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Automatic overwriting "Task name", after saving
Hello Community, I am asking assistance for an easy issue but so annoying: when I save a MS Project file, the row modified loses its Task Name, overwriting itself, with apprarently no reason. It is so crucial to not overwrite because I lose my work team references. Here a breakdown: I have create a MS Project file named "PROJECT MASTER PLANNER". I have imported SubProjects on the rows. I modify one or more SubProject directly on "PROJECT MASTER PLANNER". I click "Save to All" or just "Save". The SubProjects modified lose their Task Name, overwiritng automatically with "78.25_rev01". 78.25_rev01 was my first MS Project ever imported on "PROJECT MASTER PLANNER", that i do not use anymore. Below a couple of screenshot. Many thanks to whom will help me, it is blowing my mind ! AndreB. SCREENSHOT 1/2 SCREENSHOT 2/2
Can't reduce row height - tried everything!
Hi there, I have a master plan which brings together a number of subprojects. I want to display just the summary tasks of each subproject to show the phasing of our entire portfolio. Even though row height under the gridlines menu is set to 1, wrapped text is off, and there are no labels on the gantt above/below the bar (only inside), I can't seem to get rid of the white space between rows. All ideas welcome! Thanks, Naomi
Project Server Enterprise Global Freeze
We are using on-premises Project Server. The Enterprise Global Template has frozen such that once I open it, MS Project freezes and I can't get to the Organizer to remove custom views (Assuming a custom view has polluted the EGT, as the only thing we do in the EGT is create or modify custom views/tables/filters). How can I access the Organizer to "un-pollute" the Enterprise Global Template? Also, I saved our custom views in an mpp file. How can I tell which view is causing the problem with the Global Template, so I can prevent this from happening in the future? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Project Remaining Duration as of Status Date
In a Project schedule, The % Complete entered during an update doesn't seem to push the task Finish Date as it should. The task has a Start date of 6/9/25, Finish date of 9/23/25, duration of 14.95 weeks. The Status date is 9/12/25, Actual start 6/9/25 (on schedule) but progress is 2% Complete, Remaining Duration is 13.45 wks. When I click Update Project and reschedule uncomplete work to start as of Status Date (9/12/25) the Finish Date remains 9/23/25. Shouldn't the Finish Date push to approx. 12/12/2025 based on the % complete and remaining duration? There are a handful of tasks in this schedule with a similar issue, so I would like to find out what causes this, so we can make the task Finish Dates update as you would expect when updating % complete and Remaining Duration on tasks as of the status date. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. There are no date constraints on the task, and "Split In-Progress tasks" is selected in the Schedule Options. We are using a 4 day a week/10 hours a day calendar. We assign Generic Resources to tasks but this particular task is NOT resource loaded. This task is linked with both a predecessor and successor, and both the predecessor and successor are statused 100% complete. Could this be why Project isn't updating the Finish Date for this task, since its successor is complete? We are using Project Server. This project has been published with the status date of 9/12/25.View all upcoming tasks for all projects in Project Server
How do you create a view in Project Server that shows all upcoming tasks (for example, from today to the end of next month) and their start/finish dates for all projects that are in Project Server? This way a Server user can see all upcoming tasks for the Enterprise, without having to go into each individual schedule? If it's not possible to create such a view, what are best practices for extracting this data into an excel Pivot Table?
Baseline fallback formula fails in project center
Hi Community, I have multiple projects: some have only a single baseline, some have two (Baseline and Baseline 1), and others have none. Later, I created a new project‑level, date‑type custom field. In this new field, I used the following formula: IIf([Baseline 1 Start] = ProjDateValue("NA"), [Baseline 1 Start], [Baseline Start]) The issue is: When I add this custom field to the Project Center view, the column shows as empty. When I open the same project in Project Professional (desktop) and check the Project Information, the field displays #ERROR. Has anyone run into this before or know the correct approach for checking if Baseline 1 exists, and otherwise falling back to the main Baseline date? Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Allow me to tag: Dale_HowardMVP John-projectAlert - external linkn
Hi all, I'm using Windows 11 version 24H2, and whenever I launch Microsoft Project Pro 2019 (with an auto-macro enabled), I get the following warning, in english it sounds like: "This project contains links to one or more data sources that may be unsafe and have been disabled. Do you want to enable these data sources? Only do this if you trust the source of the file." I've already checked the Trust Center settings, enabled all macros, and reviewed everything under Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings, but nothing changes. It appears before running vba code, so displayalert = false (or similar) does not work. I also removed all VBA code and deleted every task to make sure no external links were hiding anywhere — but the warning still appears every time. There are no obvious external links (in tasks or in code), so I'm a bit stuck. Any idea where else I should look or how to get rid of this alert? Thanks in advanc
