I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my 
proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration 
along with required predecessor/successor links.

Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.

For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, for 
nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" and 
linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is for 
3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an 
end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 days 
with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end 
date of Sunday.

I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.

What am I missing?

Hi,
First, I'm a litttle curious how "weekend only" work can end of Monday or 
Tuesday
But to clarify your problem, go to Tools, Options, View, and in the Date 
Format selection go for the uppermost one (including time of day)
That may already help.

If not, fdo come back with the details about the hours.
HTH
-- 
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"cayce"  wrote in message 
news:EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
>I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration
> along with required predecessor/successor links.
>
> Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
>
> For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, 
> for
> nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" 
> and
> linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is 
> for
> 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an
> end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 
> days
> with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end
> date of Sunday.
>
> I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
>
> What am I missing?
>

Hello Cayce,

Did you assign resources to these week end tasks? If so, did you checked the 
box : Scheduling ignores resources calendars
in the Task information dialog.
Gérard Ducouret

"cayce"  a écrit dans le message de news: 
EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
>I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration
> along with required predecessor/successor links.
>
> Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
>
> For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, 
> for
> nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" 
> and
> linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is 
> for
> 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an
> end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 
> days
> with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end
> date of Sunday.
>
> I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
>
> What am I missing?
>

It is not weekend only work, but rather is work that must be conducted over a 
weekend. The first installation will require the weekend plus one work day 
(Monday) whereas the remaining eight (8) installations will be done on 
weekend only. The first installation has a 3 day duration and the remaining 
installations have a 2 day duration. In both cases, microsoft is displaying 
an extra day to each isntallation.

I did got to the Options tab and changed the view........this has not 
changed the extra day that Microsoft wants is displaying.
-- 
DYR


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
> First, I'm a litttle curious how "weekend only" work can end of Monday or 
> Tuesday
> But to clarify your problem, go to Tools, Options, View, and in the Date 
> Format selection go for the uppermost one (including time of day)
> That may already help.
> 
> If not, fdo come back with the details about the hours.
> HTH
> -- 
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "cayce"  wrote in message 
> news:EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
> >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration
> > along with required predecessor/successor links.
> >
> > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
> >
> > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, 
> > for
> > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" 
> > and
> > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is 
> > for
> > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an
> > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 
> > days
> > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end
> > date of Sunday.
> >
> > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> > 
> 
> 
>

Resources are not assigned. Tasks were entered on the Summary using 
durations. The dates are driven by predecessor/successor links. I did go 
ahead and checked the box you suggested.....it didn't change anything.
-- 
DYR


"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:

> Hello Cayce,
> 
> Did you assign resources to these week end tasks? If so, did you checked the 
> box : Scheduling ignores resources calendars
> in the Task information dialog.
> Gérard Ducouret
> 
> "cayce"  a écrit dans le message de news: 
> EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
> >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration
> > along with required predecessor/successor links.
> >
> > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
> >
> > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, 
> > for
> > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" 
> > and
> > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is 
> > for
> > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an
> > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 
> > days
> > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end
> > date of Sunday.
> >
> > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> > 
> 
> 
>

Hi,

Of course that does not change anything, the question s what time of day do 
you see?
-- 
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"Deb"  wrote in message 
news:4A3641EB-2B0B-4B2F-BE56-76025C1B72E2@microsoft.com...
> It is not weekend only work, but rather is work that must be conducted 
> over a
> weekend. The first installation will require the weekend plus one work day
> (Monday) whereas the remaining eight (8) installations will be done on
> weekend only. The first installation has a 3 day duration and the 
> remaining
> installations have a 2 day duration. In both cases, microsoft is 
> displaying
> an extra day to each isntallation.
>
> I did got to the Options tab and changed the view........this has not
> changed the extra day that Microsoft wants is displaying.
> -- 
> DYR
>
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> First, I'm a litttle curious how "weekend only" work can end of Monday or
>> Tuesday
>> But to clarify your problem, go to Tools, Options, View, and in the Date
>> Format selection go for the uppermost one (including time of day)
>> That may already help.
>>
>> If not, fdo come back with the details about the hours.
>> HTH
>> -- 
>> Jan De Messemaeker
>> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
>> +32 495 300 620
>> For availability check:
>> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
>> "cayce"  wrote in message
>> news:EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
>> >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
>> > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task 
>> > duration
>> > along with required predecessor/successor links.
>> >
>> > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
>> >
>> > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only,
>> > for
>> > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend 
>> > Work"
>> > and
>> > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation 
>> > is
>> > for
>> > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have 
>> > an
>> > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 
>> > 2
>> > days
>> > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an 
>> > end
>> > date of Sunday.
>> >
>> > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
>> >
>> > What am I missing?
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Assumptions: You set Saturday and Sunday as the only working days and you 
entered the first task with elapsed days to force it to schedule work on 
Monday.

