error messages

[David Baker]

We were trying to change a resources calendar and changed
some items in some of the enterprise / global templates
(we think). Now we are getting the following messages
whenever we try to open any of the existing projects


On some projects (when opened) we get the following:

The enterprise global already contains a view named
Resource Usage. Do you want to replace the view with the
one from the enterprise global, replace all items with
duplicate names, rename the view in the project, or cancel
opening the project? and then...

Error Message: "There is a table named &Entry in this
project which cannot be overwritten. Press OK to rename it
or press Cancel to Cancel opening the project.

If you press OK, you get a dialog box: "New name for task
table from 'project name here':

Next message: The enterprise global already contains a
table named Usage.
Do you want to replace the table with the one from the
enterprise global, replace all items with duplicate names,
rename the table in the project, or cancel opening the
project?


(we are using project server 2002, project professional,
and have 15 enterprise resources)

Help!!! What did we do?
How can we change things back to where we don't get these
messages?

Thanks,
David

 

[Dale Howard]

David --

My son-in-law is David Baker. You aren't him, are you? Just kidding!

The solution to your issue is pretty straight foward. While you were
working in the Enterprise Global, you somehow applied a non-enterprise View
and several non-enterprise Tables. This caused the View and the Tables to
be copied into your Enterprise Global library of enterprise features
available to all users of Microsoft Project in your environment. The
Enterprise Global should be limited to only those Views, Tables, Filters,
Groups, Reports, etc., that are actually true enterprise features and should
not include Views such as the Gantt Chart or Resource Sheet views. Here's
how to fix the issue:

1. Open the Enterprise Global
2. Apply the Enterprise Gantt Chart view (this will display a true
enterprise View)
3. Click View - Table - Enterprise Entry (this will apply a true enterprise
Table)
4. Click Tools - Organizer
5. In the list of Views on the right side (which are found in the
Checked-Out Enterprise Global), select the Resource Usage view, then click
the Delete button
6. In the list of Views on the right side, select any other Views that are
not an enterprise View, and delete them as well
7. Click the Tables tab
8. In the list of task Tables on the right side, select any non-enterprise
Tables and delete them
9. At the top of the Tables page, select the Resource option
10. In the list of resource Tables on the right side, select any
non-enterprise Resource tables (such as Entry and Usage) and then delete
them
11. Click the Close button
12. Save and close the Enterprise Global
13. Close Microsoft Project 2002 and then relaunch it to receive the latest
changes to the Enterprise Global, and then ask all of your project managers
to do the same

When you are editing the Enterprise Global, and before you save it and close
it, I believe that it is a good idea to click Tools - Organizer and then to
make sure that there are no non-enterprise Views or Tables which have crept
in accidentally. Hope this helps.

 

[David Baker]

*laughs* I doubt it, as my father-in-law has difficulties
using the remote...
Great answer to my question, worked perfectly. Is there a
way to tell between enterprise and non-enterprise views?
Is it just looking at the list on the left?

Thanks again.

David

 

[Dale Howard]

David --

The list of Views, Tables, Filters, Groups, and Reports on the left side of
the Organizer dialog box are those features found in each user's Global.mpt
file. These are the default features that are installed with Microsoft
Project 2002 and all of them are non-enterprise features.

A personal best practice that I might recommend is to use a standard naming
convention for each new enterprise feature that you create in the Enterprise
Global. I notice that your e-mail address is from National Financial
Partners (NFP). If I worked at NFP and were creating custom enterprise
Views, Tables, Filters, Groups, or Reports, I would use a naming convention
that used the characters "_NFP" at the beginning of each enterprise feature
name (the double quotes are not used in the actual character string). For
example, a new enterprise View that would be used to show project cost
variance might be named _NFP Cost Variance in your Enterprise Global.

The underscore character is used to force the custom enterprise feature to
the top of every menu, such as the View menu or the Table menu. The NFP
string tells you and each user that this is a company enterprise feature.
The "_NFP" string at the beginning of each name is so unique that no one
should have trouble distinguishing your custom enterprise features from
default non-enterprise features or your user's personal non-enterprise
features. Hope this helps.