SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you use the
Save To Database command in your project, one of the following symptoms may occur:
- You may not be prompted to enter a project title, even though you
have not saved the project or entered a value in the Title
field.
- When you open the database to which you saved your project data, the
Name field may contain the incorrect project name, such as
Project1.
CAUSE
When you use the
Save To Database command to save your project data to a database file, four tables are added to the database: Project, Resource Assignments, Resources, and Tasks. The value in the project Title field (
Properties dialog box,
File menu) is added to the
Name field in the
Project table.
If your project does not have a title (you have not opened the
Properties dialog box and you have not saved the project file) you are prompted to enter a title for the project.
However, if you open the
Properties dialog box for your project, the
name of the unsaved project, such as Project1, is automatically
entered in the
Title field. Because of this, if you open the
Properties dialog box in your project, you are not prompted to enter a title for the project when you save the project to a database, even if the project file has not been saved.
Additionally, if you save the project file before you use the
Save To
Database command (after displaying the
Properties dialog box), the
Name field in the
Project table in the database contains the unsaved project name, such as Project1, instead of the saved project filename.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
137253 PRJ41: Title Property Doesn't Update With File Save
RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior so that the name field in the Project table in
your database contains the correct title for your project, use the
appropriate method below.
Method 1: Before you save a project to a database:
When you display the Properties dialog box for a project that you have not saved, enter the title that you want the project to have. Otherwise, the project Title field contains the unsaved project name.
Method 2: If you have already saved a project to a database:
- In your project, click Properties on the File
menu.
- Enter the title that you want for the project in the Title
field and click OK.
- On the Tools menu, click Multiple Projects, and then
click Save To Database.
- Choose Yes to replace the existing project in the database.
The Name field in the Project table in the database now
contains the correct title for your project.
REFERENCES
Database.wri, Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1, Microsoft
Project folder
For more information about using the
Save To Database command in Microsoft Project, click the
Index tab in Microsoft Project Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the
Save To Database
Command (Tools Menu, Multiple Projects Submenu) topic.