Contents of the Reschedule Plan Dates Dialog Box
Use the Reschedule Plan Dates dialog box to change date ranges for plan rows. Changes to plan dates affect all areas of the plan.
Field | Description |
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Plan Structure Branch | In the upper-left corner of the dialog box, this field displays the path through the project work breakdown structure to the level of the selected work breakdown structure (WBS) element. |
Shift | Select this option to push the plan date range forward or backward, but keep the same number of working days between the start and end dates.
When you shift plan dates, Vantagepoint keeps the same distribution pattern for planned labor, expenses, consultants, and units. If some working days have no planned hours, amounts, and/or quantities, there will also be no planned values in the corresponding working days in the new schedule. |
Change Duration | Select this option to lengthen or shorten the plan date range.
When you change the duration of plan dates, Vantagepoint adjusts the dates of the child plan and assignment rows if they match the original plan dates or if they fall outside of the new plan start or end date. If you displayed this dialog box from a higher work breakdown structure (WBS) level, you can select the Replace All Child Dates with New Parent Dates checkbox to apply date changes to the lower WBS levels and assignment rows that would not have been automatically changed. When you choose to change the duration of plan dates, select one of the following options:
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From This Plan Date Range |
These fields display the current plan start and end dates. If this dialog box displays because you changed a start or end date in the planning grid or if you selected the
Change Duration option, you cannot change these dates. However, if you clicked
to display this dialog box and you selected
Shift, you can do either of the following:
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To This Plan Date Range |
Enter the new plan date range for the row. If you selected the Shift option and you select either a new start date or a new end date, Vantagepoint determines the other date needed to keep the same number of working days in the range. (If you entered a new start or end date in the planning grid before you displayed this dialog box, that date displays by default, and Vantagepoint calculates the other date. If you did not enter one of the dates in the planning grid before you displayed this dialog box, you enter the new start date, and Vantagepoint calculates the end date.) If you selected the Change Duration option, you select both the start date and end date for the range. |
Replace All Child Dates with New Parent Dates |
This checkbox is available when you display this dialog box from a higher work breakdown structure (WBS) level and you selected the Change Duration option. Select the Replace All Child Dates with New Parent Dates checkbox to change the plan dates or assignment dates for all the child rows to match the new plan dates and, optionally, redistribute their planned values based on the new dates. If you do not select this checkbox, dates for child rows are adjusted only if they match the original plan dates or fall outside the new plan date range. |
Buttons
Field | Description |
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Reschedule |
To start the rescheduling process, click Reschedule. When you reschedule plan dates, Vantagepoint verifies that all assignment date ranges under those plan dates are within the new plan date range. If either of the following scenarios exist,
Vantagepoint displays a warning message before you can continue rescheduling.
When you click
Reschedule,
Vantagepoint does the following:
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Cancel | To close the dialog box without rescheduling, click this option. |