I've read all the others in the forum, and also the 2 faqs frequently cited.
FAQ 34 helped me to understand one aspect of my issue, but still not
completely clear on this.

I have set up a bunch of recurring tasks. some are 1h long, others 2h long.
They all recur on workdays, sometimes for 5 workdays, sometimes for 10
workdays *

all of these sets of tasks have been assigned a resource (me at 100%). I
did this by clicking the Assign Resources icon, which puts me down as a
resource for each instance of the task, but not the "summary task".

I believe that when specifying the work for the tasks, I have filled in WORK
not DURATION (not sure if this makes a difference). The task are all left
with default settings, e.g. Effort Driven = True, and Fixed Units. All the
recurring tasks get automatically assigned a constraint of type
Start-No-Earlier-Than but I don't think that this should affect Projects
ability to move task forward.

level resources is set to fix up day-by-day. Monday 21st is first day of
project.

Now if I go into Resource Graph, it has me down as 1000% overallocated on
Monday 21st. THIS ONE I DO UNDERSTAND THANKS TO FAQ 34. Basically, in the
first hour of the day, I have 11 tasks overlapping, which means 11hrs of work
in that first hour in theory. In fact of course I have the whole day, so i
can just ignore this, or maybe resolve overallocations hour by hour. Yahoo, I
get it!

However, if I go into Resource Usage, it has me down as doing 16hrs on
Monday 21st July. I'm sure my boss would be happy. But my wife not so much
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WON'T SHIFT ANY TASKS.

Pls note: i'm using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 SP 3.


* by the way, what I'm trying to do here is capture the time taken to
discuss issues and get consensus when working in a global team - time to
write emails, think about proposals, gather consensus &c &c ... takes time.

Hi,

Attention, recurring tasks are generate with a priority 1000, so leveling
will not move them.
HTH
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"JoGo" <JoGo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA1AC855-75F5-44F0-AB14-DF4C900ABE30@microsoft.com...
> I've read all the others in the forum, and also the 2 faqs frequently
> cited.
> FAQ 34 helped me to understand one aspect of my issue, but still not
> completely clear on this.
>
> I have set up a bunch of recurring tasks. some are 1h long, others 2h
> long.
> They all recur on workdays, sometimes for 5 workdays, sometimes for 10
> workdays *
>
> all of these sets of tasks have been assigned a resource (me at 100%). I
> did this by clicking the Assign Resources icon, which puts me down as a
> resource for each instance of the task, but not the "summary task".
>
> I believe that when specifying the work for the tasks, I have filled in
> WORK
> not DURATION (not sure if this makes a difference). The task are all left
> with default settings, e.g. Effort Driven = True, and Fixed Units. All
> the
> recurring tasks get automatically assigned a constraint of type
> Start-No-Earlier-Than but I don't think that this should affect Projects
> ability to move task forward.
>
> level resources is set to fix up day-by-day. Monday 21st is first day of
> project.
>
> Now if I go into Resource Graph, it has me down as 1000% overallocated on
> Monday 21st. THIS ONE I DO UNDERSTAND THANKS TO FAQ 34. Basically, in the
> first hour of the day, I have 11 tasks overlapping, which means 11hrs of
> work
> in that first hour in theory. In fact of course I have the whole day, so
> i
> can just ignore this, or maybe resolve overallocations hour by hour.
> Yahoo, I
> get it!
>
> However, if I go into Resource Usage, it has me down as doing 16hrs on
> Monday 21st July. I'm sure my boss would be happy. But my wife not so
> much
> I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WON'T SHIFT ANY TASKS.
>
> Pls note: i'm using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 SP 3.
>
>
> * by the way, what I'm trying to do here is capture the time taken to
> discuss issues and get consensus when working in a global team - time to
> write emails, think about proposals, gather consensus &c &c ... takes
> time.

Thanks for pointing that out. Now, I've selected all tasks in my project,
and set priorty to 500. relevelled. It's helped a little: i now have 14hrs
scheduled for monday. what should I look at next?