Did you change the start times so that the tasks would begin at 1:00 AM and 
not later? A 6:00 am start on Saturday would produce a 6:00 am finish on 
Tuesday morning. I think you need to set your start times at the beginning of 
the day, say 1:00am and you might have to set the first task's duration to 
like 2.9ed to prevent a Tuesday finish. The remaining tasks should adjust to 
Saturday and Sunday as well.

Darrell


"Deb" wrote:

> Resources are not assigned. Tasks were entered on the Summary using 
> durations. The dates are driven by predecessor/successor links. I did go 
> ahead and checked the box you suggested.....it didn't change anything.
> -- 
> DYR
> 
> 
> "Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
> 
> > Hello Cayce,
> > 
> > Did you assign resources to these week end tasks? If so, did you checked the 
> > box : Scheduling ignores resources calendars
> > in the Task information dialog.
> > Gérard Ducouret
> > 
> > "cayce"  a écrit dans le message de news: 
> > EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
> > >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> > > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration
> > > along with required predecessor/successor links.
> > >
> > > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
> > >
> > > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, 
> > > for
> > > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" 
> > > and
> > > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is 
> > > for
> > > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an
> > > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 
> > > days
> > > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end
> > > date of Sunday.
> > >
> > > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> >

You're right........the time is odd. It shows a start time of 10:00 a.m. and 
an end time of 10:00 a.m.
-- 
DYR


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Of course that does not change anything, the question s what time of day do 
> you see?
> -- 
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "Deb"  wrote in message 
> news:4A3641EB-2B0B-4B2F-BE56-76025C1B72E2@microsoft.com...
> > It is not weekend only work, but rather is work that must be conducted 
> > over a
> > weekend. The first installation will require the weekend plus one work day
> > (Monday) whereas the remaining eight (8) installations will be done on
> > weekend only. The first installation has a 3 day duration and the 
> > remaining
> > installations have a 2 day duration. In both cases, microsoft is 
> > displaying
> > an extra day to each isntallation.
> >
> > I did got to the Options tab and changed the view........this has not
> > changed the extra day that Microsoft wants is displaying.
> > -- 
> > DYR
> >
> >
> > "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> First, I'm a litttle curious how "weekend only" work can end of Monday or
> >> Tuesday
> >> But to clarify your problem, go to Tools, Options, View, and in the Date
> >> Format selection go for the uppermost one (including time of day)
> >> That may already help.
> >>
> >> If not, fdo come back with the details about the hours.
> >> HTH
> >> -- 
> >> Jan De Messemaeker
> >> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> >> +32 495 300 620
> >> For availability check:
> >> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> >> "cayce"  wrote in message
> >> news:EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> >> > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task 
> >> > duration
> >> > along with required predecessor/successor links.
> >> >
> >> > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
> >> >
> >> > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only,
> >> > for
> >> > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend 
> >> > Work"
> >> > and
> >> > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation 
> >> > is
> >> > for
> >> > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have 
> >> > an
> >> > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 
> >> > 2
> >> > days
> >> > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an 
> >> > end
> >> > date of Sunday.
> >> >
> >> > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
> >> >
> >> > What am I missing?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> 
> 
>

Jan,

I changed the start and end times and it now works perfectly................

