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    - Gantt Viewer Hello, I'm looking for an application which help me to present at a Webpart or any Website some tasks, ms etc which I marked at the project prof. -- Asaf Shamay Matan - Business Process Consulting http://www.matan.cc Tag: limit special users Tag: 107709
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    - Project 200 with Outlook 2003? I am considering using Microsoft Project, but with the 2007 version around the corner, would probably want to wait for that version to be available. However, our office is using Microsoft Office2003, and we don't want to upgrade anytime soon. The question is if Project 2007 will able to integrate with Outlook 2003? Joe Dunfee Tag: limit special users Tag: 107706
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    - Forn View - Resource Work When assigning resource to task in the Resource Work view, the drop down resource list appears in Resource ID order. Is there a way for the drop down list to show Resource Name order? MSPLearner Tag: limit special users Tag: 107705
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    - Resource / Task Analysis for Excel Hi all I'm using Project 98. I have my tasks fully resourced. Some tasks have multiple resources. I want to create an Excel Extract that demonstrates all the Resources and the tasks assigned to them by Work. I trying to do this from the resource view but the tasks do not show. Is this something to do with the way I've setup the plan or is the feature not available. As an aside, I've noted that text fields cannot be incorporated into the analysis wizard - that a shame. Many thanks to all who reply H :-) Tag: limit special users Tag: 107704
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    - converting rows to columns in a table I have a master project with 5 sub projects with the same 4 milestones, I want to display a report with the milestone name as a column heading and the dates listed in the column so that a user can easily see the due dates of each milestone accross the projects by reading down the column. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107703
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    - Confused about total slack I can't figure out how MS Project calculates Total Slack. For most cases, it's LS - ES. However, that doesn't always hold. Have googled on this for hours but can't find an asnwer. Here's a simple example: - add two tasks to a new project, "a", "b" - make "b" a predecessor of "a" - add constraint MSO 6/1/06 on "b" - schedule forward with start date 6/12/06 MS Project 2003 calulcates the following (TS=total slack, FS=free slack, SS=start slack) (1) task a: ES=6/12 EF=6/12 LS=5/31 LF=5/31 TS=-8 FS=0 SS=-8 (2) task b: ES=6/1 EF=6/1 LS=6/1 LF=6/1 TS=-8 FS=0 SS=-8 Both tasks have the same slack, even though they have different values for LS-ES or LF-EF. Task b has the same dates for ES/EF/LS/LF yet the TS is not 0. This shows that TS cannot be computed from just ES/EF/LS/LF. How does MS Project exactly calculate Total Slack? Anybody have a formula (the english explanation in Microsoft Project Help isn't very complete) Thank's very much! Tag: limit special users Tag: 107695
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    - Webmaster Contact Info Can the webmaster for http://project.mvps.org please contact me? The e-mail on the website was returned. jeaksel@yahoo.com Thanks Tag: limit special users Tag: 107693
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    - underallocation i am not sure about naming my subject as underallocation. i have task = 3h work it is fixed work also, only 1 resource is allocated for it the allocation unit is 100% and the plan is distributing this work between 2 days as 1.5 h in one day and 1.5 in the following day. also, there is no other task assigned in this day to my resource and working hours are 6.5 h/day my 1st question is why do the MS project distributed like this instead of putting the whole 3 h in one day?? the 2nd question when i change the unit of this resource to 200% it is marked red as overallocated, why is this happening? please, advise. thanks, ddd.... Tag: limit special users Tag: 107690
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    - Can I print starting at the bottom of the page to the top? I am trying to print on paper that has a cut out at the top, so it won't feed through my printer without getting jammed. Is there a way that I can have the bottom of the invitation printed first, so I can insert the straight edge of the invitation into the printer Tag: limit special users Tag: 107689
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    - how do i hide colum name in group option When i group my project by any column i see there column name and then group. I want to see column title and name instead. Is there anyway Thanks Tag: limit special users Tag: 107686
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    - how do i set up a report for future resource utilization levels? I am looking for a method for MS Project to show percentage utilisation across billable and nonbillable tasks for approx 20 resources for past, present and planned (future) projects. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107677
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    - Roll up baselines I'm reading project help. I want to save a baseline for some specific tasks as my schedule is not complete.It says under 'roll up baselines' I am not sure exactly what roll up means. It says if I want baseline data for selected tasks to be rolled up to those tasks' summary tasks' select the 'to all summary tasks' check box. What does roll up do? thanks Tag: limit special users Tag: 107676
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    - Progress report HI, This should be pretty easy but I can't figure how to do it. I need a way to create a report that shows the progress from a given status date...I need to know what the remaining work is and what the remaining work should be a the given point. I would like it in a table format, not the graphical representation in the Gantt. Any suggestions? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107673
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    - Totla time of task How can I make the total time for a task not include time when there are no subtasks. For example a task of developing a learning package might contain 4 sub-tasks each of 6 days duration but the total task time for development is given as 45 days because there are gaps between the end of one sub task and the beginning of another. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107670
