How do I get an Integrated View of Tasks from Different Projects,

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ProjPro Cyrus

I need to get a fully integrated view of many tasks from two separate
projects in PWA 2007. I can get the view very simply in ProjectPro2007.

I insert the two projects into a master project, then group by the
desired enterprise fields. ProjPro groups and sorts the tasks regardless of
which Project each task came from. They are fully "meshed".

However, in PWA, I can view the Master Project, but after applying whatever
group I like, the system still groups by Sub-Project. I cannot get rid of the
sub-project grouping.

View two screen caps here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/supercoolmanchu123/ProjectServer2007

Also, is there a way to achieve the ProjPro view in PWA without using
a master project?

Thanks so much for all your help!

SCM


Note: repost of earlier, which game through google and didn't post
correctly. Sorry for the redundancy...
 
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ProjPro Cyrus

Some more info. Here is the differnece between ProjPro 2007 and PWA 2007.
When you group in Project Pro 2007, it ignores the Outline Structure (WBS).
Tasks are grouped and sorted without regard to their position in the outline.

When you group in PWA 2007, it does NOT ignore the Outline Structure. It
includes the Outline Structure for each task. If two tasks from the same
Outline Structure appear in different groups, the Outline Structure Summary
Tasks are duplicated in the view in PWA.

How do I get PWA to ignore the Outline Structure? I tried Filtering (on both
Summary and Outline Level), but if you filter out a Summary Task, all the
tasks below it get filtered out too, so that doesn't work.

The only solution I can think of is to a) force all project managers to not
use an outline structure, and then b) write a macro to re-build the master
project each publication date, insert each project without link, outdent all
the tasks, and delete the Project Summary Tasks.

Aye, what a hack. Is there some way to make PWA work the same way as Project
Pro 2007?

Thanks for your help.
 
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