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comparing Percent complete and Planned percent complete

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Laurie WillisMember for 20 years
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Hi,

In my project I enter the progress of tasks using the Percent complete column. Next this I have Planned percent complete showing how much I planned to do by the current date.

What column should I use to show the difference or variance between these values?

I have tried using the Planned Percent complete variance column, but it doesn’t work as I think that it wants to compare values to a baseline, which I do not want to use.

Thanks, Laurie

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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Laurie,
    you SHOULD use a baseline, as it is where the software stores the initial data of your project; this way, you will have three different types of data: a) scheduled, b) baseline, c) actual; the software will compare actual/scheduled with the baseline.
    Hope this helps,
    Alexandre
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    Laurie Willis ·
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    OK thanks Alexandre.

    I understand that really you should use baselines but was hoping for a quick solution. But if it can’t be it can’t be done.

    Cheers, Laurie
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Laurie,
    you could do the following:
    a) copy scheduled to a custom field,
    b) create a formula that would say: "actual minus copy of scheduled"
    c) display this formula in a custom field
    Using baseline is easier, isn’t it?
    Alexandre
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