no resource plan views available

[JYX]

Got a wierd error in PWA.
Setup an user as a project manager (the out-of-box one, no change to the
default group, security template etc). Log in thru PWA, and select a project
and click on "resource plan" button, while it's trying to load the resource
grid an error message pops up saying "no resource plan views available.
contact administrator to have views defined." But if I add this user to
administrator group(seems only this group), then resource plan shows up fine.
Any idea? Obviously I can't have everybody added to administrator group. I
looked the "manage view" section in "server settings", but doesn't see
anything that could help.

Thanks!

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

JYX --

Weird, since the default permissions in the Project Managers group give
access to the My Projects category, which gives access to the Resource Plans
view. Try the following:

1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Manage Categories link in the Security section of the Server
Settings page.
4. Click the link for the My Projects category.
5. Scroll down to the Views section and expand the section.
6. Scroll down to the Resource Plans section and make sure the Resource
Plans view is selected.
7. Click the Save button.

Let us know what you find in step #6 above.

 

[ahelp]

Dale,
Here's another one: As an administrator, I went to Build Team on a project.
I had the error, "There are no Team Builder views available. Contact your
administrator to have views defined." I went to Manage Views & didn't see any
so I created a new Team Builder view. Then I could build my team. Later I saw
there was a second page of views, including several Team Builder views, but
the only one I could see in Build Team was the one I created. After seeing
this post, I saw that the default Team Builder views had the PS2007
categories (e.g. ProjectServer2007_My Organization). When I added the
migrated 2003 categories, e.g. My Organization, I could see those views too.

Likewise, when I selected a project and clicked on the Resource Plan button,
I got, "You do not have sufficient permissions to view the specified page.
Please contact your administrator for permissions to view this page."
Following the same line of logic, I added myself to the
ProjectServer2007_Administrators group and I was able to get to the Resource
Plan. What a mess. Please address this in your book .

 

[jyxing007]

JYX --

Weird, since the default permissions in the Project Managers group give
access to the My Projects category, which gives access to the Resource Plans
view. Try the following:

1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Manage Categories link in the Security section of the Server
Settings page.
4. Click the link for the My Projects category.
5. Scroll down to the Views section and expand the section.
6. Scroll down to the Resource Plans section and make sure the Resource
Plans view is selected.
7. Click the Save button.

Let us know what you find in step #6 above.









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Hi Dale,
Thanks for your reply. I posted this on the Microsoft Office
Discussion group, and could never found it there afterwards, and not
sure how it ended up here.
Anyways, tried your solution, and still getting the same error
message. I logged in PWA as admin
1. went to sever setting
2. clicked manage categories from security section
3. went to the bottom of the page and expanded view section
4. the "resource plan" view was selected
5. I also went to manage group and ensured "my project" is selected
for pm group
6. I even created a new view for the resource plan section, and
checked for the "my project" category, and again only can be seen as
admin
Any other idea?
Jerold

 

[ahelp]

JYX,
The other place to check security is in the View.
1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click on Manage Views under Look & Feel
4. Click on Resource Plans (may need to click Next at the bottom of the
page to see the latter views)
5. Ensure Categories align. Where this gets complicated, as I wrote in my
other post, is with a migration because there are old & new categories, but
you didn't mention that.

 

[jyxing007]

JYX,
The other place to check security is in the View.
1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click on Manage Views under Look & Feel
4. Click on Resource Plans (may need to click Next at the bottom of the
page to see the latter views)
5. Ensure Categories align. Where this gets complicated, as I wrote in my
other post, is with a migration because there are old & new categories, but
you didn't mention that.
--
Mike






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Hi Mike,
Checked the place you mentioned, in the "Edit View: Resource Plans", I
can see My Projects, My Resources, My Personal Projects and My
Organization are the categories the view belongs to.
Also, I checked in the "Manage Group" section, I have My Projects, My
Resouces and My Tasks categories assigned to PM group right now.
Odd, eh?
Jerold

 

[ahelp]

JYX,
Check this out:
1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3 Click on Security Templates under Security
4. Click on Project Manager
5. Select Allow for Manage Resource Plan
I haven't tested this because we can't get Forms Authentication to work, but
it looks reasonable.

 

[jyxing007]

JYX,
Check this out:
1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3 Click on Security Templates under Security
4. Click on Project Manager
5. Select Allow for ManageResourcePlan
I haven't tested this because we can't get Forms Authentication to work, but
it looks reasonable.
--
Mike






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The "Manage Resource Plan" checkbox is selected too. I'm wondering if
there's any way or tool to restore the default security template for
each default group, and default categories.

Jerold

 

[ahelp]

Jerold,
I'm not aware of any button to click, but you can find the defaults here:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...7193-4ed3-93bd-6685f0d82db11033.mspx?mfr=true. Look under Security and Protection.
Security seems to be a big bugaboo in MOPS 2007. We're still struggling to
get our cube to run & forms authentication to work. Most seems to tie back to
security--getting the right permissions in the right place. Evidently
internal permissions are also tricky.

 

[jyxing007]

Jerold,
I'm not aware of any button to click, but you can find the defaults here:http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/d955b928-7193-4ed3.... Look under Security and Protection.
Security seems to be a big bugaboo in MOPS 2007. We're still struggling to
get our cube to run & forms authentication to work. Most seems to tie back to
security--getting the right permissions in the right place. Evidently
internal permissions are also tricky.
--
Mike







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Mike,
Thanks for the info. I haven't checked this place for a while now.
Looks useful and I'll read it thru later.
Building Cube is on my to-do-list. But in terms of Forms
Authentication, I've managed to have made it worked. There's a
deployment section in this same MS site designated for that. Pretty
much follow up the process. A couple of things you need to be aware
for it though:
1. The <connectionStrings> block needs to be put BEFORE </
ConfigSections> tag not "after". I think it's a typo in the document.
2. The user account used during deployment for database access and/or
SSP application pool need to be added into aspnetdb database and with
sufficient permissions. It's not mentioned at all in the document, and
I figured out in a hard way. Otherwise, you'll get the infamous
"unknow exception" when trying to log in thru the sign in form.

If you were able to at least see the sign in page, another would be
helpful is change <customErrors ... /> to off , and <callstack ../> to
true, so it will show the detailed exception message on the screen
which can help you identify the problem, at least that's how I found
out mine.
Our environment is 2 servers, one hosts project server, PWA, WSS, the
other hosts sql 2005.

Jerold

 

[ahelp]

Sounds like good counsel on the Forms Authentication--I've tucked it away for
the next time we try. We wiped everything and are in the process of going
through it again.
Thanks,
Mike

 

[jyxing007]

Sounds like good counsel on the Forms Authentication--I've tucked it away for
the next time we try. We wiped everything and are in the process of going
through it again.
Thanks,
Mike








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Another thing worth mentioning is during the whole deployment process,
if you have multiple servers, it's better use domain user accounts
every where, e.g. for WSS, for SSP, for Central Admin, etc. or you may
run into some kind of permission/security issues. I think that's
recommended by MS document as well.
BTW, the settings I was talking about in previous post are all in the
web.config file. and the changes need to be duplicated to the web site
you extended for form authentication as well.

Jerold