Cannot enter actuals on a task

[Peter]

PWA 2003

Settings:

Under Customize Project Web Access:

Specify the default method for reporting progress on tasks = Hours of
work done per day or week.

Under Lock down defaults:

Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified
above for all projects = checked

Under Time Period Settings:

Resources should report their hours worked every day = checked

I have one administrative project, and one enterprise project. I can
enter actuals into the administrative project, but for the enterprise
project the actual fields are all yellow. I'm assigned as the only
resource for this task, and it is the only task in the project.

What do I need to do to allow editing of actuals in assigned tasks?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Peter]

PWA 2003

Settings:

Under Customize Project Web Access:

Specify the default method for reporting progress on tasks = Hours of
work done per day or week.

Under Lock down defaults:

Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified
above for all projects = checked

Under Time Period Settings:

Resources should report their hours worked every day = checked

I have one administrative project, and one enterprise project. I can
enter actuals into the administrative project, but for the enterprise
project the actual fields are all yellow. I'm assigned as the only
resource for this task, and it is the only task in the project.

What do I need to do to allow editing of actuals in assigned tasks?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hmm, I created a new test project and it seems to work fine. Perhaps the
options I refer to above needed to be set before creating any new projects.

In any case, I'd still love to hear an explanation about how this works.

Thanks again.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Peter --

If you changed your default method of tracking progress AFTER publishing the
enterprise project, then the project is using the old method of tracking.
My guess is that you will see that the % Work Complete and Remaining Work
columns are unlocked for editing.

To apply the new method of tracking to the enterprise project, open the
project, click Collaborate - Publish - Republish Assignments, and then click
OK. Doing so will "push" the new method of tracking to the users'
timesheets.

If anyone has previously entered actual progress on any tasks using the old
method of tracking progress, then the timesheet for only those tasks will
NOT be changed to reflect the new method of tracking and the user will need
to use the old method of tracking progress on those tasks until the task is
complete. Any unstarted tasks, however, will reflect the new method of
tracking progress. Hope this helps.

 

[Peter]

Peter --

If you changed your default method of tracking progress AFTER publishing the
enterprise project, then the project is using the old method of tracking.
My guess is that you will see that the % Work Complete and Remaining Work
columns are unlocked for editing.

To apply the new method of tracking to the enterprise project, open the
project, click Collaborate - Publish - Republish Assignments, and then click
OK. Doing so will "push" the new method of tracking to the users'
timesheets.

If anyone has previously entered actual progress on any tasks using the old
method of tracking progress, then the timesheet for only those tasks will
NOT be changed to reflect the new method of tracking and the user will need
to use the old method of tracking progress on those tasks until the task is
complete. Any unstarted tasks, however, will reflect the new method of
tracking progress. Hope this helps.

Thanks Dale. I appreciate the help.