Tasks were deleted/moved by Project Managers after Time was reported by contributors

So here is the most bafling situation I have at hands. We are running MS Project Server 2010. There are many projects where users are assigned and time is being reported. Few of the PMs managed to moved the tasks where time was already reported to other
projects. Now I have timesheets that have UID that no longer exists.
The actual steps of events might have gone in the following way:
1. Project was setup with Tasks and users were assigned
2. Project was then checked in and published
3. Time was reported by the users and somewhere PM checked out the project
4. PM never checks the project back in and the moves the tasks around
5. PM then check-in and publish and -- voila -- tasks with timesheet disappears
If this is a client server technology then it should not have happened but it did.
Questions
- Has anyone else encountered a similar situation and how they went about fixing it besides the user training?
- How to fix the ongoing issue?
Many thanks for your help.

Hi,
a few questions up front:
Do you use Single Entry Mode (SEM). What page are your users using: really timesheets or are they entering time on tasks page. Are users submitting their actuals or just saving? When the submit and PM is also Status Manager of these tasks, he gets an information
that updates are pending when opening project plan. If he deletes tasks with actual work, he is also informed that it was no good idea.
To avoid this situation, I suggest to
turn on SEM, if not yet done
follow
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh694531(v=office.14).aspx and
think about turning on "Only allow task updates via Tasks and Timesheets" in Server Settings - Task Settings and Display. With this enabled, your PMS will not be able to delete tasks with actuals.
Let us know, how you are working right now and if my suggestions may be an option.
Barbara
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