Project Server 2013 PWA resource view

Hi all,
Is there any way to see the detail information of a resource in PWA? In Project Professional 2013, we can check all the task\project the resource is assigned and all the planned work for the resource under resource usage view. However, we can not find it
in PWA. Any suggestion?
Regards,
Anna

Hi Anna,
From the resource center, you can select one or more resources and check for their availability. You'll have a graph will all resources assignments by time periods and projects with a grid for the details.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-server-help/view-resource-availability-HA010059812.aspx
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

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http://carldalton.tumblr.com/
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Create AD user U, AD group G. Add U to G.
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When I click “Save and Synchronize” on the Active Directory Enterprise Resource Pool Synchronization page nothing happens and the status does not change.
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Error 1:
w3wp.exe (0x1B98)
0x0B8C       Project Server
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at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Native.dll: (sig=[sig]|2|microsoft.office.project.server.native.pdb, offset=3C1E) at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Native.dll: (offset=1254D)
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System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
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at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.ActiveDirectoryUtility.TryGetGroupInfo(String searchRoot)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext()
at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Wcf.Implementation.PWAImpl.<>c__DisplayClassf2.<AdminResolveActiveDirectoryGroups>b__f1()
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Wcf.Implementation.WcfMethodInvocation.InvokeBusinessObjectMethod(String businessObjectName, String methodName,
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explicitly specified.

Hi,
I also get the same error when I'm trying to do the synchronization between Enterprise Resource Pool and Active Directory.
I am in a single domain topology between Project Server 2013 and AD, and I'm doning the synchronization with the farm admin account, who has read/write access to AD.
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[bucketHash:F0FACBDF] Exception occured in method 'Admin.ResolveActiveDirectoryGroups' System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.ClaimsHelper.GetFormsAuthenticationProviderName(Uri context, SPUrlZone zone)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.ActiveDirectoryUtility.TryGetGroupInfo(String domain, String searchPath, String searchFilter)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.ActiveDirectoryUtility.TryGetGroupInfoByClaim(String encodedClaim)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext()
at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Wcf.Implementation.PWAImpl.<>c__DisplayClass10a.<AdminResolveActiveDirectoryGroups>b__109()
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Wcf.Implementation.WcfMethodInvocation.InvokeBusinessObjectMethod(String businessObjectName, String methodName, IEnumerable`1 actions) StackTrace:
2b3d83ee10e5|2|, microsoft.office.project.server.native.pdb, offset=3C1E)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Native.dll: (offset=1255D)
w3wp.exe (0x2BE8) 0x1568 Project Server Unified Logging Service c91s Monitorable
Watson bucket parameters: Microsoft Project Server 2013, ULSException14, 070f6ea0 "project server", 0f001181 "15.0.4481.0", 6962a0f6 "microsoft.office.project.server.administration", 0f0011ad "15.0.4525.0", 51ade0c4 "tue jun 04 14:42:44 2013", 0000020f
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w3wp.exe (0x2BE8) 0x1568 Project Server General aeby8 Medium
Error is: GeneralUnhandledException. Details: General Unhandled Exception in _Admin.ResolveActiveDirectoryGroups_ Attributes: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.ClaimsHelper.GetFormsAuthenticationProviderName(Uri context, SPUrlZone zone)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.ActiveDirectoryUtility.TryGetGroupInfo(String domain, String searchPath, String searchFilter)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.ActiveDirectoryUtility.TryGetGroupInfoByClaim(String encodedClaim)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext()     at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToArray[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Wcf.Implementation.PWAImpl.<>c__DisplayClass10a.<AdminResolveActiveDirectoryGroups>b__109()
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Wcf.Implementation.WcfMethodInvocation.InvokeBusinessObjectMethod(String businessObjectName, String methodName, IEnumerable`1 actions) . Standard Information: PSI Entry Point: Project User: LUXAIRLG\SQLADMIN2012
Correlation Id: 6cef3814-b3a2-e311-93f9-005056921080 PWA Site URL: xxx SA Name: PS2013 - Project Server Service Application PSError: GeneralUnhandledException (42). LogLevelManager Warning-ulsID:0x00101622 has no entities explicitly specified.
w3wp.exe (0x2BE8) 0x1568 Project Server Project Web App af04k Medium
Void SaveButtonClick(System.Object.System.Web.UI.WebControls.CommandEventArgs) : GeneralUnhandledException
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

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