Task creation problem via PWA

[Vinu Kumar T K]

Hi All,

I am using Project 2003 and Project Professional 2003. While I am creating
tasks for my existing projects via PWA, its not getting updated properly. Is
it good idea to create tasks via PWA? or can we disable the users not to
create tasks via PWA but they should able to create and assign tasks via
Project Professional.

Please help me on this.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Vinu Kumar T K

 

[Paul Conroy]

I would strongly recommend that all task updates and scheduling is performed
in Project Professional for PS2003.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Vinu --

If you are a project manager, you should create the new tasks in Microsoft
Project Professional. Hope this helps.

 

[Joel P.]

You can disable features in PWA, such as users creating new tasks or
assigning themselves to existing tasks. In fact I recommend it. To do so:
1. Click "Admin" in PWA
2. Click "Server Configuration"
3. Under "Tasks", click "Deny" and deselect "Allow" for:
a. "Create new task or assignment"
b. "New Task assignment"
c. "New Project Task"

When experimenting with changing such settings, I strongly recommend testing
out the changes first in a separate test environment. You can use alternate
end-user and project manager logon IDs to see the end user impacts, as admins
can see different options as configured (I use terminal server/remote
desktop to logon concurrently to multiple IDs). This will allow you to fully
understand the impact of changes, which then empowers you to accurately
describe the change to Project Managers and staff before the change is made,
thereby reducing impact.

Warm regards,

joel