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# PRJ: Actual Cost Not Reset When % Complete Reset

Article ID: 113541

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 3.0a
- Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1a
- Microsoft Project 3.0 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q113541

## SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, when you reset a task's percent complete to zero, and a fixed-cost resource has been assigned to that task, the resource's actual cost for that task is not reset to zero .

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

## MORE INFORMATION

### Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In a new project, enter a task, Task1, with duration 10d.
2. Assign two resources, R1 and R2, to Task1.
3. Change the units for resource R1 to 0 units, and enter a of fixed cost of $100 for the resource.
4. In the Percent Complete box for the task, enter 100.
   Note that the Actual cost for the task has increased from $0 to $100.
5. Reset the task's percent complete to zero.

Note that the Actual cost associated with the task is still $100.

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