fastProject 4.8.12 Released
/General
Negative Float line added to milestones in the FP::model view
Fixed bug where “Link from first task” would cause an incorrect row much later in the schedule to be selected, which in some cases gave the appearance that all tasks had disappeared
Automatic recalculate now overs when a file is opened so custom fields are automatically recalculated
Tools
Importing a schedule
All task bars now visible (not hidden)
Fixed bugs where blank lines were not removed
Fixed bug where summary tasks were set to Manual if any of the subtask’s durations were set to estimated
Fixed bug where, the import would fail if a task had been broken down into subtasks between issuing the LAR and importing it.
Analyzer
Tasks Late To Target Simulator * NEW *
A new feature that answers the question “How many days do I need to pull-in each task to hit my Target date” has been introduced, located under the CP Analysis button in the Inspector.
First select a Target from the Inspector
Select one of three views - tasks that are Late to Target, On-time to Target and All tasks to Target. The tasks late to Target have negative float and two columns are added: Latest Start (the latest date each task can start to hit target) and Days To Pull-in which is the equivalent number of days to equal the Latest Start date.
Make sure to select the “Reset Simulator” button to reset the simulator.
For nerds (that’s you Tom!): the simulator puts a Must Finish On date constraint on the Wiggle milestone equal to the date of its Target date. the Reset Simulator ensures it’s removed.
Improved checking and fixing of Targets
Added Show, Set & Clear functions for the Target and Wiggle milestone settings (avoids having to display the Flag1 and Flag2 columns)
Clean-up now converts tasks with durations not expressed as days into days
Added option (in fP Options) to select whether the Analyzer automatically removes duplicate dependencies when run. Default is it does.
Fixed bug where a duplicate dependency would be removed if one of the predecessors had a negative lag but finishing earlier than one of it’s other predecessors. Tasks with negative lag are therefore now ignored.
Update
Added new functionality to the Import Lookahead Report, to allow the user to ignore not updated tasks. this would then update those tasks updated in the LARR, then those tasks not updated would be caught during the manual update.
Days Remaining and Predicted Finish Date now shown by default
Fixed bug in PreFresh Report where highlighted Summary tasks were listed in the Lookahead Report
Fixed bug where starting “From This Task” would start from the beginning of the schedule and not the selected task
Wigglechart
Additional notes not added when Wigglechart run on the same day