PRJ98: Work and Baseline Work Do Not Match After Saving Baseline

• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, after saving a baseline, when you view the Task Usage or Resource Usage view, timephased Baseline Work values might not be the same as timephased Work values.

NOTE: There may also be timephased Baseline Work values of zero after the task Finish date.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when all of the following conditions are true:

• A resource is assigned to a task.
• The resource assignment on that task has a contour other than a Flat contour.
• You have saved a baseline.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q185102
TITLE : PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdta projwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999