Project Server 2007: Blank Error Saving Global Resources

James,

Thank you for your suggestions.  A few pieces of information I forgot to mention is that I'm working with 600+ resources.  To do the tests you suggested, I limited the group to 62 resources (certain groups).  Also, the resources were created in Project via the AD Sync process.  When updating the resources in Project Pro, I first sort them by Group and Name.  I then insert the RBS column.

Here's what I found:

1. Are you able to save successfully when you just open all resources but don't make any edits?  YES.
2. If you copy and paste one RBS value, can you save?  NO - more detail below
3. If you manually select an RBS value for one resource can you save?  YES - more detail below.
4. If you manually select an RBS for all resources (since it's test, just select one value and then drag-to-fill the others.) can you save?  YES - more detail below.

While testing number 2, Project Pro crashed on me when I tried to paste into the RBS field.  I limited my resources to 32, 16 and 10, each time it crashed.  I then limited my test to 4 resources and was able to test.  However, I was not able to save.  After trying to paste into the RBS, I was not able to do tests 3 & 4.  I had to close out without saving.

For tests 3 & 4 I went back to my test set of 62 resources.  I was able to complete both of these test successfully.  

Thanks,

Pat

Cutting and pasting into this column should work.

To continue to narrow in on the problem, try this:
open your test group, 62 resources. Set the value of one of the resource's RBS field to a new value. Copy and paste that value to a plain text document. Copy and paste that value so that it is on a few lines (maybe start with five.) Select those lines and try pasting into the RBS column. It should work. If so, then something is going wrong in the copy and paste of the Excel data. So then try copying the Excel data into a blank text document (just the RBS column) and then copy and paste that into Project.


Let us know how if any of that works...
James Fraser

I agree, it should work.  And it did on my old laptop.  I now have a new Dell Latitude E6400.  Something is different.

I first changed the RBS value for one resource (with the 62 resources open in Pro), copied that into Note Pad, copied that line to 5 lines in Note Pad.  Copied those 5 lines and pasted them into the RBS field in Pro.  It crashed.

Then.......

I changed the RBS value for one resource, copied and pasted that into Note Pad.  Copied that line to 4 lines in Note Pad.  Copied those 4 lines to resources in Project Pro and saved.  I got the same error as before.

I may have found a work-a-round.  I deleted one of the resources, copied and pasted the information (name, rbs, group, team, etc.) from Excel into the resource sheet of a new project and saved it on my hard drive.  I then imported that resource into the Enterprise Global Resource Pool (mapping the appropriate fields).  I then ran the AD Sync process and everything seems to have worked correctly.  I need to test the process some more before I can be possitive.

Pat

There are dashes ("-") in some of the values.  Let me test with the values that don't have these and get back to you.

p

I changed one of the resources to a RBS value that did NOT have a dash in the value, copy that to Word Pad, repeated that line 4 times, copied that and pasted it into the RBS value for 4 resources.  I got the same error.

I also pasted the value into Excel and then copied to the same 4 resources.  Got the same error.