Karen --
Who told you this? I cannot confirm what they told you about the
relationshp between the Timesheet Approval process, the Portfolio Analyzer,
and other PWA views. What I can tell you for certain is that there is a
difference between approving timesheets (using the Timesheet Approval
process) and updating task updates from the Updates page PWA into the
Microsoft Project plan. These are two entirely different operations and
should not be confused. Furthermore, did you know that PM's can update
tasks updates from timesheets that have not yet been approved?
The information that appears in the Portfolio Analyzer is information that
has been updated from PWA into the Microsoft Project plan and then published
by the project manager. The information will appear in the Portfolio
Analyzer the next time the OLAP Cube is rebuilt, and will appear regardless
of whether anyone approved timesheets using the Timsheet Approval feature.
The latest published project information will also appear in Project Center
views, detailed Project views, and Resource assignment views, regardless of
whether anyone approved timesheets using the Timesheet Approval feature.
As I stated earlier, I could be wrong about this, and will gladly invite
others to correct me if they have first-hand knowledge about this topic.
Hope this helps.