Microsoft Project 2013: Collapsing a Summary

Question

I have multiple summary tasks with a lot of sub tasks which makes my project very long. Therefore to save time scrolling, I'd like to collapse/minimize some. But my problem is when I minimize one of the summary tasks, it minimizes all of the summary tasks under it as well. I want it to only minimize its subtasks.

TIA

Answer 1

Hey John,

The issue was they were not at the same outline level. Thanks for pointing that out. I now however have run into another issue with scheduling my construction project. 

A concrete slab pour takes only one day to complete and we pour two floors a week, every Tuesday and Saturday (3-day schedule). I set up Saturday as a workday in the settings already.

The 26th Floor is the first date (5/3/17) which I inputted manually because I need the rest of the floors to auto schedule from each other.

In the example below, please help me figure out what my formula should be in the predecessors column and if I need any constraints.

The first error as you can see below is on the 30th floor slab pour. The finish date needs to say "Say 5/13/17".

Answer 2

Michael,

Are "summary a" and "summary c" at the same outline level? If they are then collapsing "summary a" should not collapse "summary c". If "summary c" is at a lower outline level, then collapsing "summary a" will hide "summary c".

What version of Project are you using? Is it updated with the latest cumulative update?

John

Answer 3

John, 

The issue I'm having in regards to your example will be when I collapse "summary a", "summary c" collapses along with it. I'd need "summary c" to stay.

Answer 4

Michael,

I'm a little confused about what you are trying to do. If you collapse a summary at outline level 1, it will collapse all tasks under it whether they are simple subtasks or other summary levels. For example, if I collapse "summary a", it will collapse tasks 1 & 2 as well as "summary b". There is no way to have only subtasks 1 & 2 collapsed and still show "summary b".

John