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What is SPI field?
What is SPI field?
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The SPI (schedule performance index) field shows the ratio of the budgeted cost of work performed to the budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWP/BCWS).
What is Scheduled Start field?
What is Scheduled Start field?
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The Scheduled Start field indicates the date when work on a task is scheduled to begin as calculated by Microsoft Project, based on dependencies, constraints, calendars, and other scheduling factors.
What is Scheduled Finish field?
What is Scheduled Finish field?
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The Scheduled Finish field indicates the date when work on a task is scheduled to be complete as calculated by Microsoft Project based on the start date, duration, dependencies, calendars, and other scheduling factors.
What is Scheduled Duration field?
What is Scheduled Duration field?
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The Scheduled Duration field shows the total span of active working time for a task as entered or as calculated by Microsoft Project based on start date, finish date, calendars, and other scheduling factors.
What is Rollup field?
What is Rollup field?
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For subtasks, the Rollup field indicates whether information about the subtask Gantt bars will be rolled up to the summary task bar
What is Resume field?
What is Resume field?
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The Resume field shows the date that the remaining part of a task is scheduled to resume after you enter any progress, for example, % Complete, % Work Complete, Actual Work, Actual Duration, or Actual Start.
What is Response Pending field?
What is Response Pending field?
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The Response Pending field indicates whether an acknowledgement has been received from team members assigned to tasks.
What is Resource Type field?
What is Resource Type field?
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The Resource Type field indicates whether resources assigned to this task/assignment are work or material resources.
What is Resource Phonetics field?
What is Resource Phonetics field?
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The Resource Phonetics field is used only in the Japanese version of Project.
What is Resource Pending field?
What is Resource Pending field?
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The Response Pending field indicates whether an acknowledgement has been received from team members assigned to tasks.
What is Resource Names field?
What is Resource Names field?
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The Resource Names field lists the names of all resources assigned to a task.
What is Resource Name field?
What is Resource Name field?
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The Resource Name field contains the name of the resource to which an assignment belongs.
What is Resource Initials field?
What is Resource Initials field?
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The Resource Initials field shows the abbreviations for the names of resources.
What is Resource ID field?
What is Resource ID field?
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The Resource ID field contains the identifier number that Project assigns to each resource.
What is Resource GUID field?
What is Resource GUID field?
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The Resource GUID field contains the generated unique identification code for each resource in your project. No two resources will have the same Resource GUID.
What is Resource Group field?
What is Resource Group field?
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The Resource Group field contains the groups to which resources belong.
What is Resource field?
What is Resource field?
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The resource field contains the name of the resource to which an assignment belongs.
What is Resource Departments field?
What is Resource Departments field?
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The Resource Departments field contains the name of the department with which the selected resource is associated, as selected in the Department lookup table, which is shipped with Microsoft Project Server and can be modified to reflect the organization’s specific department names.
What is Resource Calendar GUID field?
What is Resource Calendar GUID field?
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The Resource Calendar GUID field contains the generated unique identification codes for each resource calendar in your project. No two resource calendars will have the same Resource Calendar GUID.
What is Request/Demand field?
What is Request/Demand field?
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The Request/Demand field provides choices for how resources are to be assigned when you are using the Resource Substitution Wizard.
What is Remaining Work field?
What is Remaining Work field?
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The Remaining Work field shows the time, such as person-hours or days, still required to complete a task or set of tasks.
What is Remaining Tasks field?
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The Remaining Tasks field shows the total number of scheduled subtasks that remain to be completed for a summary task on a given day. The Remaining Tasks field also shows the total number of scheduled tasks that remain to be completed for a subproject on a given day.
What is Remaining Overtime Work field?
What is Remaining Overtime Work field?
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The Remaining Overtime Work field shows the amount of remaining scheduled overtime.
What is Remaining Duration field?
What is Remaining Duration field?
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The Remaining Duration field shows the time that is required to complete the unfinished part of a task.
What is Remaining Cumulative Work field?
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The Remaining Cumulative Work fields contain the remaining amount of time scheduled for all resources assigned to tasks, accumulated over time.