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    - How to schedule resource morning and afternoon task time? I would like to know how to schedule a resource for one task to the morning and another task to the afternoon. If the morning tasks takes longer then it should skip to the next day, not schedule for the afternoon. Here is the situation. I have two projects to work on. One for my customer and one internal to the company. I would like to split my resource time into two daily groups, morning and afternoon. I would like all customer project tasks to be scheduled in the morning and all internal project tasks for the afternoon. How can I do this? -- Regards, Martin Tag: limit special users Tag: 107669
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    - Duration is not accurate I have created a schedule using the default calendar of 40 hour weeks and 8 hour days. I have then adjusted the calendar to reflect the standard working time for our company which is 37.5 hours weeks and 7.5 hours days. The task bars have now all been slightly adjusted. For example I have a 10 day task that finishes a few hours before the end of the 10th day. So the succeeding task starts a few hours earlier. Anyone got any idea on how I might fix this? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107661
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    - How do you create a cashflow graph for fixed costs? I am trying to create a visual cashflow graph that can display the project's fixed costs allocated over the course of the project, and set it to compare against the Gantt chart. Right now all I can seem to find is a printable cashflow report that lists the fixed costs prorated over their specified task durations and totals them by week or month. It would be much more useful to me if this information could be plotted in graphical form to compare to the actual project schedule. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107659
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    - collaboration using email I am using Project 2002. When I use email collaboration and publish information the email sent to the resource gets an attachment with a .MTM. There no way the resource can accept the task nor it gets updated in his Outlook task list. How can I sort this out? Shanaka Tag: limit special users Tag: 107655
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    - How do i create dynamically linked tasks? i want to add a summary for the milestones in the plan. so, i want this summary to be linked dynamically with each milestone that is positioned late on in the plan. thanks, Tag: limit special users Tag: 107654
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    - Date Format on Gantt Chart Hello, I am trying to show complete date next to milestone on the Gantt Chart, but it appears only day and month (dd/mm). How to show complete date dd/mm/yyyy ? Regards, Stevan Tag: limit special users Tag: 107649
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    - sombody sent a file, but i can't download it, every time a try to download an emal, i get an error saying that the computer needs to know who sends it. but still i can't open or download the file. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107642
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    - Can't manually move tasks (rearrange) I did this frequently with no problems up until just now. I suddenly can't manually move a task. I usually would click the row ID (grey block) to select the task in the entry table and then release the mouse, and position the mouse back onto the same row ID block. I would then get a different cursor shape which allowed me to click and drag the block up or down and so would move the task higher or lower in the table. Suddenly the cursor remains a selection arrow after I initially click the row ID block. Even after I release the mouse and reposition the cursor, it stays a selection arrow. Clicking a dragging the row ID block just selects more rows instead of moving the row. Did I break something? MS Project 2003 -Chuck Tag: limit special users Tag: 107635
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    - How to automatically level resolve under-allocations ? Hi all, I'm new here but have been a (periodically frustrated) MSP user for some time now... One thing that we've always tried to do but never managed to achieve cleanly is schedule a background task (for example maintenance or support activity for a software project) that can sweep up resource availability across the project automatically. For example if we are a team of 4 developing an iteration of a software product, and we are also expecting 1 FTE worth of effort across the team to be dedicated to fixing bugs that come through, I'd like to set up a background task, assign it 4 resources, and have it 'soak up' any spare availability from the team. Or to put it another way, automatic resource levelling would allocate maximum units to formally planned tasks and any spare units to the 'bug fixing'. The amount of unti allocation would change as I change the formally planned tasks. Naturally if there were not enough spare units from the formal plan to support the desired effort required in the bug fixing task, I'd expect the schedule to expand accordingly. The reason we need this is that day to day, developers activities change, and the only way I can see of achieving the above is to block out one resource to do the bug fixing at 100% allocation. This makes day to day tracking enourmously fiddly as a day not spent on bug fixing by this resource has to be manually re-allocated. I spotted the use of 'Maintenance and Operations Work' here http://blogs.msdn.com/dieterz/ but this looks like it's in the enterprise web based interface for server 2007 - not in project itself... Help ! (appreciated) ! Tag: limit special users Tag: 107631
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    - Non working weekends not working Folks, I'm a newbie to Project and I have some challenges using the application. I have tried and read documentation but nothing seems to be working. That is why I am sending this. Scenario: I have tasks that bridge over weekends and instead of the system to treat them as non working days, it takes them as working days. For example, I have a task that is for 10 days and starts on 20th, Project tells me it ends on 28th. That is even 9 days and it counts the weekend days. All the tasks are using Project Standard calendar. Thanks Tag: limit special users Tag: 107629
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    - Can we customize a number field as a % type field I was wondering if we can customize a number field to use as a % type. I tried and I could not. -AM Tag: limit special users Tag: 107619
