Cannot post time to My Tasks Timephased View

J

Jim Mack

We just applied SP2 and the December 2009 CU. Everything seemed to be
fine. I just got a report from one of the team members that they were
trying to apply time using the Timephased view in My Tasks.

A cell will become selected when clicked, but the edit cursor will not
appear in the cell, so no data can be added to the cell.

Data can still be added to the Actual Hours and Remaining Hours
fields, but we have been trying to get our folks to enter into the
timephased fields (so that Actual Start will be updated, etc.)

I made a change to the form and re-saved it, hoping that would juke
it, but no luck. Still can't enter data into timephased fields.

Any ideas what might be going on?

Thanks!
Jim Mack
 
J

Jim Mack

Our Tracking Method is set to Actual Work Done and Time Remaining. I
understand that the timephased method is not supposed to work with
Percent of Work Complete after SP2.

Does it also not work with the "Actual Work Done and Time Remaining"
method?

Thanks!
Jim
 
G

Gary Chefetz

Jim:

This only works with "Users must report their hours worked every day" The
fact that it worked before SP2 was actually a bug based on the design
intent.
 
F

Fausto

Hi Gary,

I am actually having the problem described. My settings are:

Hours of work done per period. Resources report their hours worked on each
task per period - checked
Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified above
for all projects - checked
Resources should report their hours worked every day - checked
Restrict updates to Project Web Access - checked
Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to update tasks - not checked

Any idea why the timephased view does not allow me to input hours on a daily
basis? The only columns that accept input are work, actual work and
remaining work.

Thanks,
Fausto.
 
G

Gary Chefetz

I'm not sure whether you're saying time entry by timesheet only is checked
or not, but it shouldn't be. Are you both certain that the web part settings
are correct?
 
J

Jim Mack

Fausto-
We had to have everyone republish their plans before timephased entry
could be done in PWA. Maybe that will help.
Jim
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Jim --

We just ran into this identical problem in a Project Server 2007 class today
at a client site. To resolve the problem, I had the user clear his cache in
the Internet Explorer. When he cleared the cache, he had to clear the
Cookies to get things to work. Perhaps that might work for you. Hope this
helps.
 
J

Jim Mack

Thanks, Dale!

I think we have it resolved for projects published from Project Pro--I
changed how users report their time to "Resources report their hours
worked on each task per period", republished plans and that seems to
be working.

However, the problem persists with Activities--team members cannot
update the timephased grid against Activities. I had the users clear
their cache and cookies--they still cannot update the grid. Is there a
similar setting for Activities, or do Activities inherit the setting
that worked for projects published from Pro?

Thanks again,
Jim
 
J

Jim Mack

Update: I created an Activity and was able to duplicate the problem
that my users are having. I cannot update the grid for Activities,
even though I can update the timephased grid for projects published
from Pro. I have admin rights to the system, so I don't think it's a
rights issue.

Jim
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Jim --

You can only use the % Work Complete field for entering progress on Activity
plans; thus, users CANNOT enter progress for Activity plans using the daily
timesheet grid in the My Tasks page. This is by design, so you will
probably want to add the % Work Complete field to the My Tasks page for
tracking progress on Activity plans. Hope this helps.
 
G

Gary Chefetz

Jim:

The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
However, so many people liked this feature, I heard some talk about bringing
back the capability, but I haven't heard much since. I think this is because
the team is nose-down trying to get 2010 out the door.



Jim Mack said:
Update to my update: It looks like this is intended behavior. Too bad.
It made it a lot easier for resources to enter time daily against
Activities.

http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/arch...ivity-plans-and-timephased-time-tracking.aspx


Update: I created an Activity and was able to duplicate the problem
that my users are having. I cannot update the grid for Activities,
even though I can update thetimephasedgrid for projects published
from Pro. I have admin rights to the system, so I don't think it's a
rights issue.

