Collaboration, Communities, and Projects

I need to determine what community a project is a member of. I have access to project objects however I can't find an api call to determine what community it is a member of. The data is available in the database in a project table. Thanks.

They can open Project Explorer from any of the intrinsic portlets, or from a collab project itself.
That is the only way to see a list.
Alternately you can provide them with a custom portlet to the Project Explorer also.
The link will be in the format:
http://<YOUR SITE>/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_242_218_452_13925_43/http%3B/<REMOVE SERVER FOR COLLAB>%3B11930/collab/do/project/explorer/initialize
The PTARGS security from my link won't work for you though, unless by some miracle our portals share a lot in common:)
Another option, which we employe, is to create a community called "Collaboration" and add the intrinsic collab portlets and all of the Collab Projects to it.
We find that to be a far easier way to get folks to use collab than having them poking around trying to pick and choose in the My Pages (which we've recently hidden).
We have around 50 projects in the list.
Vivekvp wrote:
Hello,
Is there anyway a Collaboration user can see what projects they can access in a list from the Portal?
Thanks,
V

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Start Of Ramp-Up for SAP Portfolio and Project Management 5.0

Start Of Ramp-Up for SAP Portfolio and Project Management 5.0
Starting with this new release, the application SAP Portfolio and Project Management 5.0
replaces both the SAP Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP RPM) application and the
Collaboration Projects (cProjects) application.
Start of ramp-up for SAP Portfolio and Project Management is 19th of April, 2010. The end
of ramp-up is currently scheduled for 19th of October, 2010.
Functional Innovations And New Features
A detailed description of all new and/or enhanced functional innovations and features can
be found in the Release Notes:
[http://service.sap.com/releasenotes |http://service.sap.com/releasenotes]
-> SAP Solutions
    -> Release Notes SAP Portfolio and Project Management
There are some SAP Notes which are in general very important for SAP Portfolio and Project
Management 5.0 and which also serve as central points of entry to find import information:
SAP Note [1377104|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1377104]      FAQs - SAP Portfolio and Project Management 5.0
SAP Note [1402912|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1402912]      PPM 5.0: Supported Browsers, Java versions, etc.
SAP Note [1411953|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1411953]      PPM 5.0: Configuration Content
SAP Note [1436778|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1436778]      SAP Portfolio and Project Management 5.0: Restrictions
Kind regards,
   Florian

Thanks very much for taking the time to post the info Florian. I will update this thread as well if I run into any new information.
Do we have any idea on SAP's direction for Product Definition? PD is still version 2.0 and I heard that PD functionality will be incorporated into PPM 5.0 which does make a lot of sense. I very briefly went through the notes and config doc in this post and did not get the impression that PPM has any idea and concept management capabilities.

Bug tracking and project workflow management

Hi,
I was wondering how bigger projects are managed so that everyone in the team knows what he has to do and what are current problems on the project, what is their status etc.
I googled for a while and found lots of sites that offer free hosting for web-based project management. I also found a web-based project managing solutions on sourceforge (phpcollab and itracker)
Our company is relatively small but there sometimes are bigger and long-lasting projects and sometimes the status is a complete mystery, nobody knows what are all the known bugs that he is responsible for and project current development/bug status.
We tried with worksheet(excel)-based tasklists but when number of items increased it turned to be impossible to find out what and when must be done.
Thank you for sharing your experience in this area
Mike

Thanks for that, please inform me if I found a wrong product : I found
http://scarab.tigris.org/ as a project home.
It is not the setup that worries me, I mentioned web-based tools because for the current time there is no collaboration with external parties and I want the entire project management centralized in the company
Mike

