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Debakinandan KoleMember for 18 years 8 months
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I am making a schedule starting from 01/09/08 to 30/11/08.But my summary task showing the duration of 1 days, i.e start and finish on today i.e 09/09/08.But the lower level tasks are from 01/09/08 to 30/11/08.I am not able to stretch the summary task from 01/09/08 to 30/09/08.

Need your help.

Ragards,

Deb
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    Darren Kosa ·
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    Hi Deb,

    This could happen due to a number of reasons, a few of the more common ones are listed below...

    1) Calculation mode is set to manual.

    Do the summary task dates match the lower level tasks when you hit F9? If they do you might have to set the calculation mode to automatic. (Tools > Options > Calculation)

    2) The outline structure is incorrect

    Are all the subtasks indented under the summary task? If one or more of the sub-tasks aren’t indented, the expected Start / Finish Dates for the summary task will not match the sub-tasks.

    3) The summary tasks aren’t shown

    Is the ‘Show summary tasks’ outline option checked? If it isn’t MS Project will only display the sub-tasks. (Tools > Options > View)

    Regards,

    Darren
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    Debakinandan Kole ·
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    Dear Darren,

    It works.After pressing the F9, Summary task dates match with lower level tasks.I have also set the calculation mode as automatic.

    Thanks a lot Darren.

    Regards,

    Deb
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