MS PROJECT - master project file, but how do i allocate resources? resource sheet is blank in master

[j00cy]

What im trying to do is share resources from one group to another group,
each group is in its own seperate ms project file. THen they are linked
up with a master project file containing all the groups and their works
coming up.

EG:

North
South
East
West

The resource sheet doesnt show me any information of any of the groups
in the Master Project File, however in their own seperate Group file i
have already allocated Resources.

What can i do to fix this.

Cheers

 

[Rod Gill]

HI,

The master file only shows resources added to the Master project. To
consolidate resources across multiple projects, you also need a Resource
Pool.

WARNING: A Master project with linked inserted projects and a project with a
link to a Resource Pool uses old windows DDE technology. If any of the files
is moved, renamed or over-written a file corruption may occur. This might
happen the first time or not for a number of years, but it will happen
eventually.

An alternative is to not have a linked consolidated project or Resource
pool, but to weekly insert each project into a new blank project with the
Link option deselected. This copies all Task information and consolidates
all Resource data and provides a snapshot of progress for that week. Record
a macro of you doing this to provide a quick way of creating new snapshots
(run the macro).

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi j00cy,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #17 & 18 on multiple projects, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
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(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site,
Thanks.)

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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP