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Originally Posted by seanpears99
Hi ABW
I would advise against using calculations on summary fields as they are only containers for the items beneath them. Whenever I use customised fields I always leave the summaries alone.
If you wanted to display an indicator, go into the Graphical Indicator section and Click on Summary Rows and then summary rows inherit criteria from non summary rows.
Cheers
Sean
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Thanks Sean. This works perfectly. I'm actually embarrassed that I didn't figure this out myself, given that the options to do this were right there, exactly where one would expect.
I'm not too worried about using the calculation on summary fields, given that the formula only compares two numbers on each specific line, rather than having anything to do with the tasks beneath them. The calculation appears to function properly for now, but I'll be sure to keep my eyes open for any strange behavior.
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Originally Posted by seanpears99
Hi ABW
Just to show you, if you apply your Actual Start to Complete Through against your summary, you will show green in your marker but you are actually behind schedule.
Also, in some instances, if you have too many nested summaries, MSP employs a weighting to each of the subsequent summaries so it further compounds your problem.
Hope this helps
Sean
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That is fine with me. I have the indicators set up to show green as long as the percentage is not more than 10% behind. You will notice that if the percentage on the summary task falls to, say, 15% behind, then the indicator turns yellow.
Can someone mark this as solved?
Thanks again everyone!