Pooling resources

[Sydney]

How can I use an existing project file with schedule and resource table
to convert into a pool resource file with only resource table and
without schedule? Do I need to remove all the tasks or just remove the
start and finish dates of the task?

Thanks

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

You can't "remove" start and finish dates of tasks, they will always have
one of each.
If you don't need them any more, you can just delete the tasks.
HTH

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Sydney,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I would just create a new file for your pool and then in the existing
project Tools/Resource Sharing/Share Resources and select the pool file .
This will then populate the pool file with all your resources for you.

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #17 & 18 on mutliple projects, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the articles before leaving the site,
Thanks.)

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

It's easy enough to delete all the tasks - click on the blank button in the
upper left-hand corner of the Gantt chart entry table where the column of
row bumbers and the row of filed title meet and then hit the "delete" key.

 

[Sydney]

Thanks everyone for the quick replies!

I have deleted all tasks in the pool resource file and change all other
project files pointing to this pool resource file ( via Tool - Resource
sharing - Share resource - Use resource). It seems all other projects
sharing only 1 resource table now.

Thanks again for all your helpful advices

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Sydney

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP