Jason --
If a user is a member of the Resource Managers group or the Administrators
group, and the user imports a project using the Import Project Wizard, a
default setting in the Wizard will cause Project Server to import local
resources into the Enterprise Resource Pool. Does this describe the users
in question, and the situation that is causing this problem? If so, here is
how to eliminate it:
1. Click Tools - Enterprise Options - Import Project to Enterprise.
2. Select an MPP project and click the Open button.
3. In the Step 1 page of the Import Project Wizard, click the "Map
Resources" link.
4. In the Map Resources dialog, map each local resource to a matching
enterprise resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool.
In step #4 above, if you need to leave any resources as local resources,
then do not map them.
5. In the Map Resources dialog, click the OK button.
6. Click the "Continue to Step 2" link at the bottom of the Wizard
sidepane.
The Confirm REsources page in the Wizard is the source of your problem!
7. For each local resource listed on the Confirm Resources page, click the
pick list in the Import column and choose the NO value.
Notice how the default value in the Import column is Yes. It should be No,
and I reported this to Microsoft as a bug. They report back that this is
NOT a bug, and is working as designed!
8. Continue with each step of the Import Project Wizard until you have
imported the project.
The key here is that you need to make this a training and performance issue
with your users. Teach them that they MUST set the Import value to No for
each resource they want to leave as a local resource. An alternate solution
is to make these users ONLY members of the Project Managers group, because
members of that Group do not have permission to create or import enterprise
resources. Hope this helps.
