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Automatic overwriting "Task name", after saving
AndreB,
In a dynamic master file each inserted subproject is shown as a summary line. The subproject Task Name is the subproject's Project Summary Line Task Name, also known as the Project Title. Apparently at some point you manually changed the Task Name in the master file but that doesn't change the subproject Title or it's Project Summary Task name.
Here is an example of a master file with three inserted subprojects. The first subproject Title (Project Summary Line) is "Slack1". I changed the Task Name of that subproject's summary line insertion point to "First File" and saved all. Note that it did not change the Title of the first subproject.
Hope this helps your understanding.
Upon re-reading your post you mention that "78.25_rev01" was a subproject you originally had in your master file but don't use anymore. Did you delete it from your master and if so, how?
In a dynamic master file subprojects are not actually part of the master, rather, the master contains pointers to each individual subproject making it a linked structure that unfortunately is prone to corruption if rigorous file maintenance is not followed. Inserted subprojects must never be moved, renamed, overwritten or "saved off" to another location. Doing so will create a broken link structure (i.e. file corruption).
I suspect the "78.25_rev01" was not properly unlinked from the master and it is therefore still present as a link fragment in the total link structure.
John
Dear John,
thank you for sharing your knowledge and offering a solution for my case
Upon re-reading your post you mention that "78.25_rev01" was a subproject you originally had in your master file but don't use anymore. Did you delete it from your master and if so, how?
Yes, it was my first subproject uploaded to see how it worked and then I deleted it form the PROJECT MASTER PLANNER + renominated + moved to another folder... thanks to you, I realised that the pointer messed up somehow.
Moreover, instead of create a new subproject, I have copied multiple times the file "78.25_rev01", renominated and reused on my PROJECT MASTER PLANNER because I needed of the same structure.
//UPDATE BELOW
I did an extra attempt that it may have solve the issue.
Apparently, (as you reported with your example), renominating and saving were not sufficient...
Going to: Info / Project Information / Advanced properties, the title remained "78.25_rev01".
(see screenshot below)
After having renominated here, the issue seemed disappeared. Does it make sense?
AndreB
AndreB,
To answer your question, yes, changing the Title will allow the file to be used multiple times as a template for creating new files that can become new subprojects in a master. As I noted, you can also achieve that by showing the subproject's Project Summary Task and changing the Task Name field, which is the Title.
However, I have a concern about your master file structure. You indicate that in your initial testing you created the "78.25_rev01" to see how it would work as a subproject in your master. Then you say you deleted it. I asked before but didn't get an answer. How exactly did you "delete" it from the master? Simply selecting the subproject in the master and hitting "delete" is NOT the correct process. Yes, it will delete the subproject but it will also leave a link fragment in the subpproject and corrupt the structure. The correct process for removing a subproject from a dynamic master is to double click on the subproject's summary line insertion point in the master. That will bring up the Inserted Project Information window, similar to the screen shot below.
1. Select the Advanced tab.
2. De-select the "Link to project" option
3. Hit "OK"
4. Save and "Yes to all". That will effectively delete the link in the master AND the link in the subproject, leaving a "clean" break.
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John