Updating % complete doesn't work for some tasks (but impacts their duration instead)

Aspose.Tasks Product Family
1

Hi,

Running Aspose Java 18.8 JDK7. (issue can be reproduced on earlier versions)

I’ve been running the following code to update the % complete of all leaf tasks in attached MPP file to an arbitrary value (33%):

private static void doRun(int percentComplete) throws IOException {
        Project p = getProject("Project STAR Work Plan.mpp");

        updatePercentComplete(p.getRootTask(), percentComplete);

        saveMppFile(p, "c:\\temp\\output1-"+percentComplete+".mpp");
    }

    private static void updatePercentComplete(Task tsk, int percentComplete) {
        if (tsk.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
            tsk.set(Tsk.PERCENT_COMPLETE, percentComplete);
        } else {
            for (Task t : tsk.getChildren()) {
                updatePercentComplete(t, percentComplete);
            }
        }
    }

Here’s the original file used:
Test Work plan.zip (65.4 KB)

In the result file (below), first two tasks are correctly updated, but the third task (milestone task) is not updated. It keeps its % complete value of 0%, and its duration is modified instead.

output1-33.zip (71.7 KB)

We can reproduce the problem on many tasks (not just milestones) with a much more complex MPP file that we can share if needed, but the simple file attached is enough to reproduce the issue.

We have not been able to find what’s causing the problem on the impacted tasks - we have no problem when creating a new MPP file from scratch, nor with most of our other MPP files. However, for some of them, we’re witnessing this issue.

Any help on what’s causing this would be appreciated.

Cheers!

2

@Jay614

We have reproduced this issue and it has been logged under ID “TASKSJAVA-734” for further investigation. You will automatically be informed here once we have more information to share.

3

Hi,

Would it be possible to get an update on TASKSJAVA-734? Is there any plan on when it’s going to get fixed or if there’s any way to work around this issue?

Thanks!

4

@Adi_PPM

Thank you for writing back to us.

This issue probably be resolved with our next version of API which is Aspose.Tasks for Java 19.2. You will be informed here automatically once the release shall be available.

5

Thanks a lot for the info Muzammil.

I understand that there’s not commitment at this point that the fix for TASKSJAVA-734 will be in Aspose Tasks for Java 19.2, but can you share any tentative rough release date for 19.2? Are we talking weeks, months, or quarters?

6

@Adi_PPM

This issue is planned to be fixed with Aspose.Tasks for Java 19.2 and this shall probably be available at the end of this month.

7

Hi,

Could you link this thread with issue TASKSJAVA-734 so that we can get the issue status displayed in the Thread?

FYI, this user account is managed by the same person that created the initial thread - it’s just that Aspose Enteprise OEM license latest renewal was handled by a different person, and ended up linked with this account.

Cheers!

8

@Adi_PPM,

I have associated the issue with this thread so that you may be notified once the issue will vie fixed.

9

The issues you have found earlier (filed as TASKSJAVA-734) have been fixed in this update.