Re: Accessing Documents, Issues, and Risks

From: Dale Howard [MVP] ("Dale)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:59:16 -0600

Steve W --

The manager who saves the project in the Project Server database is
automatically given permission to view Risks, Issues, and Documents for that
project. I believe Katie was referring to team members only. Hope this
clarification helps. 

-- 
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"
"Steve W." <SteveW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:81B6D7E3-6236-481D-A237-5C4F2A11509C@microsoft.com...
> Katie,
>
> Thank you very much for your response.  So even when our Project Managers
> publish their projects and become the designated project manager in PWA, 
> they
> are still not considered to be a project resources until they assign
> themselves to a specific task.  I would have thought the software would
> consider Project Managers as resources regardless of whether or not they 
> are
> assigned to a specific task, but you learn something every day. 
> Especially
> with this product.
>
> Once again many thanks.
>
> "Katie" wrote:
>
>> Steve -
>>
>> In order to have access to Docs, issues, and risks - the
>> resource must be assigned to a minimum of one task on the
>> plan, it is not enough to simply add them to the project
>> team.  This does not apply if they have permissions to
>> view all projects.
>>
>> Hope this helps - we've been down that road before!
>> Katie
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Yes the permissions and global permissions are correctly
>> set
>> >
>> >"krs235" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not that I'm an expert (so hopefully one of them will
>> comment on your
>> >> problem as well), but in the past I've seen that come
>> up when the
>> >> person who was logged in didn't have access to that
>> part of project.
>> >> Are all of their permissions correct?
>> >>
>> >> Steve W. wrote:
>> >> > All our Project Managers have Windows authentication
>> and they have
>> >> had no
>> >> > problem getting into either Project Web Access or MS
>> Project
>> >> Professional
>> >> > 2003 using their Windows user accounts.  Both their
>> permissions and
>> >> global
>> >> > permissions allow them to view Documents, Risks, and
>> Issues.
>> >> However, when
>> >> > they open one of their projects in Project
>> Professional and go to
>> >> Collaborate
>> >> > and click on Documents, Issues, or Risks, they get a
>> dialog box
>> >> requesting
>> >> > their User ID, password, and domain.  The same dialog
>> box appears in
>> >> PWA when
>> >> > they try to upload a document or assign a risk or
>> issue.  Even when
>> >> their
>> >> > User ID and Passwork are entered correctly, the
>> dialog box always
>> >> re-appears
>> >> > and requests the information again. The result is
>> that the Project
>> >> Managers
>> >> > are unable to use Documents or Issues through Project
>> Professional.
>> >> It seems
>> >> > the problem could be some sort of disconnect between
>> Project Server
>> >> and WSS,
>> >> > but any information or advice would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >.
>> >
>>
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