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    - how do u get the layout choices??? u no when u need to make he pictures behind or ahead of a picture?? can u plz help me and tell me asap Tag: limit special users Tag: 107615
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    - Divorce Acutal Costs from Most Calculations I think many of us would like to see this. It is very challenging to maintain proper Earned Value when Project continuously adjusts work/remaining work/remaining costs, etc. by Actual values. Even with allowing Project to Calculate Actuals field turned off, this is still a problem. There are certain fields that use the Actual Cost or Actual Work field in later calculations. Example: A task is scheduled for 80 hours and 10 business days, fixed work, baselined, worker gets paid $10/hr. On the status date, the worker says "I am 25% complete, but it has taken me 30 hours to get this far." The problem is that if I enter 25% complete into project, the Actual Work column changes to 20 hours. This is incorrect ... his actual work is 30 hours. If I change Actual work to 30 hours, the %Work Complete changes. Wrong. If I enter an Actual Cost of $300, the CPI calculates correctly. However, I am being mislead in that I am inferring that 20 hours of "real work" cost me $300. In reality, I may have underbid the task and assumed the worker was more efficeint than actual performance. It is my opinion that I should be able to take "time card data" or "actuals" from a separate accounting system and send these to Actual Work/Actual Cost and have things calculate correctly. Otherwise, I am leaving it up to my worker to say... "Well, I am 25% complete but I have only been working x% as effectively as my bid so my ACWP is $300 or 30 hours" I feel I need a better match between Actual Work and Actual Cost. Actual Work (to me, time card values) has very little to do with the Work Completed... work completed is BCWP and it has nothing to do with cost or a time card entry. So, please agree or educate me. Thanks jim I feel we need to be able to take "time card data" and enter it in to actual work. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=f1c09fe5-4517-4939-afa9-2dea60746828&dg=microsoft.public.project Tag: limit special users Tag: 107607
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    - MS-PROJECT PROFESSIONAL AND CLIENT/SERVER I have been programming with MS-PROJECT using VBA with a oracle database. I import/export data but i have been working in a local machine and now i need create a client/server application because many users will work with MS-Project from a server. How can i do to create a client/server application? Any ideas?... Tag: limit special users Tag: 107601
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    - Microsoft Database Files and Tracking Mulitple Projects We are running a MS Project Database (MPD) with a twenty or so small projects stored within, each of which are inserted into a master project file also located within the same Database. The whole database file has developed thru several generations, ( A generation occurs when we have saved the database to a new name)â?¦â?¦.the problem that arises is ensuring the actual location of the data of the inserted projects â?¦and avoiding unintentional changes to source data. I am now trying to ensure we keep track of the inserted files ( they do not follow the saved out database)â?¦..so I need to be sure I can get the individual projects back into the master database file. What is the best form of managing this? Opening the Projects Table in Access indicates a data source pathâ?¦â?¦â?¦.but this does not match the locations indicated in the Gant view or source.......which correct ? and what happens if you need to move the database ? -- Rgds Bob Tag: limit special users Tag: 107599
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    - Allocating multiple resources to a task does not shorten the durat Hi, This problem is happening with several tasks on my plan. When I try and allocate more people to a activity, it starts to decrease the duration (the task type is default, effort driven). But it gets to a point where by allocating a resouce, it reduces the duration by just a day whilst reducing the work of the other resources. I need to throw people at the activity to reduce the duration and meet a deadline. But throwing more people at it is not helping. Any ideas Frank Tag: limit special users Tag: 107598
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    - View updates Can some explain to me how to easily display the latest updates to my project plan to upper management viewers. They can look at the task and see this has been updated since the last version Tag: limit special users Tag: 107596
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    - Any way to link tasks by WBS no.? It would be helpful to me to have a more meaningful ID with which to link MS Project tasks when I go to enter them from our team's post it notes on the wall than Project's ID number. Any suggestions, I hope, or any other ideas? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107586
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    - Any way to link tasks by WBS no.? It would be helpful to me to have a more meaningful ID with which to link MS Project tasks when I go to enter them from our team's post it notes on the wall than Project's ID number. Any suggestions, I hope? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107585
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    - Can Project show me just the paths and their lengths? I want to paths and how long they are; I'm entering in a project from post it notes pasted on the wall and I want to verify I have made all the linkages. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107584
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    - Project Report Options Is there a way to replicate Resource Availability, from the Gannt View, on the MS Project report options? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107583
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    - Page numbers in Project I have a 2 page MPP file with a hard page break. I need to number the first page A-7 and the second page A-8 so they show up in view and on printed copy. When using the footer feature, I cannot get different page numbers. Instead the same page number appears on both pages. What is the obvious I am missing? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107582
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    - Linking multiple projects using MS Project (Standard edition) How can you link multiple projects using MS Project Standard? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107573
