Project - Problem with BCWS and BCWP columns

Hello,

Some projects are losing their values in the column bcwp and bcws.

I am creating the project creating the tasks and saving the baseline, as
usually. But, some days, and maybe months later, when I reopened the project,
the bcwp and bcws values were set to 0 (zero).

The values for the baseline are still there in baseline column.

Is there a way to restore/recalculate these values in bcwp and bcws column?

Reset values (tools/tracking/set baseline - entire baseline) is not a option.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,
Caio

Hi Caio,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

I am no expert in budgeting, but I believe it uses the Status date for its
calculation.  Have you entered the latest Status Date (Project/Project
Information...)?

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this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

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Hi Mike,

It really uses the status date to calculate. I will look for some project
managers that reported this problem and check if ajusting only the status
date will fix my problem.

After doing that I will post here.

Thanks!

Caio

Hi,
In MSP2003, how about highlighting the summary level task for the bcws/bcwp
columns that are not summating properly immediately beneath the summary
level, then goto Tools/Tracking/Save Baseline..... and set the following
options:
Save Baseline
For: Selected tasks
and BOTH rollup baselines boxed TICKED.

Good luck
R.

Hello my friends,

I identifyed two problems on this and solved just one:

1) The values in BCWS and BCWP turned zero - still remains!
Partial solution: how I couldn?t just save the baseline, I made a copy to another blank baseline, saved the baseline 0, copied again the original baseline to 0 and cleared the created baseline. I made it by code transparently to the user. This problem remains, because I haven?t identifyed the main cause, so I can occur again.

2) Some projects were calculating the BCWP value wrong - solved!
Solution: This problem occurred because in the middle of the project I changed the aggregate calculation method from "% complete" to "% physical complete". The solution was just to reset for each task the "% physical complete" column, setting it to 0 and then to its original value.

Thanks for the answers and I still am looking for the main solution.

Regards,
Caio
E-mail: caio.pereira@gmail.com
MSN: caio.pereira@hotmail.com




Hi,In MSP2003, how about highlighting the summary level task for the bcws/bcwp
08-out-09

Hi,
In MSP2003, how about highlighting the summary level task for the bcws/bcwp
columns that are not summating properly immediately beneath the summary
level, then goto Tools/Tracking/Save Baseline..... and set the following
options:
Save Baseline
For: Selected tasks
and BOTH rollup baselines boxed TICKED.

Good luck
R.



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Hello my friends,

I identifyed two problems on this and solved just one:

1) The values in BCWS and BCWP turned zero - still remains!
Partial solution: how I couldn?t just save the baseline, I made a copy to another blank baseline, saved the baseline 0, copied again the original baseline to 0 and cleared the created baseline. I made it by code transparently to the user. This problem remains, because I haven?t identifyed the main cause, so I can occur again.

2) Some projects were calculating the BCWP value wrong - solved!
Solution: This problem occurred because in the middle of the project I changed the aggregate calculation method from "% complete" to "% physical complete". The solution was just to reset for each task the "% physical complete" column, setting it to 0 and then to its original value.

Thanks for the answers and I still am looking for the main solution.

Regards,
Caio
E-mail: caio.pereira@gmail.com
MSN: caio.pereira@hotmail.com




Problem with BCWS and BCWP columns
14-set-09

Hello,

Some projects are losing their values in the column bcwp and bcws.

I am creating the project creating the tasks and saving the baseline, as
usually. But, some days, and maybe months later, when I reopened the project,
the bcwp and bcws values were set to 0 (zero).

The values for the baseline are still there in baseline column.

Is there a way to restore/recalculate these values in bcwp and bcws column?

Reset values (tools/tracking/set baseline - entire baseline) is not a option.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,
Caio

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I, too, am having that problem.  The reports worked fine for months, and then started showing zero's for BCWS and BCWP in the Earned Value reports.  I should not have to change options since I haven't changed any since the last time it worked.  Everything else seems to work, and the budget numbers are still there, but the reports don't pick them up.