin posted about
critical path, it was in response to another question that you are
not seeing about showing the day count (1, 2, 3 etc) in the network
diagram view instead of the date of the task.

Instead of creating a new post with a new topic, Kevin just used my
reply to his previous question to post a new question with a
different subject and didn't trim out the reply and original
question. Luckily Kevin also discovered how to show critical path
in the network diagram 10 minutes after posting his question. The
changing of subject line makes it a bit difficult to follow the flow
of the conversation if your newsreader doesn't group by ID but
rather groups by subject.

Julie

salgud

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Dec 22, 2009, 2:07:32 PM12/22/09

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LOL! I thought it was very strange.