Timesheet and project server issue

Question

Hi there,
For my timesheet in PWA 2013, Team members can fill out timesheets for project work. However, the progress they submit could not be updated in the Project server? For instance, in the timesheet, task A has been done 20 hours. I filled in the timesheet for
this task and submit. Also, it has been approved. However, the task from the project server still show me 0 hours on "Actual work".
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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Answer 1

Hi SillyBird,
So I guess we found what was not going as expected in your case. First of all, some documentation for you to read. The second link shows you the SEM process
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/project/archive/2009/11/23/time-tracking-in-project-server-2010.aspx
http://khurramjamshed.blogspot.ca/2011/02/project-server-task-and-timesheet.html
In the SEM process, there are 2 APPROVALS: 
first the timesheet manager approves the timesheet (ie time on project and administrative time)
then (the sequencing can be forced by an option in the timesheet configuration in server settings) the status manager approves only the task updates
Finally the project manager (that is usually the status manager) opens the project plan that contains the approved actuals, updates the remaining work, publishes and closes the project plan for the team members to have in PWA the new/updated assignments.
Now some links about the status manager:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/change-the-manager-of-an-enterprise-project-HA010113077.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/status-manager-task-field-HA010167477.aspx
Basically the status manager will be the task update approver, meaning the one that will receive in the approval center the task updates for approval. He is by default the user that created the project plan, meaning probably the project manager (but can
be a PMO officer). The status manager can only be changed in MS Project Pro (in case the project initiator is not the PM), inserting the "status manager" column.
Be aware that it has to be changed by the user that wants to be status manager himself. It cannot be done by a third person (such as an admin) due to the fact that the status manager column in MS Project Pro proposes a list of only 2 users : the active user
(that currently edits the project) and the current status manager.
Note also that when you change the status manager value in Project Pro, it has to be done for every task (easily doable by draging the value from the first to the last cell, like in Excel). Then new tasks will have the new status manager.
Hope this helps.
Guillaume Rouyre - MBA, MCP, MCTS