Enterprise Fields / Saving New Project to Project Server 2003

[mags]

I am stuck.

I created a new project plan, and I am trying to publish it to Project
Server 2003. I get the following:

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A window that says "Save Project to Enterprise"

This project contains task with error such as missing or invalid
required code values, or invalid task calendars. Changes to the project
cannot be saved until all errors have been corrected.

Then I get 4 columns
1 -Error - which says "Invalid Custom Field Value"
2 -Task Name - Name of my task
3 - Base Calendar - None
4 - Buyoff 5 - Enterprise Text7 - Invalid Custom Field Value and wants
me to select a value from my drop down list

Correct Errors by selecting valid task calendars or valid outline codes
values for all task and click ok to save the project.

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When I created my Project Server Enterprise Global Template, I imported
customize fields. I have gone into both the Global template for Project
and for Project Server and the field I created is there, it contains
the values in the drop down list I created for that field.

What I don't understand is why do I need to file this field in to save
my project to Project Server 2003?

I also created other customized fields with drop downs and they are not
asking for me to file in those?

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help!

Mags

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

mags:

Is the field defined as required? This would explain the behavior.

 

[mags]

I didn't know you could make a field required?

However, I created 6 customized enterprise text fields. Each field is
called Buyoff 1, Buyoff 2 etc. For each of these fields, I created a
value list, (the value list is an abbreviation of a department that
needs to buyoff for a particular task - i.e. Des is short for Design so
if Design says they are complete, they can select "DES" from the value
list.)

Do this make the fields required?

If so, I will need to come up with something else, I these are not
filled in when I create the project.

Hope this makes sense.

Mags!

 

[mags]

I didn't know you could make a field required?

However, I created 6 customized enterprise text fields. Each field is
called Buyoff 1, Buyoff 2 etc. For each of these fields, I created a
value list, (the value list is an abbreviation of a department that
needs to buyoff for a particular task - i.e. Des is short for Design so
if Design says they are complete, they can select "DES" from the value
list.)

Do this make the fields required?

If so, I will need to come up with something else, I these are not
filled in when I create the project.

Hope this makes sense.

Mags!