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Attention, recurring tasks are generate with a priority 1000, so leveling
> will not move them.
> HTH
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "JoGo" <JoGo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EA1AC855-75F5-44F0-AB14-DF4C900ABE30@microsoft.com...
> > I've read all the others in the forum, and also the 2 faqs frequently
> > cited.
> > FAQ 34 helped me to understand one aspect of my issue, but still not
> > completely clear on this.
> >
> > I have set up a bunch of recurring tasks. some are 1h long, others 2h
> > long.
> > They all recur on workdays, sometimes for 5 workdays, sometimes for 10
> > workdays *
> >
> > all of these sets of tasks have been assigned a resource (me at 100%). I
> > did this by clicking the Assign Resources icon, which puts me down as a
> > resource for each instance of the task, but not the "summary task".
> >
> > I believe that when specifying the work for the tasks, I have filled in
> > WORK
> > not DURATION (not sure if this makes a difference). The task are all left
> > with default settings, e.g. Effort Driven = True, and Fixed Units. All
> > the
> > recurring tasks get automatically assigned a constraint of type
> > Start-No-Earlier-Than but I don't think that this should affect Projects
> > ability to move task forward.
> >
> > level resources is set to fix up day-by-day. Monday 21st is first day of
> > project.
> >
> > Now if I go into Resource Graph, it has me down as 1000% overallocated on
> > Monday 21st. THIS ONE I DO UNDERSTAND THANKS TO FAQ 34. Basically, in the
> > first hour of the day, I have 11 tasks overlapping, which means 11hrs of
> > work
> > in that first hour in theory. In fact of course I have the whole day, so
> > i
> > can just ignore this, or maybe resolve overallocations hour by hour.
> > Yahoo, I
> > get it!
> >
> > However, if I go into Resource Usage, it has me down as doing 16hrs on
> > Monday 21st July. I'm sure my boss would be happy. But my wife not so
> > much
> > I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WON'T SHIFT ANY TASKS.
> >
> > Pls note: i'm using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 SP 3.
> >
> >
> > * by the way, what I'm trying to do here is capture the time taken to
> > discuss issues and get consensus when working in a global team - time to
> > write emails, think about proposals, gather consensus &c &c ... takes
> > time.
>
>
>

Hi,

In the Task Usage view show the field Assignment Units.
There may be some higher than the max units for the resource

Or
Haven't you put those tasks to 100% done? Leveling will not move those
either

Or
There may be 5 or more other reasons. You can send me the file I shall have
a look.
jandemesATprom-ade.be

Greetings,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"JoGo" <JoGo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:400EBEC8-22EB-4D8A-9BBE-446358D6F2DF@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for pointing that out. Now, I've selected all tasks in my project,
> and set priorty to 500. relevelled. It's helped a little: i now have
> 14hrs
> scheduled for monday. what should I look at next?
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Attention, recurring tasks are generate with a priority 1000, so leveling
>> will not move them.
>> HTH
>> --
>> Jan De Messemaeker
>> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
>> +32 495 300 620
>> For availability check:
>> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
>> "JoGo" <JoGo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EA1AC855-75F5-44F0-AB14-DF4C900ABE30@microsoft.com...
>> > I've read all the others in the forum, and also the 2 faqs frequently
>> > cited.
>> > FAQ 34 helped me to understand one aspect of my issue, but still not
>> > completely clear on this.
>> >
>> > I have set up a bunch of recurring tasks. some are 1h long, others 2h
>> > long.
>> > They all recur on workdays, sometimes for 5 workdays, sometimes for 10
>> > workdays *
>> >
>> > all of these sets of tasks have been assigned a resource (me at 100%).
>> > I
>> > did this by clicking the Assign Resources icon, which puts me down as a
>> > resource for each instance of the task, but not the "summary task".
>> >
>> > I believe that when specifying the work for the tasks, I have filled in
>> > WORK
>> > not DURATION (not sure if this makes a difference). The task are all
>> > left
>> > with default settings, e.g. Effort Driven = True, and Fixed Units. All
>> > the
>> > recurring tasks get automatically assigned a constraint of type
>> > Start-No-Earlier-Than but I don't think that this should affect
>> > Projects
>> > ability to move task forward.
>> >
>> > level resources is set to fix up day-by-day. Monday 21st is first day
>> > of
>> > project.
>> >
>> > Now if I go into Resource Graph, it has me down as 1000% overallocated
>> > on
>> > Monday 21st. THIS ONE I DO UNDERSTAND THANKS TO FAQ 34. Basically, in
>> > the
>> > first hour of the day, I have 11 tasks overlapping, which means 11hrs
>> > of
>> > work
>> > in that first hour in theory. In fact of course I have the whole day,
>> > so
>> > i
>> > can just ignore this, or maybe resolve overallocations hour by hour.
>> > Yahoo, I
>> > get it!
>> >
>> > However, if I go into Resource Usage, it has me down as doing 16hrs on
>> > Monday 21st July. I'm sure my boss would be happy. But my wife not so
>> > much
>> > I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WON'T SHIFT ANY TASKS.
>> >
>> > Pls note: i'm using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 SP 3.
>> >
>> >
>> > * by the way, what I'm trying to do here is capture the time taken to
>> > discuss issues and get consensus when working in a global team - time
>> > to
>> > write emails, think about proposals, gather consensus &c &c ... takes
>> > time.
>>
>>
>>