Jim

Thanks, Dale!
I think we have it resolved for projects published from Project Pro--I
changed how users report their time to "Resources report their hours
worked on each task per period", republished plans and that seems to
be working.
However, the problem persists with Activities--team members cannot
update thetimephasedgrid against Activities. I had the users clear
their cache and cookies--they still cannot update the grid. Is there a
similar setting for Activities, or do Activities inherit the setting
that worked for projects published from Pro?
Thanks again,
Jim
On Jan 27, 6:36 pm, "Dale Howard [MVP]" <dale[dot]howard[at]
msprojectexperts[dot]com> wrote:
Jim --
We just ran into this identical problem in a Project Server 2007
class today
at a client site. To resolve the problem, I had the user clear his
cache in
the Internet Explorer. When he cleared the cache, he had to clear
the
Cookies to get things to work. Perhaps that might work for you.
Hope this
helps.
Our Tracking Method is set to Actual Work Done and Time Remaining.
I
understand that thetimephasedmethod is not supposed to work with
Percent of Work Complete after SP2.
Does it also not work with the "Actual Work Done and Time
Remaining"
method?

We just applied SP2 and the December 2009 CU. Everything seemed to
be
fine. I just got a report from one of the team members that they
were
trying to apply time using theTimephasedview in My Tasks.
A cell will become selected when clicked, but the edit cursor will
not
appear in the cell, so no data can be added to the cell.
Data can still be added to the Actual Hours and Remaining Hours
fields, but we have been trying to get our folks to enter into the
timephasedfields (so that Actual Start will be updated, etc.)
I made a change to the form and re-saved it, hoping that would
juke
it, but no luck. Still can't enter data intotimephasedfields.
Any ideas what might be going on?
Thanks!
Jim Mack- Hide quoted text -
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L

Larry Diegelman

I just want to confirm my interpretation - after application of SP2 and the CU, the capability to record daily task time is not available in the grid?

Thanks.

Larry



Gary Chefetz wrote:

Jim:The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
04-Feb-10

Jim

The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug
However, so many people liked this feature, I heard some talk about bringin
back the capability, but I have not heard much since. I think this is becaus
the team is nose-down trying to get 2010 out the door

-
Gary L Chefetz, MVP, MCT, MCIT
msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.co
FAQs and Reference http://www.projectserverexperts.co
BLOG: http://projectserverhelp.com

Previous Posts In This Thread:

Cannot post time to My Tasks Timephased View
We just applied SP2 and the December 2009 CU. Everything seemed to b
fine. I just got a report from one of the team members that they wer
trying to apply time using the Timephased view in My Tasks

A cell will become selected when clicked, but the edit cursor will no
appear in the cell, so no data can be added to the cell

Data can still be added to the Actual Hours and Remaining Hour
fields, but we have been trying to get our folks to enter into th
timephased fields (so that Actual Start will be updated, etc.

I made a change to the form and re-saved it, hoping that would juk
it, but no luck. Still cannot enter data into timephased fields

Any ideas what might be going on

Thanks
Jim Mack

Our Tracking Method is set to Actual Work Done and Time Remaining.
Our Tracking Method is set to Actual Work Done and Time Remaining.
understand that the timephased method is not supposed to work wit
Percent of Work Complete after SP2

Does it also not work with the "Actual Work Done and Time Remaining
method

Thanks
Jim

Jim:This only works with "Users must report their hours worked every day"
Jim

This only works with "Users must report their hours worked every day" Th
fact that it worked before SP2 was actually a bug based on the desig
intent

-
Gary L Chefetz, MVP, MCT, MCIT
msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.co
FAQs and Reference http://www.projectserverexperts.co
BLOG: http://projectserverhelp.com

Hi Gary,I am actually having the problem described.
Hi Gary

I am actually having the problem described. My settings are

Hours of work done per period. Resources report their hours worked on eac
task per period - checke
Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified abov
for all projects - checke
Resources should report their hours worked every day - checke
Restrict updates to Project Web Access - checke
Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to update tasks - not checke

