Viewing Project Schedules
After you have created project records and set up a schedule to complete the project, you can view the project schedule to assess progress. The project schedule is also commonly known as a project plan.
The project plan, or schedule, for a project is found on the Schedule subtab of the project record.
To view a project schedule:
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Go to Lists > Relationships > Projects and click View next to the project.
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On the project record, click the Schedule subtab.
The schedule shows the existing tasks for the project, and for each task, the start date, end date, estimated work and cost are shown.
Note:The Schedule subtab displays project tasks in the order in which they would be listed on a project plan or work breakdown structure. You cannot sort or reorder the project tasks displayed on the Schedule subtab.
For details about using the Schedule subtab for managing project tasks, read Working with the Project Schedule.
Working with Projects in Multiple Time Zones
If your organization has employees in different time zones who work on projects, the following time zone considerations apply:
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NetSuite displays the start and end dates for a project in the time zone preference for the organization, selected in Company Information. For example, the company time zone is GMT -8:00 Pacific Time (US & Canada), and the project start date is 11/20/2008. Project staff in California and Japan will see the same start date, 11/20/2008, when viewing the project record.
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NetSuite displays the project task start and end dates based on the time zone preference of the user logged in. For example, a resource in New York is assign to a project task with a start date of 10/28/2008 9:00 am. When an employee in California logs in and views the project, the start date for this task displays as 10/28/2008 6:00 am.
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For Fixed Start project tasks, the start time for the task is based on the time zone of the user who creates the task. If a user in New York creates a Fixed Start task with a start time of 9:00 am, the start time displays as 6:00 am to a resource viewing the task in California.
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No time zone conversion occurs for time entries. Planned time displays for a resource on the same date as the task date in the project schedule.