Linking Tasks in MS PRoject

[GeorgeD]

I have a number of detail projects that want to group into a larger
summary project, with just the summary lines from the detail groups.

when I link the tasks, using the methods in all of the Help files, I
get an entry in both schedules, which it don't want. I also get the
information in the summary schedule, but not the work updates, just
the durations.

What i am looking for this:

Project Detail
Duration
Work Pred.
Detail summary 3 Days 6 hours
Task A 1 day 2
hours
Task B 1 day 2
hours Task A
Task C 1 day 2
hours Task B



when I link Detail Summary into Project Summary, I get something like
this
Project Summary 3 Days 0 hours
detail summary 3 Days 6 Hours
Project summary Task line 0 days 0 hours


I want the project Summary to reflect the duration of 3 days, which it
appears to do, and the work to be refelected, so when i add detail
project 2 and detail project 3 and detail project 4, and so on, i can
get an idea of how i am doing for all of the detail projects.

any ideas?

 

[Andrew Lavinsky]

A couple of things:

1) Have you tried using a Master Project? This works well in the desktop
version of Microsoft Office Professional. Just open a new project, and then
INSERT > PROJECT and insert the subprojects into your Master Project. If
you are using server 2003, DO NOT SAVE this master project to the Server
(if you can, which depends on whether or not your Admin set it up that way).
If you're using MSPS 2007, you can save a Master Project to the server.

2) Since you did post this in the server newsgroup, and I think you're looking
for a global view of multiple projects, have you tried using a custom filter
or view in Project Center?

I think #1 will probably solve your problem, but if you post more information,
I could help you out a bit more.

Rgds,

-A

 

[GeorgeD]

inserting the detail schedules would work, except that I am talking
somewhere in the neighorhoodof 100 detail schedules, of over 300 lines
each. that's why i want to do this in the first place, so i can keep
all of the details, yet still still get a picture of the overall
project.

thanks for the information. i'll look into other options.