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Dates & Status
As-of dates, actuals, remaining work · 12 topics.
Actual Start/Finish are dates. Remaining duration is hours. They are not the same field.
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- Actual Start/Finish Are Dates; Remaining Duration
Actual Start/Finish are dates; remaining duration is hours; not MSP Duration−Actual
Dates & Status - Anticipated Start/Finish Are WBS Planning Dates, Not Activity Dates
Anticipated Start/Finish are WBS planning dates; not on TASK; Calculate schedule does not move them
Dates & Status - Apply Actuals Posts Progress and Moves the Data Date
Apply Actuals posts plan or timesheets and moves Data Date; not Store Period
Dates & Status - Expected Finish (Not Remaining Finish, Not a Constraint)
Expected Finish is a typed forecast; scheduler honors it only if the option is on
Dates & Status - External Early Start / Late Finish Stand in for a Missing Project
External Early Start / Late Finish stand in for a lost interproject link
Dates & Status - Must Finish by (Project Constraint, Not Data Date)
Must Finish By is a project-end constraint; not Data Date; sets the backward pass
Dates & Status - P6 Data Date (Time-Now / As-Of)
Data Date (as-of); XER last_recalc_date vs Must Finish By; live 31-Jul-26 17:00
Dates & Status - P6 Remaining Duration vs Percent Complete
Remaining duration vs Duration / Physical / Units % Complete
Dates & Status - Remaining Duration vs Remaining Finish (Not the Same Object)
Remaining duration is hours; Remaining Finish is a date
Dates & Status - Status Date vs P6 Data Date (Microsoft Project)
Status Date vs P6 Data Date; what it drives
Dates & Status - Suspend / Resume (Not a Calendar Exception, Not an MSP Split)
Suspend/Resume is activity nonwork; not a calendar exception; not an MSP split
Dates & Status - Update Progress Estimates On-Schedule Progress for a New Data Date
Update Progress estimates on-schedule progress for spotlighted or selected activities; not Apply Actuals, not Spotlight
Dates & Status