Project.Task.Split.md

title	ms.service	api_name	ms.assetid	ms.date	ms.localizationpriority
Task.Split method (Project)	project-server	Project.Task.Split	847c5cfd-a10f-ea6a-aa49-2e2e88d1840e	06/08/2017	medium

Task.Split method (Project)

Splits the task into two portions.

Syntax

expression.Split (StartSplitOn, EndSplitOn)

expression A variable that represents a Task object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
StartSplitOn	Required	Variant	The start date of the task split. If a time is not specified, the project's default end time for the working period is used.
EndSplitOn	Required	Variant	The end date of the task split. If a time is not specified, the project's default start time for the working period is used. If EndSplitOn is on or before the date specified with StartSplitOn, the split is not created.

Example

The following example creates a split in the specified task.

Sub CreateSplit() 
    Dim WhichTask As Long 
    Dim SplitFrom As Variant, SplitTo As Variant 
 
    WhichTask = InputBox("Enter the ID of the task you would like to split:") 
    SplitFrom = InputBox("Enter the date and time for the start of the" & _
        " split: " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "(The default time is the end" & _
    " time of the preceding working period.)") 
    SplitTo = InputBox("Enter the date and time for the end of the split:" & _
        vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "(The default time is the start time of the next" & _
        " working period.)") 
 
    ActiveProject.Tasks(WhichTask).Split SplitFrom, SplitTo 
End Sub

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