Shift Calendar Dates

As plans evolve, you can shift planning dates on the Labor grid work breakdown structure rows. When you shift calendar dates, your plans remain accurate and up-to-date over the course of the project life cycle.

Prerequisites: Calendar dates are defined on the labor planning grid. See Labor Planning Grid for more information.

To shift calendar dates, complete the following steps:

1. Change the date in Start Date for the WBS row.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If the WBS row has assigned resources with hours, iAccess displays a message asking if you want to shift the resource hours.
     • Click Yes to shift the hours. iAccess tries to preserve the pattern of each resource's hours but differences in the number of work and non-work days between the original range and the new range could result in a change in the pattern and an increase in the number of days in the range. For that reason, it is recommended that you review the results after shifting the hours and make any necessary changes to the calendar period hours and WBS end date.
     • Click No if you do not what to shift the hours. If the new start date is not after any of the resource hours, the start date is changed, but the end date and the resource hours are not changed. If necessary, you can then manually move resource hours or the end date. If the new start date falls after any of the resource hours, you cannot use that start date without also shifting the hours.
   • If the WBS row has no assigned resources or its assigned resources have no hours, iAccess displays a message asking if you want to shift the end date also.
     • Click Yes to shift both the start and end dates to maintain the plan's original range.
     • Click No if you do not what to shift the end date. If the new start date is not after the end date, the start date is changed but the end date is not changed. If necessary, you can then manually change the end date.