The hours for the work that was submitted for the administrative task does not update in the project plan in Project 2003 (892994)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you update the Work option of an administrative task in the Notify your manager of time you will not be available for work view in Microsoft Project Web Access (PWA), the hours for the work that was submitted for the administrative task does not update in the project plan in Microsoft Office Project 2003.

CAUSE

This problem occurs after you press BACKSPACE or DELETE (DEL) to remove the hours that were submitted earlier, and then the project manager accepted the changes.

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated January 28, 2005. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

893087 Description of the Microsoft Project Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 28, 2005


Note After you apply this hotfix, Project Server 2003 enforces a value of 0 (zero) after you press BACKSPACE or DELETE (DEL) to remove the hours that were submitted earlier in the Notify your manager of time you will not be available for work view.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem in PWA, when you are in the administrative task, type a 0 (zero) in Work in the Notify your manager of time you will not be available for work view. Do this instead of pressing BACKSPACE or DELETE (DEL) to remove the hours that were submitted earlier. Then, submit your changes.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbProjectServer2003PreSP2fix kbbug kbfix KB892994 kbAudITPRO