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Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for one project. Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030508060709090109000708 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kevin, No, you don't need to have each of those projects at the same time. When opening Microsoft Project and connecting to the server, you need to select the option 'Load Summary Resource Assignments'. If this option is not available for you, try this: - Open Microsoft Project - Tools => Enterprise Options => Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts - Select 'Manually control connection state' and click OK - Close and re-open Microsoft Project With 'Load Summary Resource Assignments' enabled, you can now navigate to the Resource Usage view in your project. This will show you resource allocations, not only in your project, but for all projects in the enterprise. Or, you can always view the information you need in Project Web Access. In the Resource Center in Project Web Access, you have two options: 'View Resource Assignments' and 'View Resource Availability'. Take a look at these options. I hope this helps, Hans Projectopolis <http://msepm.hsquared.be> Kevin Slane wrote: > Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? > I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for one project. > > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx > --------------030508060709090109000708 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Kevin, No, you don't need to have each of those projects at the same time. When opening Microsoft Project and connecting to the server, you need to select the option 'Load Summary Resource Assignments'. If this option is not available for you, try this: - Open Microsoft Project - Tools => Enterprise Options => Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts - Select 'Manually control connection state' and click OK - Close and re-open Microsoft Project With 'Load Summary Resource Assignments' enabled, you can now navigate to the Resource Usage view in your project. This will show you resource allocations, not only in your project, but for all projects in the enterprise. Or, you can always view the information you need in Project Web Access. In the Resource Center in Project Web Access, you have two options: 'View Resource Assignments' and 'View Resource Availability'. Take a look at these options. I hope this helps, Hans <div class="moz-signature"><a href="http://msepm.hsquared.be" target="_blank">Projectopolis</a></div> Kevin Slane wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:201024173855kevin.slane@flightsafety.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for one project. Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx">http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------030508060709090109000708--

Hi, To SEE overallocations, as Hans wrote, projectes don't have to be open. But when you say in your Subject "Resource LEVELING" when resoruce leveling Project woill indeed only move tasks from the projects that are OPEN. HTH -- Jan De Messemaeker Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional +32 495 300 620 For availability check: http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf <Kevin Slane> wrote in message news:201024173855kevin.slane@flightsafety.com... > Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I > want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is > it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? > I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is > overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for > one project. > > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx

Kevin, Hans, I cannot find the post for the life of me, but I'm almost positive that not very long ago one of the Project Experts people (Dale? Not sure) posted about a serious bug in the summary assignments functionality making it unreliable to say the least. So be wary of what you see in the summary assignments - at the very least verify that you are seeing correct numbers there. - Jussi -- http://finepm.blogspot.com/ "HansH" wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > No, you don't need to have each of those projects at the same time. > > When opening Microsoft Project and connecting to the server, you need to > select the option 'Load Summary Resource Assignments'. > If this option is not available for you, try this: > - Open Microsoft Project > - Tools => Enterprise Options => Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts > - Select 'Manually control connection state' and click OK > - Close and re-open Microsoft Project > > With 'Load Summary Resource Assignments' enabled, you can now navigate > to the Resource Usage view in your project. This will show you resource > allocations, not only in your project, but for all projects in the > enterprise. > > Or, you can always view the information you need in Project Web Access. > In the Resource Center in Project Web Access, you have two options: > 'View Resource Assignments' and 'View Resource Availability'. Take a > look at these options. > > I hope this helps, > Hans > > Projectopolis <http://msepm.hsquared.be> > > > Kevin Slane wrote: > > Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? > > I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for one project. > > > > > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > > The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx > > >

Ah, here we are. I am not insane. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.project.server&tid=ed2ae5dc-363b-4505-8001-1b9eb6feac39 Hope that helps, - Jussi -- http://finepm.blogspot.com/ ".jussi" wrote: > Kevin, Hans, > > I cannot find the post for the life of me, but I'm almost positive that not > very long ago one of the Project Experts people (Dale? Not sure) posted about > a serious bug in the summary assignments functionality making it unreliable > to say the least. > > So be wary of what you see in the summary assignments - at the very least > verify that you are seeing correct numbers there. > > - Jussi > > -- > http://finepm.blogspot.com/ > > > "HansH" wrote: > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > No, you don't need to have each of those projects at the same time. > > > > When opening Microsoft Project and connecting to the server, you need to > > select the option 'Load Summary Resource Assignments'. > > If this option is not available for you, try this: > > - Open Microsoft Project > > - Tools => Enterprise Options => Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts > > - Select 'Manually control connection state' and click OK > > - Close and re-open Microsoft Project > > > > With 'Load Summary Resource Assignments' enabled, you can now navigate > > to the Resource Usage view in your project. This will show you resource > > allocations, not only in your project, but for all projects in the > > enterprise. > > > > Or, you can always view the information you need in Project Web Access. > > In the Resource Center in Project Web Access, you have two options: > > 'View Resource Assignments' and 'View Resource Availability'. Take a > > look at these options. > > > > I hope this helps, > > Hans > > > > Projectopolis <http://msepm.hsquared.be> > > > > > > Kevin Slane wrote: > > > Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? > > > I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for one project. > > > > > > > > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > > > The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request > > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx > > > > >

Jussi: That doesn't qualify as "proof of sanity." <g. -- Gary L Chefetz, MVP, MCT, MCITP msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.com FAQs and Reference http://www.projectserverexperts.com BLOG: http://projectserverhelp.com ".jussi" <jussi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4FDD955E-33E9-42BC-A39B-77C08D7057C7@microsoft.com... > Ah, here we are. I am not insane. > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.project.server&tid=ed2ae5dc-363b-4505-8001-1b9eb6feac39 > > Hope that helps, > - Jussi > > -- > http://finepm.blogspot.com/ > > > ".jussi" wrote: > >> Kevin, Hans, >> >> I cannot find the post for the life of me, but I'm almost positive that >> not >> very long ago one of the Project Experts people (Dale? Not sure) posted >> about >> a serious bug in the summary assignments functionality making it >> unreliable >> to say the least. >> >> So be wary of what you see in the summary assignments - at the very least >> verify that you are seeing correct numbers there. >> >> - Jussi >> >> -- >> http://finepm.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> "HansH" wrote: >> >> > Hi Kevin, >> > >> > No, you don't need to have each of those projects at the same time. >> > >> > When opening Microsoft Project and connecting to the server, you need >> > to >> > select the option 'Load Summary Resource Assignments'. >> > If this option is not available for you, try this: >> > - Open Microsoft Project >> > - Tools => Enterprise Options => Microsoft Office Project Server >> > Accounts >> > - Select 'Manually control connection state' and click OK >> > - Close and re-open Microsoft Project >> > >> > With 'Load Summary Resource Assignments' enabled, you can now navigate >> > to the Resource Usage view in your project. This will show you resource >> > allocations, not only in your project, but for all projects in the >> > enterprise. >> > >> > Or, you can always view the information you need in Project Web Access. >> > In the Resource Center in Project Web Access, you have two options: >> > 'View Resource Assignments' and 'View Resource Availability'. Take a >> > look at these options. >> > >> > I hope this helps, >> > Hans >> > >> > Projectopolis <http://msepm.hsquared.be> >> > >> > >> > Kevin Slane wrote: >> > > Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If >> > > I want to see how this would affect other projects across the >> > > enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open >> > > at the same time? >> > > I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a >> > > resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do >> > > within itself for one project. >> > > >> > > >> > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice >> > > The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request >> > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx >> > > >> >

Thank you Jussi, I was actually looking for that very article. I read Hans' response a few days ago and knew that I had read the same thing you did about this bug, but didn't have an opportunity to respond at the time. So, I went back to look for the article, and voilà, you had already posted it. So, I guess that takes me back to my original question. If MSPE is recommending that we uncheck the "Load Summary Resource..." box, how can I see resource allocation across the enterprise? By the way, Jan is right, I mentioned "leveling" in my thread title, but I'm most concerned about SEEING these conditions as they happen. I can concern myself with leveling after the fact. ".jussi" wrote: > Ah, here we are. I am not insane. > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.project.server&tid=ed2ae5dc-363b-4505-8001-1b9eb6feac39 > > Hope that helps, > - Jussi > > -- > http://finepm.blogspot.com/ > > > ".jussi" wrote: > > > Kevin, Hans, > > > > I cannot find the post for the life of me, but I'm almost positive that not > > very long ago one of the Project Experts people (Dale? Not sure) posted about > > a serious bug in the summary assignments functionality making it unreliable > > to say the least. > > > > So be wary of what you see in the summary assignments - at the very least > > verify that you are seeing correct numbers there. > > > > - Jussi > > > > -- > > http://finepm.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > "HansH" wrote: > > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > > > No, you don't need to have each of those projects at the same time. > > > > > > When opening Microsoft Project and connecting to the server, you need to > > > select the option 'Load Summary Resource Assignments'. > > > If this option is not available for you, try this: > > > - Open Microsoft Project > > > - Tools => Enterprise Options => Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts > > > - Select 'Manually control connection state' and click OK > > > - Close and re-open Microsoft Project > > > > > > With 'Load Summary Resource Assignments' enabled, you can now navigate > > > to the Resource Usage view in your project. This will show you resource > > > allocations, not only in your project, but for all projects in the > > > enterprise. > > > > > > Or, you can always view the information you need in Project Web Access. > > > In the Resource Center in Project Web Access, you have two options: > > > 'View Resource Assignments' and 'View Resource Availability'. Take a > > > look at these options. > > > > > > I hope this helps, > > > Hans > > > > > > Projectopolis <http://msepm.hsquared.be> > > > > > > > > > Kevin Slane wrote: > > > > Let's say I want to allocate a resource to a task in my project. If I want to see how this would affect other projects across the enterprise, is it true I'd have to have each of those projects open at the same time? > > > > I'm trying to figure out how Project Server can show me when a resource is overallocated across all projects the way Project can do within itself for one project. > > > > > > > > > > > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > > > > The Lowly HTTP HEAD Request > > > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2c13cafc-be1c-4dd8-9129-f82f59991517/the-lowly-http-head-reque.aspx > > > > > > >

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