Any idea why the timephased view does not allow me to input hours on a dail
basis? The only columns that accept input are work, actual work an
remaining work

Thanks
Fausto

:

I am not sure whether you are saying time entry by timesheet only is checkedor
I am not sure whether you are saying time entry by timesheet only is checke
or not, but it should not be. Are you both certain that the web part setting
are correct

-
Gary L Chefetz, MVP, MCT, MCIT
msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.co
FAQs and Reference http://www.projectserverexperts.co
BLOG: http://projectserverhelp.com

Fausto-We had to have everyone republish their plans before timephased
Fausto
We had to have everyone republish their plans before timephased entr
could be done in PWA. Maybe that will help
Ji

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Jim --We just ran into this identical problem in a Project Server 2007 class
Jim --

We just ran into this identical problem in a Project Server 2007 class today
at a client site. To resolve the problem, I had the user clear his cache in
the Internet Explorer. When he cleared the cache, he had to clear the
Cookies to get things to work. Perhaps that might work for you. Hope this
helps.



Jim --You can only use the % Work Complete field for entering progress on
Jim --

You can only use the % Work Complete field for entering progress on Activity
plans; thus, users CANNOT enter progress for Activity plans using the daily
timesheet grid in the My Tasks page. This is by design, so you will
probably want to add the % Work Complete field to the My Tasks page for
tracking progress on Activity plans. Hope this helps.



Thanks, Dale!
Thanks, Dale!

I think we have it resolved for projects published from Project Pro--I
changed how users report their time to "Resources report their hours
worked on each task per period", republished plans and that seems to
be working.

However, the problem persists with Activities--team members cannot
update the timephased grid against Activities. I had the users clear
their cache and cookies--they still cannot update the grid. Is there a
similar setting for Activities, or do Activities inherit the setting
that worked for projects published from Pro?

Thanks again,
Jim

msprojectexperts[dot]com> wrote:
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perts.com

Update: I created an Activity and was able to duplicate the problemthat my
Update: I created an Activity and was able to duplicate the problem
that my users are having. I cannot update the grid for Activities,
even though I can update the timephased grid for projects published
from Pro. I have admin rights to the system, so I do not think it is a
rights issue.

Jim

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Update to my update: It looks like this is intended behavior. Too bad.
Update to my update: It looks like this is intended behavior. Too bad.
It made it a lot easier for resources to enter time daily against
Activities.

http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2009/05/28/project-server-2007-chang=
ed-behavior-with-activity-plans-and-timephased-time-tracking.aspx


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Jim:The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
Jim:

The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
However, so many people liked this feature, I heard some talk about bringing
back the capability, but I have not heard much since. I think this is because
the team is nose-down trying to get 2010 out the door.




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G

Gary L. Chefetz

No, that is not correct. You can collect time in the grid, but you must set
your system settings correctly. For a while, the system allowed you to do
this with the incorrect settings.

--
Gary L. Chefetz, MVP, MCT, MCTIP
Business: http://www.msprojectexperts.com
FAQs: http://www.projectserverexperts.com
BLOG: http://www.projectserverhelp.com

I just want to confirm my interpretation - after application of SP2 and
the CU, the capability to record daily task time is not available in the
grid?

Thanks.

Larry



Gary Chefetz wrote:

Jim:The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
04-Feb-10

Jim:

The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
However, so many people liked this feature, I heard some talk about
bringing
back the capability, but I have not heard much since. I think this is
because
the team is nose-down trying to get 2010 out the door.



Previous Posts In This Thread:

Cannot post time to My Tasks Timephased View
We just applied SP2 and the December 2009 CU. Everything seemed to be
fine. I just got a report from one of the team members that they were
trying to apply time using the Timephased view in My Tasks.

A cell will become selected when clicked, but the edit cursor will not
appear in the cell, so no data can be added to the cell.

Data can still be added to the Actual Hours and Remaining Hours
fields, but we have been trying to get our folks to enter into the
timephased fields (so that Actual Start will be updated, etc.)

