Apparent Data Loss after Checkin

[Jim Hockin]

I have been updating a published project in Project Server 2003 for about
four months, working from Project Pro 2003 on my workstation, saving changes
on exit all during that time. I did not publish the changes because they
were not final. Each day I could open my project from Project Center and
continue working because, as I have since come to find out, the 2003 version
does a "Publish to Project" on the server automatically. I then switched to
my laptop to give a demo away from the office. Of course Project Pro 2003 on
the laptop sees the project as checked out -- to me. I went to Project Web
Access and did the "Check in my projects" having seen that all my changes had
already been saved on the server. However, all I can see now is the last
published version from four months ago -- both on the laptop and on the
workstation. Am I toast, or is that version I was working on for the last
four months still saved somewhere such that might be able to get to it?

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

The automatic publish publishes project details only. For assignment details
to appear in PWA you need to do a manual publish Assignments. Project
Professional data will be current and up to date. I think the last published
date is not updated by the automatic publish.

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

 

[Jim Hockin]

Thanks Rod, but maybe there is a little misunderstanding.
Project Details are all I am looking for.
Just that previously saved task list would be enough.
But since I checked the project in, the only copy I can find to open is the
last published copy -- missing four months of work.
I'm asking about a slim possibility that there might be someplace that the
updated version was saved that I might be able to find and open.

 

[Rod Gill]

If previously saved versions are missing, someone must have deleted them as
I have not heard of any spontaneous data deletions taking place!

You may well need to go to a backup copy. To restore a project see:

http://www.projectserverexperts.com/ProjectServerFAQKnowledgeBase/RestoreProject.aspx

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

 

[Jim Hockin]

Thanks for the restore info, Rod.
Only the "Published" version exists on the server. I suspect it's the same
on the backup.

I have to admit I am still very confused about how this works.
Why can I continually open a project from enterprise in Professional and see
all my day-to-day updates, then open the same project from enterprise in
Professional from another computer, check it in, and have all those updates
disappear -- on both computers?

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Jim:

Had you checked in the file at all during the four-month period?

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
MSProjectExperts
For Project Server Consulting: http://www.msprojectexperts.com
For Project Server FAQS: http://www.projectserverexperts.com

 

[Jim Hockin]

Hi, Gary, Rod,
Sorry for the delay with this post.
I finally figured out that I must have left Project Pro open during all that
time when I was working on it off-and-on (and it was only two months -- not
four as I had thought) and apparently that version 2003 automatic background
publish only happens when you close Project, not when you save.
Having since retyped all the missing tasks, I am VERY careful now to Publish

Project Plan to check it back in before I do anything else.

A good, but costly learning experience.
Thanks for your help and your patience.