Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 1 – Working with Calendars

Project 2013

Steps

Practice Data

5. Select OK .

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The Project Information dialog box closes and the base calendar is assigned to the project.

Open the Change Working Time dialog box and notice that Site Workers1 (Project Calendar) appears in the For calendar box. Cancel the dialog box. Note that the September 6-9 is still displayed as working time

NOTE You can also assign a project calendar in the Timescale feature. In the View tab, launch the Timescale dialog box. Select the Non-working time tab. In the calendar field, select the appropriate project calendar.

Practice the Concept: Open the Project Information dialog box and change the project calendar back to the Standard calendar.

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Discussion

You may have certain tasks that need to be worked on during hours that are different from the default project calendar. You can create a task calendar for these tasks by creating a new base calendar and then assigning that calendar to the appropriate tasks.

When you assign a calendar in the Task Information dialog box, the working hours do not change until you close the dialog box. You can open the Task Information dialog box again to see that the working hours displayed match the base calendar you assigned to the task. You can assign a task calendar to one task or multiple tasks at the same time. If resources are assigned to the task to which you assign a task calendar, the task is scheduled during the working times that are common to both calendars. If there are conflicting times, the resource calendar takes precedence. However, if you want the task completed according to the task calendar, you can open the Task Information dialog box and select the Scheduling ignores resource calendars option. When you

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