Smartsheet's Error in % Complete Rollup

Mahmood.Milani

Hi, 

I recently realized that Smartsheet has a major flaw in rolling up % Completion.

In Smartsheet %complete for a Parent is calculated as a weighted average of %completion of the immediate children times the duration of the Parent. For example in the following Project, the overall % complete shows 50% where the correct % complete is 10%: Completed work (1 day) divided by total work (10 days) equals 10%. 

In other words, task1 is overweighed and all subtasks under task 2 are underweighted. 

 

I have escalated this to smartsheets and would like to share with the community as this could have serious impact if you are managing a complex project. 

Cheers, 

Mahmood 

Dietrich Koch

Hello Mahmood,

your project has two tasks. Each of the task lasts for 1 day, so if one task is done you have 50% of your work done.

If the subtasks would not all take place on the same day but one after another - shown in "Project 2" - task 2 runs for the sum of the tasks and then the calculation shows a reduced value, as you expected.

Best

Dietrich