Project 2016 - Introduction

Lesson – Working with Calendars

Project 2016

A SSIGNING A C ALENDAR TO A T ASK

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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. 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. 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 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, open the Task Information dialog box and select the Scheduling ignores resource calendars option. When you select this option, the resource calendar is ignored and the task is scheduled according to the task calendar. Therefore, the resource only works during the hours specified by the task calendar.

Quickly see which tasks have a task calendar assigned to them by looking for the Task Calendar indicator in the Indicators field in a task view. When you point to the indicator, the ScreenTip identifies the calendar assigned to the task and indicates if the calendar is set to ignore the resource calendar.

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