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Old 03-06-2017, 11:53 PM
caplja caplja is offline Define project for specific product(changed quantity) Windows 10 Define project for specific product(changed quantity) Office 2007
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I'm new to ms project but have been googling for few hours to find solution and I ended up here. Need your help guys.

I have create Project that has around 40 process(tasks) in it. Now, I want to insert this project into one I'm currently working on but in larger quantity.

For example. Project "bicycle":
Task 1. Mount wheels. Duration 1h
Task 2. Mount frame. Duration 3h

Now. I want to insert project "bicycle" in quantity 10pcs. And want to get:
Task 1. Mount wheels. Duration 10h
Task 2. Mount frame. Duration 30h

Is this possible?
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Old 03-09-2017, 01:04 AM
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maybe I have interpreted it wrong.

I have a production of apparatus that includes around 40 proccess(tasks). And now, when my customer order wanted quantity I want to star that "customer project" and just insert project for that apparatus. But every task in that inserted project should be multiplied by wanted quantity.
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Old 03-09-2017, 09:45 AM
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I'm afraid this capability does not exist. You can insert projects inside new projects with the "Insert Subproject" command - however the "every task in that inserted project should be multiplied by wanted quantity" doesn't exist. If you have some skills with VBA, I support you could develop a bit of code that allows you to select tasks and multiple the duration or work by a value you specify - but it doesn't exist out of the box.
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Old 03-11-2017, 09:03 AM
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as workarounds, there might be a couple of solutions
you could export the durations to excel, multiply by the number of units required, then paste back into project (taking out any summary durations- they could make a mess otherwise.)
the other would be to put a resource against each task (use the same one, doesn't matter what it is) then reduce to 10% for 10 units. this would multiply the time required by 10 for each activity.

As Julie said, Project doesnt do it- it works with what you give it.
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Old 03-13-2017, 02:58 AM
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I'm afraid this capability does not exist. You can insert projects inside new projects with the "Insert Subproject" command - however the "every task in that inserted project should be multiplied by wanted quantity" doesn't exist. If you have some skills with VBA, I support you could develop a bit of code that allows you to select tasks and multiple the duration or work by a value you specify - but it doesn't exist out of the box.
At this moment I would like to avoid VBA because I don't have skills for that yet. Will try with two solution mentioned below.
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as workarounds, there might be a couple of solutions
you could export the durations to excel, multiply by the number of units required, then paste back into project (taking out any summary durations- they could make a mess otherwise.)
the other would be to put a resource against each task (use the same one, doesn't matter what it is) then reduce to 10% for 10 units. this would multiply the time required by 10 for each activity.

As Julie said, Project doesnt do it- it works with what you give it.
Thank you . Will leave excel as backup plan and try with limited resource. I guess that if I put same resource under every task and by limiting it it is should reflect on every task simultaneously. Hope it will work.
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Old 03-16-2017, 10:27 PM
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Good luck and feel free to post back with if you have additional questions.
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