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Article ID: 917579 - Last Review: September 18, 2011 - Revision: 3.0

Resource summary information is displayed by using a time unit other than the time unit that you specify in Project Server 2003

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

You log on to Microsoft Office Project Server by using Microsoft Office Project Professional. You then open or create an enterprise project. You specify the time unit for work in the Work is entered in box on the Schedule tab of the Options dialog box. However, when you view the project in Resource Usage view, you find that the resource summary information is displayed by using a time unit other than the time unit that you specified.

For example, you specify the time unit in the Work is entered in box as Minutes, Days, Weeks, or Months. However, resource summary information in Resource Usage view is displayed in hours.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because resource summary information in an enterprise project is displayed by using the time unit for work that is set as the default time unit for all projects. By default, the time unit for work is set to Hours.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, set the time unit that you specify in the Work is entered in box as the default time unit for work for all projects, and then open your project. To do this, follow these steps:

Project Server 2003 and 2007
  1. Log on to Project Server by using Project Professional.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Schedule tab.
  3. In the Work is entered in box under Scheduling options for ProjectName, click the time unit that you want to use for work.
  4. Click Set as Default, and then click OK.
  5. Open your project.

Project Server 2010

  1. Log on to Project Server 2010 by using Project Professional 2010.
  2. On the File tab, click Options, and then click the Schedule tab.
  3. In the Scheduling options for this project dropdown box, click All New Projects.
  4. In the Work is entered in dropdown box, click the time unit that you want to use for work.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Open your project.



MORE INFORMATION

When you open an enterprise project, a hidden enterprise resource pool project is also opened. The hidden enterprise resource pool project is used for all enterprise projects that you open when you log on to Project Server.  

The settings that the hidden enterprise resource pool project uses are based on the default settings for all projects in Project Professional. Therefore, if the default time unit for work is set to Hours in Project Professional, the hidden enterprise resource pool project uses  Hours as the time unit for work.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
  • Microsoft Project Professional 2010
  • Microsoft Project Server 2010
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