I made a change to the form and re-saved it, hoping that would juke
it, but no luck. Still cannot enter data into timephased fields.

Any ideas what might be going on?

Thanks!
Jim Mack

Our Tracking Method is set to Actual Work Done and Time Remaining.
Our Tracking Method is set to Actual Work Done and Time Remaining. I
understand that the timephased method is not supposed to work with
Percent of Work Complete after SP2.

Does it also not work with the "Actual Work Done and Time Remaining"
method?

Thanks!
Jim

Jim:This only works with "Users must report their hours worked every day"
Jim:

This only works with "Users must report their hours worked every day" The
fact that it worked before SP2 was actually a bug based on the design
intent.



Hi Gary,I am actually having the problem described.
Hi Gary,

I am actually having the problem described. My settings are:

Hours of work done per period. Resources report their hours worked on each
task per period - checked
Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified
above
for all projects - checked
Resources should report their hours worked every day - checked
Restrict updates to Project Web Access - checked
Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to update tasks - not
checked

Any idea why the timephased view does not allow me to input hours on a
daily
basis? The only columns that accept input are work, actual work and
remaining work.

Thanks,
Fausto.

:

I am not sure whether you are saying time entry by timesheet only is
checkedor
I am not sure whether you are saying time entry by timesheet only is
checked
or not, but it should not be. Are you both certain that the web part
settings
are correct?



Fausto-We had to have everyone republish their plans before timephased
Fausto-
We had to have everyone republish their plans before timephased entry
could be done in PWA. Maybe that will help.
Jim

cked
ngs
ach
The
..
be
re
not

Jim --We just ran into this identical problem in a Project Server 2007
class
Jim --

We just ran into this identical problem in a Project Server 2007 class
today
at a client site. To resolve the problem, I had the user clear his cache
in
the Internet Explorer. When he cleared the cache, he had to clear the
Cookies to get things to work. Perhaps that might work for you. Hope
this
helps.



Jim --You can only use the % Work Complete field for entering progress on
Jim --

You can only use the % Work Complete field for entering progress on
Activity
plans; thus, users CANNOT enter progress for Activity plans using the
daily
timesheet grid in the My Tasks page. This is by design, so you will
probably want to add the % Work Complete field to the My Tasks page for
tracking progress on Activity plans. Hope this helps.



Thanks, Dale!
Thanks, Dale!

I think we have it resolved for projects published from Project Pro--I
changed how users report their time to "Resources report their hours
worked on each task per period", republished plans and that seems to
be working.

However, the problem persists with Activities--team members cannot
update the timephased grid against Activities. I had the users clear
their cache and cookies--they still cannot update the grid. Is there a
similar setting for Activities, or do Activities inherit the setting
that worked for projects published from Pro?

Thanks again,
Jim

msprojectexperts[dot]com> wrote:
day
he in
e this
perts.com

Update: I created an Activity and was able to duplicate the problemthat my
Update: I created an Activity and was able to duplicate the problem
that my users are having. I cannot update the grid for Activities,
even though I can update the timephased grid for projects published
from Pro. I have admin rights to the system, so I do not think it is a
rights issue.

Jim

today
ache in
e
ope this
experts.com
.
e
e
ot

Update to my update: It looks like this is intended behavior. Too bad.
Update to my update: It looks like this is intended behavior. Too bad.
It made it a lot easier for resources to enter time daily against
Activities.

http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2009/05/28/project-server-2007-chang=
ed-behavior-with-activity-plans-and-timephased-time-tracking.aspx


s today
cache in
the
=A0Hope this
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...
I
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be
ere
not
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Jim:The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
Jim:

The fact that you could do it prior to the change was actually a bug.
However, so many people liked this feature, I heard some talk about
bringing
back the capability, but I have not heard much since. I think this is
because
the team is nose-down trying to get 2010 out the door.




Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
WPF Customized Find Control for FlowDocuments
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...3-721a40cf910c/wpf-customized-find-contr.aspx
 

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