ETCs on tasks redistributed for future months

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

Why are my ETCs / Estimates being updated for months in the future? 

Environment

Applies to all supported PAS environments for specified releases.

Resolution

This can be related to the loading pattern set for the assignment. For example, if loading pattern is set to 'Front', after running the Post Timesheets job, ETCs will be updated to be completed as close to the start of the task as possible.

To keep assignment ETCs from being redistributed for future months, you can set the assignment Loading Pattern to Fixed. However, please note when the Post Timesheets job is run, this loading pattern type will cause any remaining ETC for posted (past) time periods to be be deleted.

To update the loading pattern for one assignment:

1. Go to the task and then scroll down to the assignments section 
2. Go to the Loading Pattern column and change the loading pattern type from the existing loading pattern to Fixed and Save. (If the Loading Pattern column is not visible in the assignments list, to add it:

• Select the Options icon next to Assignments then select Configure
• Move 'Loading Pattern' from 'Available Columns' to 'Selected Columns'
• Click 'Save and Return'

To change the default loading pattern for all new assignments:

1. Open Administration, and from Project Management, click Settings
2. Update the following field: Default Load Pattern 
   Values: Back, Uniform, Fixed, Contour, or Front 
   Default: Front 
3. Save the changes