It is important to note SmartPM schedules by the whole Day and does not schedule by the hour. However, Primavera and MS Project (if scheduled as such) exports Activity Durations on an hourly basis. Therefore, SmartPM converts those hours to days based on the Activity's Calendar's Time Period Hours per Day, and all fractional Work Days are rounded up to the full Work Day in SmartPM. In other words, a “three-day activity” in SmartPM will be Scheduled over three full Work Days, regardless of the Schedule File’s Time Period, Weekly Hours, or Daily Hours. Therefore, the Work Hour-based information in the Calendar Audit Log should be examined with this considered.
SmartPM™ does not allow users to choose specific hours of the day work activities can be performed. Therefore, all remaining duration calculations are in full “days” only, and not partial days. In addition, activities extending until midnight do not show a next day completion.