Saving master project to server

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David

Hello,

i have a problem - whenever i try to save a master project
(thus a project holding other projects to the server) i
get the messag that my server admin has dissalowed me to
do that!!! what can i do??? i would like to save this
project as a master project - it includes all other
projects as read only - i don't want to make changes in
it - i just want it for reporting reasons!!! is there a
possibility to allow for master projects - problem is i am
the server admin - and i have no clue where i could change
that!!!

thank you for your help

regards

david
 
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Max Rockatansky

David,

Go to Admin page in PWA, open "Server Configuration", and select checkbox:
"Allow master projects to be published to Microsoft Project Server".

Max
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

David --

When you click the Save button, then click the Save as File option and save
your master project as an .mpp file. You didn't state whether you are using
Project Server 2002 or 2003, but in 2002 the use of master projects in the
Project Server was problematic because of double-booking of resource
assignments. Hope this helps.
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Stephen --

I have not been able to find double-booking of resources in Project Server
2003, even when I have published the master project. This leads me to
believe that Microsoft has fixed the double-booking issue with the 2003
release. However, I have applied to hotfixes to my Project Server
implementation, so I suppose there is a possibility that one of the hotfixes
solved the problem.

If you are using Project Server 2003, I would recommend that you save the
master project in the Project Server database and look for double-booking.
If you find none, you might also publish the project and look for
double-booking. If you find no double-booking in either case, then good for
you. If either case leads to double-booking, then delete the master project
from the Project Server database. Hope this helps.




Stephen Eyton-Jones said:
Hi Dale,

Are you saying that it is safe to store master projects in Project Server
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2003? Masters being simply linked projects.
 
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Stephen Eyton-Jones

Thanks Dale. I am cautiously optimistic!

Steve

Dale Howard said:
Stephen --

I have not been able to find double-booking of resources in Project Server
2003, even when I have published the master project. This leads me to
believe that Microsoft has fixed the double-booking issue with the 2003
release. However, I have applied to hotfixes to my Project Server
implementation, so I suppose there is a possibility that one of the hotfixes
solved the problem.

If you are using Project Server 2003, I would recommend that you save the
master project in the Project Server database and look for double-booking.
If you find none, you might also publish the project and look for
double-booking. If you find no double-booking in either case, then good for
you. If either case leads to double-booking, then delete the master project
from the Project Server database. Hope this helps.





2003? Masters being simply linked projects.
Click to expand...
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Stephen --

Let me know what you find out. To date, there has been a minor "division of
the house" in this newsgroup as to whether publishing master projects causes
double booking of resources in Project Server 2003. I would like to know if
the problem has been solved or not, so let me know what you see in your
system. Thanks!
 
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