Re: change owner of project that is using only generic resources

From: Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\) ("Gary)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:58:35 -0500

Roxane:

The reason why you don't get the take ownership of the assignment option is
that assignments are not published to generic resources. When using only
generic resources, all assignment functionality is disabled. There are no
published assignments, therefore there's nothing to take over. With the
correct credentials (Administrator) You should be able to edit the project
owner from the Project Center Edit functionality. 

-- 
Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
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"Roxane" <Roxane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44A6D516-52EA-474B-9211-53E3168DD413@microsoft.com...
> Hi Dan,
>
> No the project manager(s) assuming ownership have not done this yet, I
> suppose when they do, their name will automatically be added to the "owner
> list" in PWA, which is what I ultimately want, so that I can restrict
access
> to projects to only their owners.  I was really looking for another way to
> add these managers to the owner's list so I can force ownership on them
(but
> I suppose they can be done other ways).
>
> Thanks, this will work, don't know why I didn't think of it:)
>
> "Dan Ross in Austin" wrote:
>
> > Roxane,
> >
> > Has the project manager who going to assume ownership of the project
opened
> > it with Project Professional selected "Collaborate>Publish>Republish
> > Assignments" and then ticked the box next to "Become the manager for
these
> > assignments"?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dan Ross in Austin
> >
> > "Roxane" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Gary,
> > >
> > > Yes, it is an enterprise plan.  I have generic resources set up in the
> > > enterprise resources pool. All our plans use these generic resources
to do
> > > resource forecasting, but we have many different managers creating
these
> > > plans.  We are not using the Project Managers Group, but are using a
> > > different group where these managers have the permission to create &
save
> > > projects...
> > >
> > > "Gary L. Chefetz (MVP)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Roxane:
> > > >
> > > > Is this plan actually an Enterprise plan? As defined by:
> > > >
> > > >
http://www.projectserverexperts.com/Shared%20Documents/enterpriseproject.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > >
> > > > Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
> > > > "We wrote the books on Project Server"
> > > > http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > > "Roxane" <Roxane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:0086881E-8F52-4C25-9935-557CE0EBBFE5@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a project plan that only contains generic resources and I
want to
> > > > > change the owner of that plan.  I open up project proffesional
2003, open
> > > > the
> > > > > plan & I go to Collaborate>Publish>Republish Assignments but I do
not get
> > > > the
> > > > > option to change the owner.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I try to change the owner of the plan in PWA. In the project
Center
> > > > view,
> > > > > I select edit for the plan I want, but get the message "There are
not
> > > > > enterprise custom fields to edit for the project".  How do I set
up these
> > > > > enterprise custom fields?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
> > > > > Roxane
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >