kplato: Calculating schedule doesn't work

Hi

Sorry, but there must be something fundamental in kplato I have missed. I hope
someone might be able to help.
I have made one resource(person), one calendar and a few tasks which are all
assigned to the one resource.

I then expect that when I hit the "Calculate" button that kplato would
schedule the tasks so that they don't overlap (the one resource I have should
only work 8 hours a day...). However this doesn't work.

When I hit the "Calculate" button I instead get cryptic messages in the log
like:
"Could not  match effort. Want 16h0m got 0h0m"
"Resource vl available from 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/11 04:00pm"
"Resource vl not available in interval: 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/09 04:00pm"
All tasks is defined "As soon as possible", no fixed dates.

Clicking on view->Resource assignments shows 0.0 in total for my resource so
there might some mapping between resource and tasks I have missed ?

I have attached my test project in the email( not sure it will get through to
the mailing list though)

I am using KOffice 2.0RC-1 from Kubuntu/Jaunty
(KPlato v.0.6.99)

Best regards,
Vidar

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Hi Vidar.
Your resource refer to calendar 'vl' which doesn't define any working hours at all. If you define some working hours, or use the 'Base' calendar instead it should work.

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Mvh.
Dag Andersen

Mandag 18 maj 2009 10:37:07 skrev Vidar Langseid:
> Hi
>
> Sorry, but there must be something fundamental in kplato I have missed. I
> hope someone might be able to help.
> I have made one resource(person), one calendar and a few tasks which are
> all assigned to the one resource.
>
> I then expect that when I hit the "Calculate" button that kplato would
> schedule the tasks so that they don't overlap (the one resource I have
> should only work 8 hours a day...). However this doesn't work.
>
> When I hit the "Calculate" button I instead get cryptic messages in the log
> like:
> "Could not match effort. Want 16h0m got 0h0m"
> "Resource vl available from 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/11 04:00pm"
> "Resource vl not available in interval: 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/09
> 04:00pm" All tasks is defined "As soon as possible", no fixed dates.
>
> Clicking on view->Resource assignments shows 0.0 in total for my resource
> so there might some mapping between resource and tasks I have missed ?
>
> I have attached my test project in the email( not sure it will get through
> to the mailing list though)
>
> I am using KOffice 2.0RC-1 from Kubuntu/Jaunty
> (KPlato v.0.6.99)
>
> Best regards,
> Vidar

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Hi

On Monday 18 May 2009 Dag Andersen wrote
>Hi Vidar.
>Your resource refer to calendar 'vl' which doesn't define any working hours
> at all. If you define some working hours, or use the 'Base' calendar
> instead it should work.
Thanx. That was one missing link. I had totally overlooked the view for
specifying that. Your email got me on the right track.

Fixing the working hours makes the warnings/errors in the log to disappear.
However, my four tasks (task1.1, task2.1,task2.2 and task2.3 ) are still
scheduled in parallel (meaning that "vl" would need to work 400% in order to
comply with the suggested plan while the limit is set to 100%).
In View->Resource Assignments it only shows 8h a day.

PS : Since you didn't CC me on the answer I had some problems answering to
your email with correct reply-to headers, causing the threading to be wrong. I
have now subscribed to the list so that shouldn't be a problem in the future.

Best regards,
Vidar

On Monday 18 May 2009 10:37:07 am Vidar Langseid wrote:

> Hi
>
> Sorry, but there must be something fundamental in kplato I have missed. I
> hope someone might be able to help.
> I have made one resource(person), one calendar and a few tasks which are
> all assigned to the one resource.
>
> I then expect that when I hit the "Calculate" button that kplato would
> schedule the tasks so that they don't overlap (the one resource I have
> should only work 8 hours a day...). However this doesn't work.
>
> When I hit the "Calculate" button I instead get cryptic messages in the log
> like:
> "Could not  match effort. Want 16h0m got 0h0m"
> "Resource vl available from 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/11 04:00pm"
> "Resource vl not available in interval: 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/09
> 04:00pm" All tasks is defined "As soon as possible", no fixed dates.
>
> Clicking on view->Resource assignments shows 0.0 in total for my resource
> so there might some mapping between resource and tasks I have missed ?
>
> I have attached my test project in the email( not sure it will get through
> to the mailing list though)
>
> I am using KOffice 2.0RC-1 from Kubuntu/Jaunty
> (KPlato v.0.6.99)
>
> Best regards,
> Vidar

