using resource calendar in PWA to manage vacation time

[sidd]

Hi All
i am trying to use resource calendar to manage the vacation time for the resource
so i create a new enterprise calendar and assign it to enterprise resource

now,what i am not able to understand is where is the option in PWA to submit a vacation request t
manger when using resource calendar

for example if i am using administrative project to acheive the same . i can log on as a team memebe
...clik on 'notify you manager time you will not be available for project' and then enter
proper hour in administrative task ....that generates a a task for manager approval

how do i do the same when using resource calendar
thank
siddhart

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Sidd --

How you handle the tracking of nonworking time, such as vacation and sick
leave, depends on how you want to use the information. You have a couple
choices:

1. Nonworking time is used for the automatic rescheduling of task work in
every project for resources during nonworking time periods

2. Nonworking time is tracked by the organization for financial or HR
reporting purposes

If you wish the first result, then you must manually enter the nonworking
time on each resource's personal calendar in the Enterprise Resource Pool.
You can do so by double-clicking the resource's name in the Resource Sheet,
clicking the Working Time tab, and entering the nonworling time period. I
would also recommend that you add a Note to document the reason for the
nonworking time. Your company will probably need to establish a methodology
for how resources report nonworking time to the Project Server
administrator. Basically, I would recommend that the methodology be
something like: "The resource will secure approval of vacation time from
their resource manager, and then report the approved nonworking time to the
Project Server administrator." There is no automatic way to do this in
Project Server 2003, and the method used in Project Server 2002 and Project
Central never worked well for most people.

If you wish the second result, you can use an administrative project to
capture the nonworking time. To report nonworking time, your team members
can log into PWA, navigate to the View My Tasks page, click the "Notify you
manager time you will not be available for project" option, and report the
nonworking time. Do know, however, that the time will be reported to the
project manager who can then update the nonworking time into the
administrative project. IT WILL NOT be updated on the resource's calendar
in the Enterprise Resource Pool. To do that, you must use the steps I
detailed previously. Hope this helps.