Re: Help - ERP Resources set to Inactive

From: Vaughn Fox (vfox_at_alc.ca)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:04:31 -0400

Thanks for the input Gary, I've came to the same conclusion.

FYI: I've recently purchased both of your (you and Dale Howard) PS books,
I've found both to be an excellent source of information. I'm sure I'll be
ordering another set shortly as I'll have these 2 worn out from constant use
in no time! Thanks for these much needed resources.

"Gary L. Chefetz (MVP)" <gary.nospam at chefetz.org> wrote in message
news:e9TBIemHFHA.1476@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Vaughn:
>
> Sounds like a glitch with your AD synch. The easiest way to reset everyone
> to active is to open the pool, expose the column in the resource ***,
and
> use the fill handle to drag the values in the column.
>
> --
>
> Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
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> "Vaughn Fox" <vfox@alc.ca> wrote in message
> news:e6AnwhZHFHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Every resource in my ERP somehow got set to "Inactive" with the
exception
> of
> > members of the Project Managers and Resource Managers groups, I have no
> idea
> > why or how.
> >
> > We do a scheduled import of account information from AD each night and
all
> > was well earlier in the day. After this occured in PS, I verified the
> > accounts the accounts in AD were still all active, and did a manual
> > syncronization with AD via the Admin pages in PWA, no luck. Shouldn't
> this
> > have worked?
> >
> > To solve my trouble I logged in to Admin PWA and manually reset each
> > resource (what fun!) to "Active".
> >
> >
> >
> > What could have made such a sweeping change?
> >
> >
> > Is there another way to make a sweeping change back to Active should I
> ever
> > find myself in this mess again?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Vaughn Fox
> >
> >
> >
>
>