Thanks,
-- 
DYR


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Of course that does not change anything, the question s what time of day do 
> you see?
> -- 
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "Deb"  wrote in message 
> news:4A3641EB-2B0B-4B2F-BE56-76025C1B72E2@microsoft.com...
> > It is not weekend only work, but rather is work that must be conducted 
> > over a
> > weekend. The first installation will require the weekend plus one work day
> > (Monday) whereas the remaining eight (8) installations will be done on
> > weekend only. The first installation has a 3 day duration and the 
> > remaining
> > installations have a 2 day duration. In both cases, microsoft is 
> > displaying
> > an extra day to each isntallation.
> >
> > I did got to the Options tab and changed the view........this has not
> > changed the extra day that Microsoft wants is displaying.
> > -- 
> > DYR
> >
> >
> > "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> First, I'm a litttle curious how "weekend only" work can end of Monday or
> >> Tuesday
> >> But to clarify your problem, go to Tools, Options, View, and in the Date
> >> Format selection go for the uppermost one (including time of day)
> >> That may already help.
> >>
> >> If not, fdo come back with the details about the hours.
> >> HTH
> >> -- 
> >> Jan De Messemaeker
> >> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> >> +32 495 300 620
> >> For availability check:
> >> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> >> "cayce"  wrote in message
> >> news:EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> >> > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task 
> >> > duration
> >> > along with required predecessor/successor links.
> >> >
> >> > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
> >> >
> >> > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only,
> >> > for
> >> > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend 
> >> > Work"
> >> > and
> >> > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation 
> >> > is
> >> > for
> >> > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have 
> >> > an
> >> > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 
> >> > 2
> >> > days
> >> > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an 
> >> > end
> >> > date of Sunday.
> >> >
> >> > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
> >> >
> >> > What am I missing?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> 
> 
>

Darrell,

There was a conflict with the default start and end times. I modified those 
and now they work perfectly.

Thanks,
-- 
DYR


"Darrell" wrote:

> Assumptions: You set Saturday and Sunday as the only working days and you 
> entered the first task with elapsed days to force it to schedule work on 
> Monday.
> 
> Did you change the start times so that the tasks would begin at 1:00 AM and 
> not later? A 6:00 am start on Saturday would produce a 6:00 am finish on 
> Tuesday morning. I think you need to set your start times at the beginning of 
> the day, say 1:00am and you might have to set the first task's duration to 
> like 2.9ed to prevent a Tuesday finish. The remaining tasks should adjust to 
> Saturday and Sunday as well.
> 
> Darrell
> 
> 
> "Deb" wrote:
> 
> > Resources are not assigned. Tasks were entered on the Summary using 
> > durations. The dates are driven by predecessor/successor links. I did go 
> > ahead and checked the box you suggested.....it didn't change anything.
> > -- 
> > DYR
> > 
> > 
> > "Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello Cayce,
> > > 
> > > Did you assign resources to these week end tasks? If so, did you checked the 
> > > box : Scheduling ignores resources calendars
> > > in the Task information dialog.
> > > Gérard Ducouret
> > > 
> > > "cayce"  a écrit dans le message de news: 
> > > EB8D3CB1-54D5-4990-A671-BBF0D081BDF1@microsoft.com...
> > > >I am in Sales and I create a "preliminary" Microsoft schedule for my
> > > > proposal. This schedule is intended to start / end dates and task duration
> > > > along with required predecessor/successor links.
> > > >
> > > > Our company just recently converted to Microsoft Project 2007.
> > > >
> > > > For installation of the work, I need to show weekend installation only, 
> > > > for
> > > > nine consecutive weekends. I created a new calendar called "Weekend Work" 
> > > > and
> > > > linked the pertinent tasks to this new schedule. My first installation is 
> > > > for
> > > > 3 days with a start of Saturday and end date of Tuesday. It should have an
> > > > end date of Monday. My remaining installation tasks have a duration of 2 
> > > > days
> > > > with a start of Saturday and an end date of Monday. It should have an end
> > > > date of Sunday.
> > > >
> > > > I tried to force the dates, but it will not reflect the forced change.
> > > >
> > > > What am I missing?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >