PWA 2003: Can a requestor see the old value before approving a resource update?

[Brian Tkatch]

PWA: 2003

After a resource has submitted a requested task update, a message is
sent to the requestor asking for approval.

Is there a way for the requestor to see the old-value before approving
the update in PWA? Or must it be looked at in Project itself?

B.

 

[Gaurav Wason]

Only way to see is in Project.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Brian --

The only way to know for sure is to compare the update with what you see in
the Microsoft Project plan. If the resource changed the Remaining Work
value, there is no direct way to determine the original Remaining Work
value. Therefore, if the team member changes the Remaining Work, I strongly
recommend that you require the team member to add a note with the following
information:

1. Starting value for Remaining Work
2. New value for the Remaining Work
3. Reason for adjusting the remaining work

Hope this helps.

 

[Brian Tkatch]

Brian --

The only way to know for sure is to compare the update with what you see in
the Microsoft Project plan. If the resource changed the Remaining Work
value, there is no direct way to determine the original Remaining Work
value. Therefore, if the team member changes the Remaining Work, I strongly
recommend that you require the team member to add a note with the following
information:

1. Starting value for Remaining Work
2. New value for the Remaining Work
3. Reason for adjusting the remaining work

Hope this helps.

Thanx, i appreciate the reply.

Is there a way to pull this information into the email? Hmm... or
maybe duplicate the column in the project itself only allow one to be
updated.

Just thinking. Perhaps those questions would be better answer in the
developer group.

B.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Brian --

As far as I know, no, this is not possible. But it wouldn't hurt to ask the
question the developer newsgroup for a second opinion. Hope this helps.

 

[Gaurav Wason]

Brian,

You can try this article to customize notification and reminders.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa164657(office.10).aspx

Let me know if this helps
--
Gaurav Wason
(e-mail address removed), MCP - Project Server
Project Made Easy (Project Archive Tool) and (Project Owner Tool)
http://projectmadeeasy.com

 

[Brian Tkatch]

Brian,

You can try this article to customize notification and reminders.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa164657(office.10).aspx

Let me know if this helps

Thanx. I will probably be looking at this later. If so, i ought to
respond then.

B.