Rapid Edit Overview

Rapid edit (inline editing) enables you to update the Timeline in Resource and Project Planners.

You can edit hours in either of the following modes.

Mode	Description
End date held constant	When you adjust hours, the end date does not change and the total hours is adjusted over the remaining working days.
Total hours held constant	When you increase the schedule, the end date moves forwards on the timeline. When you decrease the schedule or more hours are recorded over fewer days, the end date moves backwards on the timeline. Total hours are evenly distributed over the remaining days in the project. When editing schedules in Total hours held constant mode, schedule changes at the Week, Month, and Quarter zoom levels might appear not to work if you edit the last cell of an assignment. We recommend making changes in the Day zoom level when reducing hours in the last cell of an assignment. Note: Rapid edit in Resource and Project Planners using Total hours held constant mode is not compatible with schedules that were initially created using a zero-hour pattern. Switch to End date held constant mode to make changes to schedules.

Mode

Description

End date held constant

When you adjust hours, the end date does not change and the total hours is adjusted over the remaining working days.

Total hours held constant

When you increase the schedule, the end date moves forwards on the timeline. When you decrease the schedule or more hours are recorded over fewer days, the end date moves backwards on the timeline. Total hours are evenly distributed over the remaining days in the project.

When editing schedules in Total hours held constant mode, schedule changes at the Week, Month, and Quarter zoom levels might appear not to work if you edit the last cell of an assignment. We recommend making changes in the Day zoom level when reducing hours in the last cell of an assignment.

Note: Rapid edit in Resource and Project Planners using Total hours held constant mode is not compatible with schedules that were initially created using a zero-hour pattern. Switch to End date held constant mode to make changes to schedules.

End date held constant and Total hours held constant modes are not applicable when you rapid edit previewed assignment schedules. For more information, see Previewing and Creating Assignments When Viewing Resource Requests and Previewing a Resource Request as an Assignment.

Edits apply to time periods based on the zoom level. When you edit a cell in the Week zoom level, the change applies to the week (or portion of a week) represented by the cell you edit.

Note:

Rapid edit and stretching assignments in Resource and Project Planners uses the underlying schedule to allocate hours for remaining days on an assignment. Schedule exceptions due to holidays are integrated into the schedule using holidays from work calendars.

All schedule exceptions for holidays are designated on the day level, not the hour level in Resource and Project Planners. Any day in a work calendar with more than zero hours counts as a working day in Resource and Project Planners and is allocated hours when making changes to the timeline.