Status Tracking issues

[Garon]

I have set the following in PWA Admin
"Specificy the Default method for reporting progress on tasks" to
'Percentage Complete'
"Lock down defaults" to 'Allow Project managers to change the default ...'

After saving these settings I closed down PWA, Project Professional and even
tried a cold reboot of my workstation.

When I go and create a new Project i find two issues;
a) I can not find anywhere in Project Professional options to change the
reporting method and
b) It creates the project using the method "Remaining Work". "Remaining
Work" was the method I was previously using and I still have a number of
active projects using that method. I want to create a new project using
"Percentage Complete" instead of "Remaining Work"

Can anyone advise
a) Have I overlooked something
b) Can you have mixed methods in none installation
c) Does anyone know of any faults or limitations to the product in this area

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Garon --

If you have in-progress projects in the Project Server database, they will
continue to use the former method of tracking progress, even after you
change the default method of tracking progress in Project Server. To change
this for each project, you must do the following:

1. Open the project
2. Click Tools - Customize - Published Fields
3. Select the new method of tracking at the top of the dialog
4. Click OK
5. Click Collaborate - Publish - Republish Assignments and then click OK

Step #5 is absolutely required, as this will "push" the new method of
tracking to each resource's timesheet page in PWA. Do know, however, that
only UNSTARTED tasks will be impacted by the change in the default method of
tracking. In-progress tasks will continue to use the former method of
tracking until they are completed. Hope this helps.

 

[Garon]

Thanks Dale,

I do not want to change the Method on the existing projects. I want
existing projects to continue using "Remaining Work".

I would like my new Project only to use "Percentage Complete".

a) Have I overlooked a setting to allow the method to be changed
b) Can you have mixed methods in none installation
c) Does anyone know of any faults or limitations to the product in this area
d) Where in Prj Prof. does the manager define the method for this project.