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Mandag 18 maj 2009 13:16:25 skrev Vidar Langseid:
> Hi
>
> On Monday 18 May 2009 Dag Andersen wrote
>
> >Hi Vidar.
> >Your resource refer to calendar 'vl' which doesn't define any working
> > hours at all. If you define some working hours, or use the 'Base'
> > calendar instead it should work.
>
> Thanx. That was one missing link. I had totally overlooked the view for
> specifying that. Your email got me on the right track.
>
> Fixing the working hours makes the warnings/errors in the log to disappear.
> However, my four tasks (task1.1, task2.1,task2.2 and task2.3 ) are still
> scheduled in parallel (meaning that "vl" would need to work 400% in order
> to comply with the suggested plan while the limit is set to 100%).
> In View->Resource Assignments it only shows 8h a day.
It seems to work here.
Hmmm, did you create a new schedule or did you just recalculate the old one?
If you created a new, you'll have to select the correct schedule to view in the View menu. (It should list all schedules you have calculated) Also, the schedule name is shown in the status line (bottom right).
I know, this isn't fantastic, it's easy to forget/overlook, so I'm *very* open for suggestions of how to improve this!
>
> PS : Since you didn't CC me on the answer I had some problems answering to
> your email with correct reply-to headers, causing the threading to be
> wrong. I have now subscribed to the list so that shouldn't be a problem in
> the future.
>
> Best regards,
> Vidar
>
> On Monday 18 May 2009 10:37:07 am Vidar Langseid wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Sorry, but there must be something fundamental in kplato I have missed. I
> > hope someone might be able to help.
> > I have made one resource(person), one calendar and a few tasks which are
> > all assigned to the one resource.
> >
> > I then expect that when I hit the "Calculate" button that kplato would
> > schedule the tasks so that they don't overlap (the one resource I have
> > should only work 8 hours a day...). However this doesn't work.
> >
> > When I hit the "Calculate" button I instead get cryptic messages in the
> > log like:
> > "Could not match effort. Want 16h0m got 0h0m"
> > "Resource vl available from 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/11 04:00pm"
> > "Resource vl not available in interval: 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/09
> > 04:00pm" All tasks is defined "As soon as possible", no fixed dates.
> >
> > Clicking on view->Resource assignments shows 0.0 in total for my resource
> > so there might some mapping between resource and tasks I have missed ?
> >
> > I have attached my test project in the email( not sure it will get
> > through to the mailing list though)
> >
> > I am using KOffice 2.0RC-1 from Kubuntu/Jaunty
> > (KPlato v.0.6.99)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Vidar

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Dag Andersen

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Hi

On Monday 18 May 2009 02:47:22 pm Dag Andersen wrote:

> Mandag 18 maj 2009 13:16:25 skrev Vidar Langseid:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Monday 18 May 2009 Dag Andersen wrote
> >
> > >Hi Vidar.
> > >Your resource refer to calendar 'vl' which doesn't define any working
> > > hours at all. If you define some working hours, or use the 'Base'
> > > calendar instead it should work.
> >
> > Thanx. That was one missing link. I had totally overlooked the view for
> > specifying that. Your email got me on the right track.
> >
> > Fixing the working hours makes the warnings/errors in the log to
> > disappear. However, my four tasks (task1.1, task2.1,task2.2 and task2.3 )
> > are still scheduled in parallel (meaning that "vl" would need to work
> > 400% in order to comply with the suggested plan while the limit is set to
> > 100%). In View->Resource Assignments it only shows 8h a day.
>
> It seems to work here.
> Hmmm, did you create a new schedule or did you just recalculate the old
> one? If you created a new, you'll have to select the correct schedule to
> view in the View menu. (It should list all schedules you have calculated)
> Also, the schedule name is shown in the status line (bottom right).

