A PM reported that color format used in his project files disappeared from 
project server after it's level loaded against other projects in the server. 
Is this an error? This seems to happen when you select color formatting from 
the Gantt view. 

Not exactly sure how it works but from what I gather if you have a view 
definition contained in the global enterprise then customisations to view by 
the PM (incl. colouring of tasks or font changes) will/could be overwritten 
by the PServer definition in the global. you can make it work but got to 
fiddle a bit with view/organiser stuff.

"siphu" wrote:

> A PM reported that color format used in his project files disappeared from 
> project server after it's level loaded against other projects in the server. 
> Is this an error? This seems to happen when you select color formatting from 
> the Gantt view. 

siphu --

If a PM applies Cell Background Formatting to tasks while in the Enterprise 
Gantt Chart view, the project will not retain the color formatting.  If the 
PM applies Cell Background Formatting to tasks while in the regular Gantt 
Chart view, the project is SUPPOSED to retain the color formatting. 
However, I have been at client sites where the colors were dropped at random 
for some strange reason.  And these clients were current on Service Packs 
and Cumulative Updates applies as well.  So, all I can say for sure is that 
I have seen intermittent loss of Cell Background Formatting applied to 
enterprise projects in the Gantt Chart view.  Perhaps this is what your user 
is seeing as well.  Hope this helps.

-- 
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
VP of Educational Services
msProjectExperts
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We write the books on Project Server"


"siphu" <siphu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:6C6A50A0-7FCF-457C-947A-9E3FE84B73C5@microsoft.com...
> A PM reported that color format used in his project files disappeared from
> project server after it's level loaded against other projects in the 
> server.
> Is this an error? This seems to happen when you select color formatting 
> from
> the Gantt view. 

Dale,

Thank you. This is exactly what we're seeing here in our environment. Do you 
know if this is addressed in 2010? or a patch? 

I know that it impacts any PM who want to track their schedule using color 
formatting. 

Thank you,
Chris

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:

> siphu --
> 
> If a PM applies Cell Background Formatting to tasks while in the Enterprise 
> Gantt Chart view, the project will not retain the color formatting.  If the 
> PM applies Cell Background Formatting to tasks while in the regular Gantt 
> Chart view, the project is SUPPOSED to retain the color formatting. 
> However, I have been at client sites where the colors were dropped at random 
> for some strange reason.  And these clients were current on Service Packs 
> and Cumulative Updates applies as well.  So, all I can say for sure is that 
> I have seen intermittent loss of Cell Background Formatting applied to 
> enterprise projects in the Gantt Chart view.  Perhaps this is what your user 
> is seeing as well.  Hope this helps.
> 
> -- 
> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> VP of Educational Services
> msProjectExperts
> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
> "We write the books on Project Server"
> 
> 
> "siphu" <siphu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:6C6A50A0-7FCF-457C-947A-9E3FE84B73C5@microsoft.com...
> > A PM reported that color format used in his project files disappeared from
> > project server after it's level loaded against other projects in the 
> > server.
> > Is this an error? This seems to happen when you select color formatting 
> > from
> > the Gantt view. 
> 

siphu --

I have not tested this yet with Project Server 2010, so I cannot comment. 
All I can tell you for sure that if this is a bug, it is a very intermittent 
one which I cannot reproduce.  As far as patches, is your Project Server 
2007 system updated with Service Pack 2 and the latest Cumulative Updates? 
This includes applying SP2 and the latest CU to each Microsoft Project 2007 
client as well.  If not, you need to update to the latest to see if this 
resolves the problem.

-- 
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
VP of Educational Services
msProjectExperts
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We write the books on Project Server"


"siphu" <siphu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:E03B1B0A-F4A9-4CA9-B7FE-540C8E938BB8@microsoft.com...
> Dale,
>
> Thank you. This is exactly what we're seeing here in our environment. Do 
> you
> know if this is addressed in 2010? or a patch?
>
> I know that it impacts any PM who want to track their schedule using color
> formatting.
>
> Thank you,
> Chris
>
> "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> siphu --
>>
>> If a PM applies Cell Background Formatting to tasks while in the 
>> Enterprise
>> Gantt Chart view, the project will not retain the color formatting.  If 
>> the
>> PM applies Cell Background Formatting to tasks while in the regular Gantt
>> Chart view, the project is SUPPOSED to retain the color formatting.
>> However, I have been at client sites where the colors were dropped at 
>> random
>> for some strange reason.  And these clients were current on Service Packs
>> and Cumulative Updates applies as well.  So, all I can say for sure is 
>> that
>> I have seen intermittent loss of Cell Background Formatting applied to
>> enterprise projects in the Gantt Chart view.  Perhaps this is what your 
>> user
>> is seeing as well.  Hope this helps.
>>
>> -- 
>> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
>> VP of Educational Services
>> msProjectExperts
>> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
>> http://www.projectserverexperts.com
>> "We write the books on Project Server"
>>
>>
>> "siphu" <siphu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6C6A50A0-7FCF-457C-947A-9E3FE84B73C5@microsoft.com...
>> > A PM reported that color format used in his project files disappeared 
>> > from
>> > project server after it's level loaded against other projects in the
>> > server.
>> > Is this an error? This seems to happen when you select color formatting
>> > from
>> > the Gantt view.
>>