Control display of outline code values based on project template

[MPS]

Hi Everyone,

I have a question and was wondering if there was a solution to this. We are
using multiple project templates for different types of projects. Now
depending on the project template selected, I would like to control the
values in the enterprise look up tables being displayed to the user
(available for the PMs to select on their Projects)

Is there a way we can achieve this functionality?

Thanks,
SB

 

[Guest]

Hello SB,

If I understand your question, you would like to create a template, allow a
project manager to use it to create a project and then some how prevent
the project manager from seeing some portion of the project.

If this is the case, the short answer is no, you can't really do this.

Anyone authorized to open any project with Microsoft Project can do any
thing they want with the information stored in the project. The Only thing
you can control externally is whether or not they can save the project back
to the project server.

So while you might be able to develop a VBA script and/or filter to selectively
hide some portion of the project, there is no way to keep them from unhiding
this data.

If you really need to enforce a policy like this I would suggest writing a
server
side event handler. It could be triggered before a project is saved, test to
be
sure the policies are not violated and then reject the save or clear the
offending
fields.

Bob Segrest, PMP