Assignment.StartVariance property (Project)

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Gets the variance (in minutes) between the baseline start date and the start date of the assignment. Read-only Variant.

Syntax

expression. StartVariance

expression A variable that represents an Assignment object.

Example

The following example displays the number of tasks in the active project that have started late.

Sub CountLateAssignments() 
 
 Dim a As Assignment 
 Dim t As Task 
 Dim numLateAssignments As Long 
 Dim lateAssignments As String 
 Dim daysLate As Single 
 
 numLateAssignments = 0 
 
 ' Look for late tasks in the active project. 
 For Each t In ActiveProject.Tasks 
 For Each a In t.Assignments 
 If a.BaselineStart < ActiveProject.CurrentDate And a.StartVariance > 0 Then 
 numLateAssignments = numLateAssignments + 1 
 daysLate = Round(a.StartVariance / 1440, 1) 
 lateAssignments = lateAssignments & vbCrLf & vbTab & t.Name _ 
 & ": resource " & a.Resource.Name & ": " & daysLate & " days" 
 End If 
 Next a 
 Next t 
 
 MsgBox "There are " & numLateAssignments & " late assignments in this project: " & lateAssignments 
 
End Sub

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