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Mike
I'm running into an issue using the Outlook Add-in with Project Server
2007 (pure SP2).
What's happening is the assignment Work field is being changed to
reflect the Remaining Work as calculated when the resource submits
their updates to a task. Here's the setup:
Create a single task of 8 hours and assign a resource (can be
yourself) and save/publish. Have that resource import the new
assignment into Outlook and open it up. Set the Task Health to "On
schedule" and save 2 hours on any day with the "and submit to project
manager" checked. Open the project plan to accept the hours. You'll
see that the Work is now 6 hours, there are 2 hours actual, and there
are 4 hours remaining. Don't accept this actual work, just close and
ignore for now.
Now, have that same resource re-submit the same task changing the 2
hours to 3. Task Health should still say "On schedule". Again save
and submit to the PM. Opening the project plan this time to accept
the hours will show 7 hours work, 3 hours actual, and 4 hours
remaining.
Try a few save/submit/accept combinations and see what happens for
you. There are cases where work actually increases by decreasing the
actual work (submit 3 hours and check for updates, then re-submit with
only 2 hours and check for updates again). Also, not setting the Task
Health (just leaving blank) has some different results as well.
Has anyone else seen this before or can they confirm it on their end?
I've already tried to present alternative solutions to this, but my
client wants to use it purely for the project task visibility within
Outlook tasks. Our Task Settings Tracking Method is set to "Hours of
work done per period" and the Reporting Display is "hours worked every
day."
Thanks in advance!
-- Mike
2007 (pure SP2).
What's happening is the assignment Work field is being changed to
reflect the Remaining Work as calculated when the resource submits
their updates to a task. Here's the setup:
Create a single task of 8 hours and assign a resource (can be
yourself) and save/publish. Have that resource import the new
assignment into Outlook and open it up. Set the Task Health to "On
schedule" and save 2 hours on any day with the "and submit to project
manager" checked. Open the project plan to accept the hours. You'll
see that the Work is now 6 hours, there are 2 hours actual, and there
are 4 hours remaining. Don't accept this actual work, just close and
ignore for now.
Now, have that same resource re-submit the same task changing the 2
hours to 3. Task Health should still say "On schedule". Again save
and submit to the PM. Opening the project plan this time to accept
the hours will show 7 hours work, 3 hours actual, and 4 hours
remaining.
Try a few save/submit/accept combinations and see what happens for
you. There are cases where work actually increases by decreasing the
actual work (submit 3 hours and check for updates, then re-submit with
only 2 hours and check for updates again). Also, not setting the Task
Health (just leaving blank) has some different results as well.
Has anyone else seen this before or can they confirm it on their end?
I've already tried to present alternative solutions to this, but my
client wants to use it purely for the project task visibility within
Outlook tasks. Our Task Settings Tracking Method is set to "Hours of
work done per period" and the Reporting Display is "hours worked every
day."
Thanks in advance!
-- Mike