Re: Stop Sharing Resources

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From: MaryS (MaryS_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:45:01 -0700

Thanks, Dale and Greg. This does remove the task assignments, as you said.
Appreciate your help!

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:

> MaryS --
>
> A nice trick shared recently in this newsgroup could be the solution to your
> problem. Perform the following steps to put your project in a dormant
> state:
>
> 1. Open the project in question
> 2. Click Tools - Build Team from Enterprise
> 3. In the list of resources on the right, change the Booking Type value to
> Proposed for each resource
> 4. Click the OK button
> 5. Click Collaborate - Publish - All Information
>
> Completing the above steps should remove the task assignments for this
> project from each resource's time*** in PWA. Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
> http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> "We wrote the book on Project Server"
>
>
> "MaryS" <MaryS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7C3158F7-5568-462A-AB26-016D894224C5@microsoft.com...
> > We're using Project 2003 Pro and Server.
> >
> > I have a project that we want to place in a 'dormant' state - we will come
> > back to it, but do not want resources working on any of the tasks in it
> > right
> > now. To remove those tasks from the resources' view, I tried to follow
> > the
> > steps to "Stop Sharing Resources".
> >
> > I can Open Enterprise Resource Pool with read/write permissions, which
> > gives
> > me a project schedule with no resource names on it (problem #1?).
> >
> > I then open my project, go to Tools / Resource Sharing and all 3 options
> > are
> > grayed out (including Share Resources) (problem #2).
> >
> > As far as I can tell, I have full admin rights through PWA (all Allow
> > boxes
> > checked on Global Permissions, and no Deny boxes checked anywhere).
> >
> > I suspect this is a permissions setup issue, but can't find where to
> > correct
> > it.
> >
> > 1. Should I see a list of resources when I open the Enterprise Resource
> > Pool?
> >
> > 2. Why am I not able to go to the Share Resources option?
> >
> > 3. Is there a better way to declare a project dormant so the resources
> > don't see the tasks?
> >
> > Thank you for your help. If there is some documentation or reference
> > material that explains this, please let me know.
> > --
> > Mary Stillman
> > Daleen Technologies
>
>
>

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