Default resource pool

[a-ron]

Hi all,

I'm a bit of a Project Newbie, so forgive me if this is a no-brainer:

I've created a resource pool that I wish to share among every projec
that I create going forward... How do I set it as the default resourc
pool so that I don't have to go through the whole 'Tools-Resourc
Sharing-Share Resources-blah-blah' every time.

I've created a project template, set my desired resource pool, an
saved... When I try to create a project using that template it ha
automatically reverted back to "use own resources" instead of the share
resource pool that I had set it to.

Is there a way to set my resource pool as the default for all ne
project files? ... Somewhere in the global organizer perhaps?

Please let me know if anyone can help.

Thanks,
Aaro

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Aaron --

There is not way to set the resource pool file as the default for every new
project. Therefore, for each new project, you will need to go through the
Toosl - Resource Sharing - Share Resources -blah blah every time. Hope this
helps.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Aaron,

Have you tried recording a macro to do this and then place a button on the
toolbar to activate it?


Mike Glen
Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials

 

[Jim Aksel [MVP]]

Glen - that made me think of something...
A macro can be set to run automatically on startup.

Go to the VBE (Alt+F11)
In the ProjectGlobal (Global.mpt) section
Microsoft Project Object
ThisProject (Global.mpt)

Here is the code you need:

Private Sub Project_Open(ByVal pj As Project)
Call Put_Name_Of_Macro_Here
End Sub

The macro needs to be stored in the Global.mpt.
Be carefule, if you call a macro it could kill your ability to open project
at all. For example, if the macro was "Close Project" then you would never
be able to get into project until you preplaced your Global.mpt.

Hope that helps

Jim Aksel, MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Aaron,

(Jim, Aaron confesses to being a newbie and is thus unlikely to know how to
incorporate your code, though the idea of an auto start-up macro could
appeal to Aaron.)

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #16 on macros, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site,
Thanks.)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Rod Gill]

This would work, but I cringed a bit when I read it. I would hate from a
process point of view for a project to be added to a pool without an audit
first to confirm the resource assignments are realistic. Garbage In-Garbage
Out and all that.

Given the risks of a Resource Pool from corruption if a file is moved,
renamed or over-written I would need good quality data to make it
worthwhile!

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com