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    - Rejecting/hiding tasks in project web access I am trying to remove some tasks in Project Web Access as I dont need them. Some of the tasks I just reject and it removes them but when I reject otherit says: This task could not be rejected for following reasons: <Task Name>: this task is a non working time. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Tag: limit special users Tag: 107570
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    - project risk analysis I am interested in risk analysis of projects. I mean risk assessment beside economic feasibility study. Surveying our library, I found 'Project Risk Management' Chapman (2004) and read it. It has a good general perspective of risk management and gives a step-by-step methodological approach. However it doesn't exactly give me a technical view ie the statistical background to assess a project's risk. Due to lack of experience in the field I am puzzled how to take the path forward. I know that I should find the probability distribution of a risky unwanted event but I know no other way than expert opinion or just past experience on frequency of the event. It is mentioned that a software armed with Monte Carlo method like @risk or MainOpt is useful but I have no access to them. Let's mention that my major is economics, MA and engineering mechanics BS. I have recently studied project management and passed a course for strategic management. Thanks for the help Tag: limit special users Tag: 107562
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    - How to install a plug-in for TeamCenter project We like to run TeamCenter project together with Ms Project. Therefore we have to install a plug-in. We have done this bud without luck. Please advise how to handle Tag: limit special users Tag: 107559
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    - PDS Extender - Registry Entry Access Problem hi, I have registered the PDS Extender successfully and it is working fine. It has an entry in the registry on the virtual path. But if an entry is already present on the same path for another extender and that extender has some problem, then Project Server does not reach/recognize my extender and returns from the registry entry having problem. For example i have registry entry "PDSExtensionEx2" value "Microsoft.ProjectServer.Extension.General" on the path "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\MS Project\WebClient Server\ProjectServer]" and having no problem. There is already an entry: "PDSExtensionEx1" value "ProjectRenamer.CMain" on the same path and that extender having some problem (i.e. extender not configured properly or no DLL is present against that entry etc.) then Project Server returns from the entry "PDSExtensionEx1" and does not reach to my extender entry "PDSExtensionEx2". During installation, it is not wise to rename or delete the registry entry for other extender. Is there any workaround of this problem? Thanks Tag: limit special users Tag: 107558
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    - How do I insert a text (not a task) to the entry screen? I want to annotate my project plan by putting in text in the entry screen of a gantt chart. I know I could do this with previous versions of MS Project how come 2003 does not allow me.. or is there a way? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107553
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    - How to merge all layers and... keep them merged or flattened? I want to create logo's and have all the graphics, lines and text show up as one piece of artwork on the finished page. This includes any text boxes I use. TYIA Tag: limit special users Tag: 107552
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    - Adding New Value to Global Outline Code I'd like to know if it's possible to add new values to the global outline code using Project VBA API and not having to rely on PDS? Currently I'm able to do what I need to do while the project is open but when I close the project and reopen the same project, the new value added to the outline code disappear. I know it's doing that because the new values doesn't get save in the global. I need to be able to save the new value in the global outline code using Project VBA API (if possible). Thanks in advance. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107550
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    - Levelling Do you always have to level when doing updates to the plan? I work on a large plan with about 3000 lines and the Director always suggests to level the plan almost daily. The expected end date changes constantly. It's pushed the end date 4 months more. Please advise Teresa Tag: limit special users Tag: 107541
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    - How do I link Project with Outlook? I recently started using Project and would really like to link the tasks to my Outlook calendar so I don't have to look at different places for all of my tasks. I tried looking it up, but am not finding much help. Can anyone here help me? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107540
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    - Incorrect Total Sum when Filtering MS Project 2003. I am in Resource Usage View. I have another column displayed such as %complete or a text field, say Text1. All the resouce hours total up for Work just fine. Howerver, if I apply a filter ... say I auto filter on one of the items in Text1 or %complete, then the correct filtered lines show up, but the total values remain unchanged. I want to be able to run a filter and have the total reflect the total of the filtered values only, not all values. How? Or is this simply a feature? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107538
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    - Resource Pool - resource usage view time scale I have a resource pool file created Jan 2006 that is now in use a common pool across the enterprise. The start period of the timescale in the resource usage view always defaults May 2006. Is there a way to change this default? We are in the midst of 2007 budget planning and it would be nice to see resource usage views start Jan 2007. I do understand that you can set the start/end period when printing the view. Thanks in advance. Tag: limit special users Tag: 107531
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    - Archiving projects How do you archive a completed project or one that has ended prior to completion? -- Fred Jackson Tag: limit special users Tag: 107529
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    - Import wizard won't recognize Excel source file worksheet name. Anyone know how to fix this problem? Tag: limit special users Tag: 107525

