Locking views or "protecting sheet"

J

John Reed

Any user know how I can lock a project's "view" to an outline level 1 for the
CEO to see only the main tasks and not allow him to "drill down" to the
detailed tasks??
 
J

Jim Aksel

Send him a PDF copy using a PDF generation tool such as Acrobat.
Individual views are not lockable.

Alternative - Create a second file containing only the information you want
to see.
You can write a program/macro that will update into FileCEO.mpp from
TheRealStory.mpp where FileCEO.mpp contains only the summary task information.

--
If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

Jim
It''s software; it''s not allowed to win.

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for FAQs and more information
about Microsoft Project
 
J

John Reed

Thanks for the help. I thought I'd go the 2nd file alternate route.
With the view collapsed to only level 1, I held the CTRL key down and
selected the main tasks for "copying" to a new "CEOmpp"...
a) I could only select 10 of the main tasks (must be a limit there?)
b) The paste unfortunately pasted the subtasks with them so I didn't end up
with the 10 row file I'd hoped.
So, I think pdf or a manually entry of all the main tasks are my options as
I wouldn't know where to begin with a program macro that could do this...drats
 
J

Jan De Messemaeker

Hi,

I'ev never been a CEO but an executive, yes.
And I would seriously think about firing somebody of my staff who would not
allow me to see information about what's going on in my divison.
 
J

Jim Aksel

MS Project has a limit of 10 separate areas for selection at one time. You
can select groups of contiguous tasks and that only counts as 1 of your 10.

I am with Jan... make sure to tell the boss "Should you have any questions
or need more detailed information, please set up a meeting so we can discuss
it." It could be a job saver.
--
If this post was helpful, please consider rating it.

Jim
It''s software; it''s not allowed to win.

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for FAQs and more information
about Microsoft Project
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Printing Outline view - formatting lost 0
Access Lock File .LACCDB / Now shows as a notepad file 0
Auto populate value from one task to another in MS PROJECT 0
Please help me choose a product for the task 2
MS Project 2016 - all tasks not showing in Calendar View 0
How to create MS Project Column to display week number 1
Setting default outline levels in a view 3
Weighted % Complete calculation 1

Top