Site map of Communities and Categories

Site map of Communities and Categories
As part of the migration of Apple Discussions to Apple Support Communities many previous forums have become categories of the new communities.
This list may help you locate the content of any specific category you wish to follow or focus on so that you can create a shortcut for future use. You can also copy and paste any section of this list into your support responses.
Jump to: iPad | iPhone | iPod | iTunes | Desktop Computers | Notebooks |
Mac OS & System Software | iOS app store | iLife | iWork | Professional Applications | MobileMe | AppleTV | Periperals | Servers and Enterprise Software | Applications | Wireless |
Windows Software | Older Software | Older Hardware | Using Apple Support Communities |
User Tip Contributions | Developer Forums
The following is a list of all communities and categories as of 29th April 2011.
iPad
Using iPad
Accessories
Airplay
Airprint
Applications
Camera
FaceTime
Getting Started
Location Services
Mail
Syncing
WiFi
WiFi + 3G
iWork for iPad
Keynote
Numbers
Pages
iPad in the Enterprise
Enterprise Networking
Using iPad in the Enterprise
iPhone
Using iPhone
Basics
Camera, Photos and Video
FaceTime
Installing and using iPhone Applications
Integrating iPhone into your Digital Life
Location Services
Mail, Contact & Calendar
Phone and Messaging
Playing Music and Video
Voice and Memos
WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth
iPhone Hardware
Classic iPhone
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4 (GSM)
iPhone (CDMA)
iPhone in the Enterprise
Enterprise Networking
Integrating iPhone into your business
Mail, Contacts and Calendars in the Enterprise
iPhone Accessories
Bluetooth Headset
iPod
iPod touch
Accessories
Airplay
Airprint
Camera
Connecting to a Mac
Connecting to Windows
Contacts and Calendars
Installing and Using Applications
Mail
Music and Video
WiFi and Bluetooth
iPod shuffle
Connecting to a Mac
Connecting to Windows
iPod nano
Connecting to a Mac
Connecting to Windows
Nike + iPod Sport Kit
iPod classic
Connecting to a Mac
Connecting to Windows
Apple Branded iPod accessories
iPod Hi-Fi
iPod Radio Remote
Older iPods
Connecting to a Mac
Connecting to Windows
Connecting to TV
iTunes
iTunes for Windows
Importing & Burning in iTunes
Installing, Removing and Upgrading
iTunes Store
Podcasting and Radio
iTunes for Mac
Importing & Burning in iTunes
Installing, Removing and Upgrading
iTunes Store
Podcasting and Radio
iTunes U
Producing Podcasts
Desktop Computers
iMac (Intel)
Displays
DVDs and CDs
Expanding
Internet and Networking
Using your iMac Intel
Mac mini
Displays
Expanding the Mac Mini
Internet and Networking
Using the Mac Mini
Mac Pro
Displays
DVDs and CDs
Expanding
Internet and Networking
Using the Mac Pro
Power Mac
Displays
DVDs and CDs
Expanding
Internet and Networking
Using Power Mac
iMac (PPC)
Displays
DVDs and CDs
Expanding iMac (PPC)
Internet and Networking
Using iMac (PPC)
eMac
Displays
DVDs and CDs
Expanding eMac
Internet and Networking
Notebooks
MacBook Pro
Bluetooth, USB, Firewire
Displays
Internet and Networking
Optical Drive
Ports and Interfaces
Power and Battery
Using a Mac Pro
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Displays
Internet and Networking
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iBook
Displays
Internet and Networking
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MacBook
Bluetooth, USB, RAM
Display
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PowerBook
Bluetooth, USB and FireWire
Display
Displays
DVDs
Input Devices
Internet and Networking
Peripherals
Power and Batteries
Power and Battery
Using PowerBook
Mac OS & System Software
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
Account & Login
Finder & Dock
Getting Online & Networking
iChat and iChat Sharing
Installation and Setup
Mail and Address book
Printing, faxing and scanning
Time machine
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Using Mac Osx v10.6 Snow Leopard
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard
Account & Login
Automator
Finder & Dock
Getting Online & Networking
iChat and iChat Sharing
Installation and Setup
Mail and Address book
Printing, faxing and scanning
Time machine
Universal Access
Using Mac Osx v10.5 Leopard
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
Automator
Getting Online & Networking
Installation and Setup
Mail and Address book
Printing, faxing and scanning
Universal Access
Mac OS X v10.3 and earlier
Getting Online & Networking
Installation and Setup
Mail and Address book
Printing, faxing and scanning
Mac OS X Technologies
AppleScript
Audio
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iSync
Networking and the Web
Unix
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Mac OS8
Mac OS9
System 7
QuickTime
Mac OS
Windows
Safari
Mac
Windows
Front Row
iOS app store
iBooks
iMovies for iOS
iLife
iPhoto
Book, Card, Calendar & Print Orders
Editing and Organizing
Installing
Slideshows
Using Faces
Using Places
iMovie
Garageband

HI Paul, I'm not sure what the question is. If you meant that the communities are listed on the front page, then yes they are, but that view does not include links to specific categories, such as Airprint for the iPad. The list provides a way of finding direct shortcuts to these filtered sections of communities, either for your own use as a bookmark or when recommending a potentially useful area of the site to explore in your answers to others.
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How to get all permissions on server level and project collection level via tfs java sdk?

i need to list project-collection level's permission and project level's permission on my project. now i have connected to tfs and i have got project collection list and user list via tfs java sdk. but i can't find the way to get the permission name list
and permission list. how can i do to get that?
i have checked the database, and find that the actions have some discrepancies with the tbl_securityaction'data.
Can anyone give me some advice on that?
davy

David, Thanks for your reply.
I have test the code above, but still get error. here is my code:
final TFSTeamProjectCollection tpc = SnippetSettings.connectToTFS();
final DefaultClientFactory factory = new DefaultClientFactory();
final IIdentityManagementService2 ims = (IIdentityManagementService2)factory.newClient(IIdentityManagementService2.class, tpc);
final String scopeId = null;
final String[] propertyNameFilters = null;
TeamFoundationIdentity[] appGroups = ims.listApplicationGroups(scopeId, ReadIdentityOptions.EXTENDED_PROPERTIES, propertyNameFilters, IdentityPropertyScope.BOTH);
error message:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.microsoft.tfs.core.clients.webservices.IdentityManagementService2.listApplicationGroups(IdentityManagementService2.java:92).
davy

Inventory Report for actuals and projected?

Hi,
currently i am doing APO-BI Project. I have a requirement to extract the Opening stock from ECC and Projected(Forecasted) Opening stock from APO.
both are 2 different key figures 1 is from ECC and another one is from APO. I need to display in Bex report in
say for example, if we have 53 weeks in a year. if i run the report in week 25, in the bex report it has to display the Opening stock values from ECC up to week 25 and remaining weeks till 53 weeks it has to display Projected Opening stock values in the same line.
plz provide me the logic to achieve this report.
regards
venuscm

Hi,
Create Two Cubes one is for APO and another is 0IC_C03 for Inventory. then build a MP on both and create reports.
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Use :See the steps how to load the data to 0IC_C03.
Treatment of historical full loads with Inventory cube
Setting up material movement/inventory with limit locking time
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0VALSTCKQTY      " For Qty
0CALMONTH        " For Month
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For Qty Opening:
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0VALSTCKQTY     " For Qty
0CALMONTH       " For Month and restrict with less then or equalto option variable (single value, user input) and set the offeset
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0VALSTCKQTY    " For Qty
0CALMONTH      " For Month and restrict with less then or equalto option variable (single value, user input) .
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Split valuation with batch management and project stock

Dear Gurus,
I need to combine two following requirements:
1. split valuation with batch management (valuation type = batch number)
2. project stock
These two functionalities work fine separately but not together.
I receipt PO for material with spiit valuation on a batch level into a project stock. Posting is OK and material document (MSEG table) seems to be OK (batch number, valuation type and project stock are in this table). The problem appears when I want to display material in this valuation type (MM03) or batch (MSC3n). They don't exist!!! Short investigation showed that during goods receipt table MBEW (valuated stock) was not updated with this valuation type.
But If PO is receipt into normal stock first and then posted into project stock everything is OK.
Have you had or heart about such issue? I would appreciate any sugestion.
Thsnks in advance.
Marcin Bernat