Hello

I need to limit some users and just allow them to update %complete.

Isn't it realy possible? If not, Why can its brother (Excel) but MSP can't?

Thanks

Re: limit special users by Rob

Rob
Sun Jul 23 10:52:33 CDT 2006

Bahareh wrote:
> Hello
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> I need to limit some users and just allow them to update %complete.
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> Isn't it realy possible? If not, Why can its brother (Excel) but MSP can't?
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> Thanks
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Not in in Project. Why it's not possible? Dunno. I suspect it simply
because it's best practice not to let anyone who doesn't know how to
properly use project should be using Project to begin with.

Excel and Project are two completely different products with different
purposes.

RE: limit special users by ManmeetChaudhari

ManmeetChaudhari
Mon Jul 24 00:30:01 CDT 2006

Hi
What you expect is possible but only through Project Server.
Each user will have a web page through he/she can update %complete
May be you should try the EPM solution

Manmeet Chaudhari
Technical Trainer
Maestros Mediline Systems Ltd
Mumbai

"Bahareh" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I need to limit some users and just allow them to update %complete.
>
> Isn't it realy possible? If not, Why can its brother (Excel) but MSP can't?
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> Thanks
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Re: limit special users by Jan

Jan
Mon Jul 24 01:20:25 CDT 2006

Hi,

IMHO Excel isn't Project's brother
Project has been adopted in the Office family but it is from a different
descent.
Where they look alike it's a coincidence, where they are different it's
quite normal

Greetings,

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
For FAQs: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
"Bahareh" <Bahareh@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:46818EEA-4B97-40F9-B443-206293BED31F@microsoft.com...
> Hello
>
> I need to limit some users and just allow them to update %complete.
>
> Isn't it realy possible? If not, Why can its brother (Excel) but MSP
can't?
>
> Thanks
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>
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