Summary complete % does not show

I have a "Fixed Work" project that has fixed number of hours for each task. I
have been updating the Physical % Complete. I have the following questions:
1) When i update the physical % complete (or % complete in the gantt chart),
it does not update the % complete for the task???
2) Even if i enter the % complete for the tasks, it does not update the
summary % complete for the task rollup or for the project?
What should i do differently to see the overall % complete as well as
individual summary tasks complete?

Thanks
JAck

Physical % Complete is only used as an optional method of calculating Earned
Value.
It has no effect otherwise.

When you "updating the Physical % Complete" are you saying, for example,
that 3000 bricks have been laid out of 10000?

For Summaries, MSP calculates % Complete = sum of task actual durations/sum
of task total durations
For simplicity, we can just call "total duration" Duration.
Once MSP knows the Summary % Complete, and since it knows the Summary
Duration, it can calculate the Summary Actual Duration = Summary % Complete
x Summary Duration.

This is very easy to test with some Tasks under one Summary.
Start with say 4 Tasks all 10 Days, no Predecessor links, then try different
combinations of different Durations and throw in some Predecessor links.

When you say, "Even if i enter the % complete for the tasks, it does not
update the summary % complete", I find this surprising because it works for
me.
Perhaps it is happening but you can't see it.
Perhaps you have calculation set for manual instead of auto in Tools,
Options, Calculation.

When you are doing the updates, do you have visible the Tracking Gantt View
and the Tracking Table?
Do you set a Status Date, and show it as a vertical red line on the Tracking
Gantt Chart.

See the post from earlier today about some good reasons for not using %
Complete (it sucks) and the much better option of Actual Start, Actual
Duration, Remaining Duration, Actual Finish etc :
Updating tasks - difficulties because the percentage changes after
rescheduling...

Trevor Rabey 0407213955 61 8 92727485 PERFECT PROJECT PLANNING
www.perfectproject.com.au
"Jack" <Jack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:874B6E2C-5348-49A2-A41D-C21287AEECE1@microsoft.com...
>I have a "Fixed Work" project that has fixed number of hours for each task.
>I
> have been updating the Physical % Complete. I have the following
> questions:
> 1) When i update the physical % complete (or % complete in the gantt
> chart),
> it does not update the % complete for the task???
> 2) Even if i enter the % complete for the tasks, it does not update the
> summary % complete for the task rollup or for the project?
> What should i do differently to see the overall % complete as well as
> individual summary tasks complete?
>
> Thanks
> JAck

Thanks Trevor. This was very helpful and resolved my issue (automatic
calculation).

"Trevor Rabey" wrote:

> Physical % Complete is only used as an optional method of calculating Earned
> Value.
> It has no effect otherwise.
>
> When you "updating the Physical % Complete" are you saying, for example,
> that 3000 bricks have been laid out of 10000?
>
> For Summaries, MSP calculates % Complete = sum of task actual durations/sum
> of task total durations
> For simplicity, we can just call "total duration" Duration.
> Once MSP knows the Summary % Complete, and since it knows the Summary
> Duration, it can calculate the Summary Actual Duration = Summary % Complete
> x Summary Duration.
>
> This is very easy to test with some Tasks under one Summary.
> Start with say 4 Tasks all 10 Days, no Predecessor links, then try different
> combinations of different Durations and throw in some Predecessor links.
>
> When you say, "Even if i enter the % complete for the tasks, it does not
> update the summary % complete", I find this surprising because it works for
> me.
> Perhaps it is happening but you can't see it.
> Perhaps you have calculation set for manual instead of auto in Tools,
> Options, Calculation.
>
> When you are doing the updates, do you have visible the Tracking Gantt View
> and the Tracking Table?
> Do you set a Status Date, and show it as a vertical red line on the Tracking
> Gantt Chart.
>
> See the post from earlier today about some good reasons for not using %
> Complete (it sucks) and the much better option of Actual Start, Actual
> Duration, Remaining Duration, Actual Finish etc :
> Updating tasks - difficulties because the percentage changes after
> rescheduling...
>
> Trevor Rabey 0407213955 61 8 92727485 PERFECT PROJECT PLANNING
> www.perfectproject.com.au
> "Jack" <Jack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:874B6E2C-5348-49A2-A41D-C21287AEECE1@microsoft.com...
> >I have a "Fixed Work" project that has fixed number of hours for each task.
> >I
> > have been updating the Physical % Complete. I have the following
> > questions:
> > 1) When i update the physical % complete (or % complete in the gantt
> > chart),
> > it does not update the % complete for the task???
> > 2) Even if i enter the % complete for the tasks, it does not update the
> > summary % complete for the task rollup or for the project?
> > What should i do differently to see the overall % complete as well as
> > individual summary tasks complete?
> >
> > Thanks
> > JAck
>
>
>