Differential sync to actual -

[Project Planner - University]

Is it possible to have REAL resources in MSProject 2003 SP3 synced to actual
and the GENERIC resources NOT sync to actual after having set %-complete on
tasks with Generic-ONLY sources.

In other words ... we'd like to track technical progress on tasks that only
have GENERIC resources assigned ... thus, if we set a %-complete, it will
estimate the remaining work on that task for that generic resource.

If I do this now, it resets that task back to 0% as the GENERICS don't
report time via PWA.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

It sounds like you may be using managed time periods. Is this case, and if
so why?

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[Project Planner - University]

Yes, we are using managed time periods because the organization is exporting
all the reported timesheet data to finance to bill the appropriate funding
sources for the actual hours worked.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

You have two choices:

1) Remove the generics from the tasks you track manually within project, or
make them *local* generic resources

2) Turn off Managed time periods long enough to make the changes and
republish overwriting actual work.

I think your best bet is one of the variants of option number one.

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