Master Project Plan is not updatineg

I'm running in a situation where I have a master plan with sub-projects, the master plan will not show the updated sub-project plans in the web app until you open the master project in project professional and expand the sub-project summary task every time
it get an update, then you have to publish the master plan, then the master project will show the date changes in the web app.
Is there a way to make the updates on sub projects show up on the master project immediately without going through all that?

Sgasgous --
It appears so. I have not extensively used master projects in Project Server 2013, so I will gladly invite the others in this forum to correct me if my answer to you is wrong. For me personally, I have never expected the behavior you expect from
PWA. My habit is always to open the master project in Microsoft Project after updates are applied, expand all of the subprojects, and begin doing variance analysis. The process of applying updates will inevitably cause variances, which need to
be known and addressed. After doing that, only then would I save and publish the latest schedule changes. In fact, I would recommend this approach as a best practice for you as well! Hope this helps.
Dale A. Howard [MVP]

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