PRJ: Custom Data Does Not Appear in Resource Usage View (317462)

RESOLUTION

To solve this problem, create and run the "UpdateAssignmentNumber1()" macro shown later in this article. The macro copies the data in the Number1 field from the Task rows in the Gantt Chart to the appropriate assignment rows in Resource Usage view. To create the macro, follow these steps.

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1. Start Microsoft Project.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
3. In the Named box, type UpdateAssignmentNumber1, and then click Create.
4. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor, insert the following block of code between

   Sub UpdateAssignmentNumber1()
   					

   and

   End Sub
   					

   
   
   'Variables for tracking current task and assignment
   
   Dim oTask As Task
   
   Dim oAssignment As Assignment
   
      
   
   'Looping through all tasks in the project
   
   For Each oTask In ActiveProject.Tasks
   
       'Checking to see if task is blank
   
       If Not oTask Is Nothing Then
   
           'Looping through each assignment for a task
   
          For Each oAssignment In oTask.Assignments
   
           'Updating the number1 field for the assignment based on value 
           'at task level for the number1 field
   
               oAssignment.Number1 = oTask.Number1
   
           'Processing next assignment for the task
   
           Next oAssignment
   
       End If
   
   'Processing next task
   
   Next oTask
   
   
   					

To run the macro, follow these steps:

1. Start Microsoft Project.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
3. In the Macros in dialog box, click the macro that you just created, and then click Run.