Disabling the Import Function

V

Victoria

Hi,
Is it possible to disable the Project Import function (wizard) for Project
Managers, to force them to create plans on the server only through Project
Professional?

thanks,
Victoria
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Victoria --

Good question. I do not believe it is possible to disable this feature in
Project Server. Actually, I think your PM's are to be commended for using
the Import Projects Wizard, as that is the proper way to bring
non-enterprise projects into Project Server. One of the issues that forces
PM's to create nonenterprise projects initially is that when they are
creating the project while connected to Project Server, the system publishes
the project at the time the PM closes the project. This means that "half
baked" projects suddenly appear in the Project Center and detailed project
views, which is disconcerting to many PM's. So PM's create nonenterprise
projects and do all of their planning outside of the Project Server
database, and then when they are ready to "go live" with the projects, they
import them into the Project Server database.

Back to your question: If you don't want PM's to create nonenterprise
projects and then use the Import Projects Wizard to bring the projects into
Project Server, you will need to make this a training and performance issue.
Hope this helps.
 
V

Victoria

Thanks Dale. I didn't think there was, but I thought I'd ask. The PMs tend
to bring in projects after making changes to their templates and add
resources improperly, and then do not import the project properly, hence the
question. We will try to roll it into the training instead.

cheers,
Victoria
 
S

Sean

Thanks Dale. I didn't think there was, but I thought I'd ask. The PMs tend
to bring in projects after making changes to their templates and add
resources improperly, and then do not import the project properly, hence the
question. We will try to roll it into the training instead.

cheers,
Victoria








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Hi Victoria,

There is a way to achieve this in both P11-2003 and P12-2007. Please
contact me at my email address and I will discuss the work we have
done on this for other customers.

Sean Hanson
[email protected]
R AND S PORTFOLIO LLC
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Sean --

This newsgroup is for the benefit of all users who access it. It is not for
the private gain of anyone. Therefore, why don't you share your solution to
this problem in this newsgroup instead of trying to solicit business for
your company?
 
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