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Open end tasks

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Wed, 2017-05-03 13:51
moutaz aldeib
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Hi All,

How we can extract report in MS project showing the open end tasks? rather than adding predessor and successor columns.

Regards,

Muataz

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Mon, 2017-05-15 14:40
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Tom Boyle
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Sun, 2017-05-14 15:20
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moutaz aldeib
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Thanks a lot Tom, however I would like to comment that in P6, once you schedule you get a report including the open end tasks.

Best,

Muataz

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Thu, 2017-05-04 11:57
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Mike Testro
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Alternatively just look for large amounts of float.

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Thu, 2017-05-04 02:49
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Tom Boyle
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Make a new filter called "Open Ends" with the following criteria:

- Predecessors - equals - [empty field]

Or - Successors - equals - [empty field]

For "[empty field]," enter no characters at all.

Then include this filter in your report specification - or just apply the filter in a view.

 

Note: this is the simplest "open-ends" criteria, same as P6, and does not include dangling starts/finishes.  Filtering danglers requires a little macro code ("vba").

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