Trying to set the duration of a task in fusion

Hello Ronald,

If you check the API Explorer under TASK you will see, that there are different fields, that have something to do with the task duration.

- duration (double)

- durationExpression (string)

- durationMinutes (int)

- durationType (string / enum)

- durationUnit (string / enum)

Clicking on each of those entries in the API Explorer will show you some details.

I just tried to update a task duration using the module Update record. It simply worked passing an integer to the field duration.

Before I used the Read a record module passing * as output to get all fields. There I recognized, that the task I updated was set like this:

durationType: A
durationUnit: H

The field durationMinutes was calculated automatically.

I would suggest playing around a bit, perhaps the durationType can be showstopper when trying to simply update the duration field...

I hope I could help a bit.

Regards

Lars

hey @ronaldea I'm not sure if I understood correctly....
I was trying to test a case updating the duration of a task and yep... the duration is calculated by days

 and it's working correctly for me
- reviewed the connection in both cases (to read and update a record)
- set the ID and Duration

- reviewed the updated field

To set the duration in Fusion, you need to work with the "Duration," "Task Constraint," and "Constraint Date" fields, rather than relying on on of the Planned Dates. It's important to understand which Task Constraint you're using, as the "Constraint Date" can relate to either the "Planned Start Date" or "Planned Completion Date" depending on the selected task constraint.

For example, I set all my tasks' "Task Constraint" to "Must Start On" in the project template. When Fusion creates the project from this template, I use a router (probably unnecessary, but I like the control).

• The first module connected to the router updates the "Constraint Date" and "Duration" for all non-parent tasks.
• The second module (set to run after the first) updates the "Task Constraint" to "Fixed Dates" for all tasks.

Good luck! @ronaldea Let me know if you need further clarification.