PRJ98: Total in Peak Field Greater than Timephased Peak Units

ID: q190578

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98 Service Release 1 (SR-1), time-phased Peak Units in the Task Usage or Resource Usage view may not equal the value in the Peak field for the assignment.

For example, in the Resource Usage view, if the Peak field for the assignment in the table displays a number greater than 10,000 units (1,000,000 percent), the time-phased Peak Units for the same assignment may display only 10,000 units. In Task Usage view, time-phased Peak Units will show the same discrepancy.

NOTE: The limit in Microsoft Project 98 for a resource assigned to one task is 10,000 units (1,000,000 percent).


CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you assign more than 10,000 units (1,000,000 percent) of a resource to a single task by typing the resource assignment directly in the Resource Name field in a task table.


STATUS

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


MORE INFORMATION

When you try to assign a resource at units greater than 10,000, you should receive the following error message:

There is a problem with the value.

This is not a valid units value or is outside the range for this field. Units must be a positive number between 0 and 10,000 (or 1,000,000 percent) with up to two decimal places.
However, in Microsoft Project 98 SR-1, when you type a resource assignment that exceeds 10,000 units directly in the Resource Names field in a task table, the value will be accepted and you will not receive an error message. Work and Cost values associated with the assignment will be calculated using the higher number.

If you assign the resource using the Task Information or Resource Assignment forms, you will receive the error message described.

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

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999