I recalculated the old one. I also made a dependency between task2.1 and

task2.2 just for fun. But task1.1, task2.1 and task2.3 is still scheduled in
parallel (see attachment).

> I know, this isn't fantastic, it's easy to forget/overlook, so I'm *very*
> open for suggestions of how to improve this!
I don't think this is that bad, but I do have a different suggestion: When you
hit "calculate" button all trees in all views are collapsed. I suggest to add
"collapse all" and "uncollapse all" buttons in all tree-views. The state of
each tree-view should also not change when you press "calculate" button or do
save/open.

Best regards,
Vidar

>
> > PS : Since you didn't CC me on the answer I had some problems answering
> > to your email with correct reply-to headers, causing the threading to be
> > wrong. I have now subscribed to the list so that shouldn't be a problem
> > in the future.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Vidar
> >
> > On Monday 18 May 2009 10:37:07 am Vidar Langseid wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Sorry, but there must be something fundamental in kplato I have missed.
> > > I hope someone might be able to help.
> > > I have made one resource(person), one calendar and a few tasks which
> > > are all assigned to the one resource.
> > >
> > > I then expect that when I hit the "Calculate" button that kplato would
> > > schedule the tasks so that they don't overlap (the one resource I have
> > > should only work 8 hours a day...). However this doesn't work.
> > >
> > > When I hit the "Calculate" button I instead get cryptic messages in the
> > > log like:
> > > "Could not  match effort. Want 16h0m got 0h0m"
> > > "Resource vl available from 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/11 04:00pm"
> > > "Resource vl not available in interval: 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/09
> > > 04:00pm" All tasks is defined "As soon as possible", no fixed dates.
> > >
> > > Clicking on view->Resource assignments shows 0.0 in total for my
> > > resource so there might some mapping between resource and tasks I have
> > > missed ?
> > >
> > > I have attached my test project in the email( not sure it will get
> > > through to the mailing list though)
> > >
> > > I am using KOffice 2.0RC-1 from Kubuntu/Jaunty
> > > (KPlato v.0.6.99)
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Vidar

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Hi, All.
This was a real kplato bug in the rc1 release. It is definitly present in kubuntu/jaunty packages, and most likely in any other distrubution also.
It will be fixed in the next release.

Thanks to Vidar for spotting it.

--
Mvh.
Dag Andersen

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Mandag 18 maj 2009 10:37:07 skrev Vidar Langseid:
> Hi
>
> Sorry, but there must be something fundamental in kplato I have missed. I
> hope someone might be able to help.
> I have made one resource(person), one calendar and a few tasks which are
> all assigned to the one resource.
>
> I then expect that when I hit the "Calculate" button that kplato would
> schedule the tasks so that they don't overlap (the one resource I have
> should only work 8 hours a day...). However this doesn't work.
>
> When I hit the "Calculate" button I instead get cryptic messages in the log
> like:
> "Could not match effort. Want 16h0m got 0h0m"
> "Resource vl available from 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/11 04:00pm"
> "Resource vl not available in interval: 05/18/09 12:00am to 05/18/09
> 04:00pm" All tasks is defined "As soon as possible", no fixed dates.
>
> Clicking on view->Resource assignments shows 0.0 in total for my resource
> so there might some mapping between resource and tasks I have missed ?
>
> I have attached my test project in the email( not sure it will get through
> to the mailing list though)
>
> I am using KOffice 2.0RC-1 from Kubuntu/Jaunty
> (KPlato v.0.6.99)
>
> Best regards,
> Vidar

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