Hi,
As you already know ,u are using project stock and doing goods receipt against project, stock table QBEW will be updated and not MBEW. MBEW only updates in case of plant stock valuation. If u receive any goods against project stock it does not contribute to plant stock. Irrespective whether your material is managed in split valuation or not, If it is received against project stock it only updates QBEW. There is no need to update MBEW, if u r using split valuation in project. QBEW also have valuation type as another level like MBEW. If u want to see material price for project stock, it can be seen in QBEW -valuation type and not in mm03.
As u r receiving goods against project stock this is d only reason QBEW is updated and not MBEW.
QBEW will store all information like MBEW for batch number, valuation type and project stock assignment.
Hope it answers your question.
Deepak.

Moving Average Price for Sales stock and Project stock of a material

Hiya Gurus,
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Cheers,
ZIa

Hi
can you look at tables
EBEW                             Sales Order Stock Valuation
QBEW                             Project Stock Valuation
Nat

I open FCPX, see Events and Projects, then they disappear

Here's what's going on:
1. Was using macbook to edit, via an external drive (with events and projects folders on root level)
2. Tried using Imac to edit, so I closed everything out, Unmounted drive and mounted it on iMac before opening Final Cut.
3. Opened FXP X and found that one of the elements was simply not in any of the projects that used it. It is possible, I suppose, that During the creation of these elements I was using a clip stored not in the elements folder, so it was lost track of, but there's no red frames saying I've got detached Video.
4. Tried opening the backup I'd made of events and project folders on my second external drive (events and projects folders also on root level.
5. At first when FCP X opens, I see the projects and events that I want to see, including the missing event appearing in the project list thumbnail sorta timelines in the project browser, but within seconds, projects and events diappear, leaving FCP looking like there are no projects or events. Clean Slate.
6. I notice that the events and projects browsers at first show events and projects as being contained in the external drive. When all disappears, it seems to be because the external drive is no longer recognized or superseded by the Macintosh HD, which becomes the only HD shown in either browswer.
Not sure if the 1st issue (disappearing element) and the 2nd (disappearing events and projects before my eyes) are related.
But at a loss.
Thoughts?

Projects and events can disappear if they are exact copies, clones of other projects and events on other drives.

How can I move my Events and projects to an exterior disc?

When working in FCPX, I have been getting an alert that my (laptop) startup disc is nearly full, and I should delete files to make more space.
How can I move my final cut events and projects to my external drive?
I have already copied the folders Final Cut Pro Events and Final Cut Projects to a LaCie 2T drive, but I hesitate before emptying the trash on my laptop, afraid that FCPX will not be able to see my projects/media.
I am running FCPX 10.0.5 on a MacBook ProRetina with version 10.7.5 OS
Thanks for any help you can give me.

In that version, as I recall, you can simply move the projects and events from one mounted drive to another working from within the FCP UI. Since you've already copied the files, see whether they open. You may need to use the Organize (or Consolidate – can't remember) command if your files are not all within the moved event.
Russ

Moving Events and Projects from one location to another on the same hard drive.

Hello.
I've searched in the FCP X User Manual, on this forum and in Google, but have found no explanation of how to do this, so I'm posting this here in hopes that someone in our community will be able to help.
I've previously stored my FCP X Events and Projects folders on an external 3TB hard drive, because there is more room on it than on the internal 1TB hard drive, but, since then, I've worked with other media apps, for video, photography and audio, the files for which are also stored on the external hard drive, and this has created a bit of clutter with no folder structure to keep it tidy.
I like an organised file structure on my system, to keep it uncluttered, easy to navigate and efficient to use, so I put all the files for my photography, video and audio apps into their own folders, which are, in turn, stored in their appropriate folders for Audio, Photography and Video, and those three folders are stored in a folder called Media, and then I directed each app to its own files.
The only app with which this has been a problem is FCP X. While there is a way of relocating projects and events from within FCP X, it allows the user to move them from one hard drive to another, and not, as I want, from one place to another on the same hard drive.
I'm not sure if it matters, but perhaps it's relevant to mention before the next paragraph that the files that had previously been imported as events are, to save hard-drive space, stored in the events folder as shortcuts to the original files, which are stored elsewhere on the drive, rather than as duplicates of those files.
In Finder, I copied the Events and Projects folders to their intended new locations and tried in the app to link the events and projects to their new Finder location. It seemed to have worked, until I moved the original folders to the Trash. On re-opening FCP X, it was clear that the linking hadn't worked. I returned the original folders from the Trash to their original location, but that didn't entirely reverse the problem. I noticed also that, in the original and duplicated Events folders, the shortcuts had lost their links to the original files stored elswehere on the drive.
Fortunately I had run a backup before starting, so I restored the original folders and the app from the backup, and all was back to normal.
I'd be grateful if anyone could advise me on whether or not it's possible to move FCP X events and projects from one place to another on the same hard drive with the app's compliance.
Thank you.

Ludio wrote:
I'd be grateful if anyone could advise me on whether or not it's possible to move FCP X events and projects from one place to another on the same hard drive with the app's compliance.
I
Message was edited by: Russ H Apparently mis-read the questions.

Office 2013 with Visio and Project Error - Package manifest is invalid

In July I successfully created an App-V install of Office 2013 VL using the ODT. This week I decided to try just doing Visio as we don't install it or Project on all systems. I used my same customconfig.xml and just changed the ProPlusVolume to VisioProVolume
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<Configuration>
<Add SourcePath="<networkpath>\Microsoft\AppVOffice2013\Sept\" OfficeClientEdition="32" >
<Product ID="ProPlusVolume">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
<Product ID="VisioProVolume">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
<Product ID="ProjectProVolume">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Logging Name="OfficeSetup.txt" Path="%temp%" />
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
</Configuration>

Hy. I'm having the same problema.
I'm trying to create na app-v package (v.5 SP2) of Office 2013.
I downloaded the Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36778
I installed it into C:\Office2013pck shared that folder as
\\APPVMANAGER\Office2013 and mapped as Z:\.
I changed the configuration.xml file to:
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32" >
<Product ID="ProPlusVolume">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
<Product ID="VisioProVolume">
<Language ID="en-us" />
</Product>
</Add>
</Configuration>
Then I ran in na elevated cmd:
>Z:
>\\APPV-CL-WIN7DEF\Office2013\setup.exe /download
\\APPV-CL-WIN7DEF\Office2013\configuration.xml
and
>\\APPV-CL-WIN7DEF\Office2013\setup.exe /packager
\\APPV-CL-WIN7DEF\Office2013\configuration.xml
\\APPV-CL-WIN7DEF\Office2013\Appv
Everything seemed to work fine.
The creted folder had Office\Data\15.0.4649.1001 folder (I guessed this is a version number)
When I tried to add the package to App-V Server (in the Console) I get the following error:
An unexpected error occurred while retrieving AppV package manifest. Windows error code: 1465 - Windows was unable to parse the requested XML data.
I tryied to publish it from powershell, getting the same error message agalluci image post shows.
From the Event Log I got this additional information:
There was a problem retrieving the requested package \\APPVMANAGER\AppVpck\Office\VisioProVolume_ProPlusVolume_en-us_x86.appv for import. Error message: Unspecified error
Element '{http://schemas.microsoft.com/appv/2010/manifest}UsedKnownFolders' is unexpected according to content model of parent element '{http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest}Package'.
I haven't found any indication of which file is the manifest app-v file.
I also haven't found any .xml with the "UsedKnownFolders" tag (I changed the .appv package extension to .zip and explored some of the files).
I tryied creating a package for 32 and 64 bits, only office, office and visio, and office visio and project running Windos 7 and Windows 2012.
Thanks in advance for any help.

