Consolidated Schedule Editing with No Impact to Source Schedules

[Todd]

Hello,

I am in the process of consolidating multiple project schedules into one
centralized schedule, and not all of the tasks/subtasks contained in the
subproject schedules are relevant for the consolidated schedule. What I
ultimately want to do is link all of the subschedules into the cons. schedule
but still retain the ability to edit/remove tasks in the consolidated
schedule at will without affecting the subproject schedule. When I make the
changes in the consolidated schedule and choose YES to save that schedule but
NO to save the suproject schedules, the edits in the consolidated schedule
are gone. Whew, thats tough to follow.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

 

[John]

Hello,

I am in the process of consolidating multiple project schedules into one
centralized schedule, and not all of the tasks/subtasks contained in the
subproject schedules are relevant for the consolidated schedule. What I
ultimately want to do is link all of the subschedules into the cons. schedule
but still retain the ability to edit/remove tasks in the consolidated
schedule at will without affecting the subproject schedule. When I make the
changes in the consolidated schedule and choose YES to save that schedule but
NO to save the suproject schedules, the edits in the consolidated schedule
are gone. Whew, thats tough to follow.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

TMG,
That is because when you create a dynamically consolidated master, the
subprojects are not actually part of the master, rather the master only
contains pointers (links) to each of the subproject schedules.
Therefore, when you "save" but select "no" for saving changes to the
subprojects, the effect is that none of the changes made at the master
level are saved - anywhere.

One solution to your issue is to create a static master instead of a
dynamic master. When you uncheck the "link to project" in the lower
right corner of the Insert Project window, each subproject will
literally be copied into the master. The master then becomes a wholly
independent file with no links to the subprojects. This will allow you
to edit the master to your heart's content and it will NOT affect the
subprojects. The disadvantage is that the static master is a snapshot in
time and will not track changes made in subprojects.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP