Can administrator see the approvals pending in other projects

[Shiva Chaitanya]

Hi

As an administrator i am not able to view the approvals pending on other
projects as the approvals are going to respective project managers.

Now, my question is, how could the administrator see the approvals pending
of other projects either from web access or from project client
(professional).

Thank you,
Chaitanya

 

[Jonathan Sofer [MVP]]

Short of changing yourself to be the status manager of the other projects
and re-publishing, I do not know of any way to get to this information. It
is not available for viewing the databases either.

Jonathan

 

[Shiva Chaitanya]

Hi Jon

Thanks for the reply. I could have give you this information in my previous
message. That is we are using project server 2003. Can you please let me know
the necesasry action i should take on this.

Thank you,
Chaitanya.

 

[Jonathan Sofer [MVP]]

To view pending approvals you will need to make sure that a few permissions
are enabled.

Adjust Actuals:
Adjust Actuals is a category permission that allows a Project Web Access
user to adjust a team member’s submitted timesheet entries (actuals). Grant
this permission to any member of your organization who requires the ability
to adjust a resource’s timesheet entry.
For example, grant this permission to project managers, resource managers,
and financial managers who need to ensure that the Project Server timesheet
reporting can be synchronized with an external timesheet application like
Siebel.
This permission requires that users:
• Have permissions to a category or group that also has the View Adjust
Actuals global permission.

View Adjust Actuals:
View Adjust Actuals is a global permission that allows a user to access the
Adjust Actuals page in Project Web Access. Grant this permission to any
category of users who need to adjust timesheet entries in your organization;
for example some project managers, resource managers, or members of your
organization’s PMO office.
View Adjust Actuals only determines access to the Adjust Actuals page in
Project Web Access. The Adjust Actuals category permission determines which
timesheets will be available for adjustment. If users are not also granted
the Adjust Actuals category permission, they will be able to view the Adjust
Actuals page in Project Web Access, but will not be able to access or adjust
any assignment data.
This permission requires that users:
• Be granted the Adjust Actuals category permission.

If both of these are enabled for you as an administrator, you should be able
to got to the Resource Center and then there will be a link on the quick
launch on the left hand side called "Adjust Actuals". You have to specify
the resources you want to look at which I believe is limited to 100
resources at a time.

Mind you this is all from memory and I don't actually have a 2003 system to
refer to but I'm pretty sure that is how you navigate to it.

This page will allow you to see submitted actuals and their status.

Jonathan