Enter Progress dialog - Task tab
You use the Task tab of the
Enter Progress dialog to mark progress on the selected task. If you have multiple tasks selected, use the 
to move between the tasks and mark progress on each one individually.
How to access the Enter Progress dialog
To access the Enter Progress dialog, right-click a task or allocation and select Enter Progress.
Explanation of the fields and buttons on the dialog
Progress information for the selected task is displayed in the following columns on the grid:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Previous | This column displays progress that has already been entered against the task. |
| Current | Enter current progress details in this column. |
| Remaining | Enter the amount of progress that is still to be completed. |
| Total | This column displays the total of the other columns. |
The grid displays a number of rows that you can use to view progress and mark progress against the selected task in a variety of ways. Only those rows that are relevant to the selected task are displayed at any one time. For example, if a task has a cost associated with it, a Cost row appears, in which you can view the amount of the cost that has been completed. The following rows may be displayed:
| Row | Description |
|---|---|
| Overall percent |
Use this row to mark progress against a task as an overall percentage complete, a measurement that is independent of the duration of a task.
Combining this method of recording progress with recording progress as a percentage of the duration enables you to show, for example, that a task is 20% complete as a percentage of its duration but that it is 50% overall complete.
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| Duration percent |
Use this row to mark progress on a task as a percentage of its duration.
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| Duration | Use this row to mark progress on a task as a period of the task duration. For example, you could record that 3 days of a 12 day task is complete. |
| Task work |
Use this row to mark progress on a task that is modelled in terms of task work by recording the amount of task work that has been completed.
Modelling tasks in terms of task work without using resources |
| User |
Use this row to mark progress on a task as a user value which is independent of the task duration and any resource or cost allocations.
By marking progress independently of the task duration and any resource or cost allocations, you can keep a record of your progress on a task without it affecting the actual progress. For example, if a task is 50% complete, but for internal reasons you want to mark it as 20% complete officially, you could enter 50% as a user value for your own records, but mark actual progress on the task as 20%.
This row only appears if you have selected the Show 'User Percent Complete' check box on the Progress tab of the Options dialog. This method of recording progress has been superceded by the overall percentage complete functionality. |
| Milestone |
If the selected task is a summary
This row is useful if you measure the progress of a project by creating a series of milestones - linked to appropriate tasks throughout a project - and progress them as sections of the project are completed. |
| Effort | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the effort completed by the task's permanent resource allocations. |
| Effort percent | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the percentage of effort completed by the task's permanent resource allocations. |
| Work | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the work completed by the task's permanent resource allocations. |
| Work percent | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the percentage of work completed by the task's permanent resource allocations. |
| Quantity | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the quantity consumed or supplied by the task's consumable resource allocations. |
| Quantity percent | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the percentage of quantity consumed or supplied by the task's consumable resource allocations. |
| Cost | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the cost completed by the task's cost allocations. |
| Cost percent | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the percentage of cost completed by the task's cost allocations. |
| Income | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the income achieved by the task's cost allocations. |
| Income percent | This row displays progress on a task in terms of the percentage of income achieved by the task's cost allocations. |
| Actual start | Use this row to mark progress on a task as a duration from the date on which work started - entered in this row - until the date on which work finished. |
| Actual finish | Use this row to mark progress on a task as a duration from the date on which work started until the date on which work finished - entered in this row. |
The dialog displays the following additional controls:
| Field/Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Progress period |
Select the progress period under which to mark progress using the fields in the grid. This defaults to the current progress entry period.
You cannot mark progress using a locked progress period, and if progress has previously been entered using a progress period that has been locked subsequently, you cannot edit the values in the Previous column. |
| Progress From Allocations | When you mark progress on a task, the progress is reflected on the task's allocations. If you have marked progress on a task's allocations, click this button to calculate the task's progress. |
How do I...
... mark progress as an overall percentage complete?
Record the percentage of the task that has been completed in the Overall percent row.
... mark progress on a task that is modelled in terms of task work by recording the amount of task work that has been completed?
Record the amount of task work that has been completed in the Task work row.
... mark progress as a percentage of the task duration?
Record the percentage of the task duration that has been completed in the Duration percent row.
... mark progress as a period of the task duration?
Record the amount of the task duration that has been completed in the Duration row.
... mark progress as a duration from the date on which work started until the date on which work finished?
Enter dates and times to indicate the start and finish of the work on the task in the Actual start and Actual finish rows