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Update % Complete Job

The Update % Complete job updates the percent (%) complete values whenever you change project or task data that affects the percent complete calculation. This job is only run if the % Complete Calculation Method is set to Duration or Effort. This is a field on the project scheduling properties page. You must schedule this job to update the percent complete values automatically.

In addition, the following operations trigger this job to run:

• Publishing the tentative schedule.

  See the Project Management User Guide for more information.

• Posting actuals and distributing them to the project plan.

  See the Project Management User Guide for more information.

This job is scheduled to run automatically every 30 minutes, but you can also run this job on demand.

Best Practice: Schedule this job to run recurrently at an appropriate interval, for example, every 10 minutes.

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