Unable to change task finish date in OWB
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Issue/Introduction
In a task with assignments, it is not possible to adjust the task finish date to an earlier date when using Open Workbench (OWB).
Environment
Release : 16.0.0
Component : Clarity Open Workbench (OWB)
Cause
The task has assignments, each of them with an assignment finish date. It is not possible to have a task that finishes earlier than any of its assignments.
Resolution
In Clarity, it is normally possible to make a task with assignments finish at an earlier date, even if it has assignments finishing later than that. However, when you shrink a task, it will automatically shrink the assignments as well so that the task finish date is not earlier than any of its assignments finish date.
However, in OWB, this is not possible - a task finish date still cannot be earlier than the latest assignment finish date, as in Clarity, but OWB will not automatically shrink them. OWB will not accept task finish dates that are earlier than any of its assignments finish date.
Adjust the assignments finish date before adjusting the task finish date to an earlier date if it is necessary.
Additional Information
Shifting Task Notes
You cannot:
- Shift tasks if you have selected the Freeze Gantt Bars check box in the Gantt dialog.
- Move completed tasks.
- Set the start dates of tasks to begin after the start date of their resource assignments. A task's start date can only be before or on the assignment start date.
- Set the finish date of tasks to end before the finish date of their resource assignments. A task's finish date can only be on or after the last assignment date.
- Change the end date of a variable-duration task to a date later than the end date of the last end date of the assignments, regardless of the loading pattern. You can, however, change the end date on fixed-duration tasks.
- Change the start and finish dates of variable-duration tasks that have resource assignments with ETC. Instead, you can move these tasks.
- Change the start date of tasks that have actuals entered against them, unless the task is of a fixed duration and the start date is earlier than the earliest actuals entered.
- Set task durations longer than the recalculated duration if the variable tasks have resource assignments with ETC. However, you can drag Gantt bars to new positions on the Gantt chart, changing task start and finish dates.
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