Forecast dates

Dear Gurus,
Given below is a scenario
An activity has a duration of 10 days and work of 100 m3. start date: 1st Apr & finish date is 10th Apr. And activity is linearly distributed.On 5th Apr, if confirmation is 40 m3 of work completion instead of a planned completion of 50 m3, then on re-scheduling, system should propose a new forecast finish date for the activity, keeping the planned dates same.
pls suggest the configuration/customization required.
Regards,
VDS
Edited by: Rupesh Prajapati on Mar 18, 2009 9:27 PM

Thanks for the reply.
What I need to know is, on the basis of confirmations ( as illustrated in the example in last post),
can the system propose a forecast finish date on its own after the next schedule update??
If yes, what are the relevant settings??
Regards,
VDS

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