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we have a major problem saving a baseline. MSProject defaults to start1 / finish1 as its baseline saving but we cannot achieve a baseline after adding start1 / finish1 or baseline start / baseline finish columns. we have set up the bar styles baseline on line 2 normal and either baseline start / baseline finish ot start1 / finish1 and still no baseline after tools / tracking / save baseline. any suggestions as to how to fix??
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    Se de Leon ·
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    When you save a baseline using the save as baseline option not the interim plan, MSP will save the start and finish date to Baseline Start & Baseline Finish correspondingly. When you use the save in interim plan, you can choose whether to save your start & finish dates in Start1/Finish1, Start2/Finish2 etc. If results with your MSP is not this way, I suggest you contact your dealer.
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    Zeki Cihan Coşkun ·
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    Evgeny Z. ·
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    I am not quite sure from the

    I am not quite sure from the description, what the problem is, but the general rule of working with baselines in MSP is as follows:

    You save baselines to Baseline1 - Baseline10 (but not to Baseline).

    Later if you want to compare the spesific baseline you saved with the current schedule (e.g. by using tracking Gantt or by using at start/finish varience), then you need to copy the BaselineX you wish to compare  into the Baseline. This copying you do like this:

    Set Baseline => Set interim plan => Copy BaselineX Into Baseline.

    So. effectively Baseline1 - Baseline10 you use to save data, Baseline you use as container, which keeps the copy of the baseline, which you currently compare to.

    Regards.

    Evgeny

    P.S. I have no idea, why there is a difference between Start and Baseline Start on the attached picture, assuming that you have just saved the schedule to Baseline.  If you can put the schedule somewhere where I can get it, I could check it.

     

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