MS Project Server Spooler Error

[Steve]

Hi

When publishing a test project, I get the error message
below:
Message Type: Publish New and Changed Assignments
Error: The manager cannot create the resource account
(0x8C040017)

Any help would be appreciated.

Steve

 

[GRively]

Hi

When publishing a test project, I get the error message
below:
Message Type: Publish New and Changed Assignments
Error: The manager cannot create the resource account
(0x8C040017)

Any help would be appreciated.

Steve

 

[GRively]

This spooler error is usually indicates you have left one or more local resources in your project plan. The quick remedy is to open the offending project and mark all of your local resources as "generic" by setting the generic flag to Yes.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

GRively --

An alternate approach is to double-click the name of the local resource in
the Resource Sheet view and then to set the Workgroup value to None for the
resource. Either approach will eliminate the spooler errors. Hope this
helps.

This spooler error is usually indicates you have left one or more local

resources in your project plan. The quick remedy is to open the offending
project and mark all of your local resources as "generic" by setting the
generic flag to Yes.

 

[Matt Stevenson UK +7958 780736]

Strongly recommend changing Workgroup to None as the best method.

Even generic resources should first be defined in the ERP.

Another thought might be to encourage users to always use the "Build
Team from Enterprise" option and select resouces from the ERP. Try to
discourage just typing in resource names - e.g. in Resource Names
column in the Gantt Chart view. Any mispelling gets entered in your
plan as a completely new resource with the default workgroup field set
to - probably "Default".

Also users often type a ;(semi-colon) instead of a ,(comma) when
assigning multiple resoruces and this can result in new resources with
the name "john smith;sam jones;tony green" !

Finally introduce users to the benefits of using the Assign Resources
dialog in MSP (2 faces on the toolbar). It makes assigning resources a
doddle and has fringe benefits when coupled with filtering on
availability etc. There's also a neat shortcut to Add Resources from
Project Server - although 2003 has a bug that closes the dialog when
you finish building your team
BTW: anyone with a solution to this little issue...? Cheers.