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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.
What is Remaining Cumulative Actual Work field?
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The Remaining Cumulative Actual Work field contains the work that still needs to be completed on a task or by a resource assigned to a task.
What is Remaining Overtime Cost field?
What is Remaining Overtime Cost field?
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The Remaining Overtime Cost field shows the remaining scheduled overtime expense for a task, resource, or assignment.
What is Remaining Cost field?
What is Remaining Cost field?
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The Remaining Cost field shows the remaining scheduled expense that will be incurred in completing the remaining scheduled work.
What is Remaining Availability field?
What is Remaining Availability field?
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The Remaining Availability field contains the time remaining that a resource will be available for work.
What is Remaining Actual Tasks field?
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The Remaining Actual Tasks field shows the total number of actual subtasks that remain to be completed for a summary task on a given day. This field also shows the total number of actual tasks that remain to be completed for a subproject on a given day.
What is Regular Work field?
What is Regular Work field?
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The Regular Work field shows the total amount of nonovertime work scheduled to be performed by resources.
What is Recurring field?
What is Recurring field?
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The Recurring field indicates whether a task is part of a series of recurring tasks.
What is RBS field?
What is RBS field?
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The RBS field contains the Resource Breakdown Structure, also known as the User Breakdown Structure.
What is Publish field?
What is Publish field?
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The Publish field indicates whether the current task should be published to Project Server with the rest of the project. By default, this field is set to Yes.
What is Proposed Start Date field?
What is Proposed Start Date field?
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The Proposed Start Date field contains the estimated beginning date for the current proposal. This field is controlled by the workflow.
What is Proposed Finish Date field?
What is Proposed Finish Date field?
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The Proposed Finish Date field contains the estimated end date for the current proposal. This field is controlled by the workflow.
What is Proposal Cost field?
What is Proposal Cost field?
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The Proposal Cost field stores the estimated cost for the proposed project. This field is controlled by the workflow.
Can I schedule the project from the finish date?
Can I schedule the project from the finish date?
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A project can only be scheduled from the start date.
What is Project field?
What is Project field?
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The Project field shows the name of the subprojects where tasks, resources, or assignments originate.
What is Project Departments field?
What is Project Departments field?
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The Project Departments field contains the name of the department with which the selected project 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 Primary Objectives field?
What is Primary Objectives field?
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The Primary Objectives field contains the primary objectives for the current proposal, as selected in the Primary Objective lookup table, which is shipped with Microsoft Project Server and can be modified to reflect the organization's specific objective statements. This field is controlled by the workflow.
