Linking Costs in Projects

[Jodi]

I have been trying to link the Accrual Cost of a project to 3 different
Projects and have been unsuccessful. I have the master Project that I enter
data into and would like that data to flow into two different Projects
(needing to remain separated). I have tried the Importing Formula, Importing
Field, and Copying as a Link. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I
might be doing wrong?

 

[John]

I have been trying to link the Accrual Cost of a project to 3 different
Projects and have been unsuccessful. I have the master Project that I enter
data into and would like that data to flow into two different Projects
(needing to remain separated). I have tried the Importing Formula, Importing
Field, and Copying as a Link. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I
might be doing wrong?

Jodi,
Even though you say you have a master file it sounds like it is simply
an independent file. Does your master replicate some or all of the tasks
in the 3 separate project files or is your master a 4th file with
completely different data?

If your master is simply a replication of the other 3 files then what
you should create is a dynamically consolidated master. To do that, open
a new blank project file. Then go to Insert/Project and select the 3
files. What you will end up with is a master file that contains pointers
to each of the 3 subproject files. You can edit data in the master and
it will be automatically changed in each subproject file, if you save
when you are done.

I've never heard of an "importing formula" or an "importing field". And
copying as a link is a very dicey approach since paste links are quite
fragile and prone to corruption. You do not need that.

John
Project MVP