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Article ID: 185484 - Last Review: January 23, 2007 - Revision: 1.1
PRJ98: Total Cost Different from Edited Timephased Actual Cost
This article was previously published under Q185484
In Microsoft Project 98, when you edit timephased assignment
Actual Cost for a task that is in-progress, you may see a different value in the
Total Cost field when compared to the total of the timephased cost.
This behavior may occur when following conditions are true:
- The Actual costs are always calculated by Microsoft
Project check box is clear. To locate this option, on the
Tools menu click Options, and then click the
Calculations tab.
-and-
- You manually enter timephased actual cost data for an in-progress
task that has a resource with a Cost Per Use assigned to
it.
To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows Service
Release 1 (SR-1).
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Project listed above.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service
Release 1 (SR-1).
For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
185102Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=185102/EN-US/
)
PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
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