How to change inserted projects name

[Melanie]

I have a consolidated project in Project 2003. I can't seem to figure out how
to change the individual project name without jeporadizing the existing link
between the consolidated project and the individual project. How can this be
done?

 

[JulieS]

Hi Melanie,

I assume you have consolidated the project with the Insert Project command.
You may type over the inserted project task name with any name you like. The
change will appear in the consolidated project file but will not change the
summary task name in the individual project.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[Melanie]

Hi JulieS,
Thank you for your reply. Yes, I knew I could change the file name within
the consolidated project. My interest, more specifically, is in renaming the
original project file. The name that the link looks for when looking to
update the consolidated project from the individaul project updates.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,

Melanie

 

[JulieS]

Hi Melanie,

Sorry for misunderstanding what you were looking for. I am still not sure
what you are trying to accomplish.

If you rename the original project file through the operating system when
you open the consolidated file and attempt to expand the tasks, you are
presented with a "Cannot find inserted project" dialog box where you can
select the renamed file. The consolidated project file does not retain link
to the old file because it no longer exists.

If you rename the file in Project (with a Save As command) the consolidated
file will retain the link to the original file. You can change the link
within the consolidated file to another project by double clicking on the
Inserted Project line to display the Inserted Project Information dialog box.
If you click the Advanced tab you may browse to another project file, but
this will remove the link to the "old" file. To work with both projects (the
old file and the new file created by Save As) you will need to insert the
newly created file.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[Alexander Barvinsky]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:49:10 -0800, JulieS
Microsoft give us a tool - Project Renamer
"Project Renaming Utility
The Rename Project tool enables Project Server 2003 administrators to
rename a project, or multiple projects, stored in the same SQL Server
database. This tool combines a PDS extension with an application."

Search it at download.microsoft.com