App-V 5.0: Adding Visio 2013 and Project 2013 to a previously deployed virtual Office 2013

Good morning.
I can successfully deploy Office 2013 via PowerShell and App-V v5.0 without difficulty. I've read the document at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2915745/en-us and followed all instructions successfully.
My question is this: If Office 2013 without Visio 2013 or Project 2013 is virtually deployed, how can those components be added later?
For instance, we may have 100 users that acquire a virtualized Office 2013 without Project or Visio. We then may have 25 users that require a virtualized Office and Visio without Project and, perhaps, another 15 that require Office and Project without
Visio.
Currently, when I attempt a second virtual deployment of one of these components, it removes Office 2013 making it inaccessible.
How can Project and/or Visio be deployed to an already existing virtually deployed Office 2013?
Thanks very much.
John
IAmStrings

As a part of MDOP, you'll also have access to UE-V which will provide a mechanism of moving user preferences across the same applications from difference packages.
It will require planning, configuration and deployment, but will ensure you don't face the same issue in the future.
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" or "Vote as Helpful" on the post that answers your question (or click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually
answer your question). This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of my employer, Microsoft, its employees, or other MVPs.
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How to stop the spinning ball/pizza that is stalling repairs to project on imovie 09? on macosx10.5.8 using iomega and superspeed ext h.d. as storage for the events and projects archive of a wedding video that has had audio sync problems on all share form

How to stop the spinning ball/pizza that is stalling repairs to project on imovie 09? on macosx10.5.8 using iomega and superspeed ext h.d. as storage for the events and projects archive of a wedding video that has had audio sync problems on all share formats (iDVD, mp4, and last of all iTunes). The project label now carries signal with yellow triangled exclamation “i tunes out of date”.
To solve the sync problem I’m following advice and detaching sound from all of the 100 or so short clips. This operation has been stalled by the spinning ball. Shut down restart has not helped.
The Project is mounted from Iomega and superspeed ext hd connected to imovie09 on macosx 10.5.8.
What to do to resume repairs to the audio sync problem and so successfully share for youtube upload?

How to stop the spinning ball/pizza that is stalling repairs to project on imovie 09? on macosx10.5.8 using iomega and superspeed ext h.d. as storage for the events and projects archive of a wedding video that has had audio sync problems on all share formats (iDVD, mp4, and last of all iTunes). The project label now carries signal with yellow triangled exclamation “i tunes out of date”.
To solve the sync problem I’m following advice and detaching sound from all of the 100 or so short clips. This operation has been stalled by the spinning ball. Shut down restart has not helped.
The Project is mounted from Iomega and superspeed ext hd connected to imovie09 on macosx 10.5.8.
What to do to resume repairs to the audio sync problem and so successfully share for youtube upload?

MS Project Very Slow and Project Files Large when Using Shared Resource Pool

Hello,
We are using MS Project 2010 Professional in our organization and using a shared resource pool so we can easily identify resource conflicts. When we started this process many months ago the resource pool worked great. Now that we have nearly
all of our projects (~40) using the resource pool, it has become essentially unusable. Each project file that is sharing the resource pool is 12 MB or greater in file size, and most of the project files contain less than 100 lines. Saving any file
takes ~4 minutes. As a result, many of the resource managers and project managers are starting to avoid using MS Project which is undermining our original intent.
Any thoughts on what we could try to regain the usability, make the file sizes smaller, improve save times, etc.? Will MS Project Server fix all of these issues?
Thanks,
Josh

If any of your PMs renamed, moved or over-wrote their project file whilst linked to the Resource Pool or a master, then the file may well have corrupted itself or the pool or both. With 40 files, you can guarantee one or more PMs will do one of the above,
so file corruption is a when, not if (2days or 2 years or more).
For 40 projects Project Server or any solution that copies data to a database so the resource data can be consolidated is needed. Project Server is not a simple application, it's a full server and requires proper training and processes to add value. And
it needs configuring by someone who knows what they're doing!
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project.
Or, create a new master each time by inserting all projects into a new blank project, but deselecting the Link option. All tasks are then copied and the resource data consolidated. Record a macro to make creating this very quick and easy (provided your network
isn't too slow).
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