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    Hi,In our Project server 2007 environment,I am trying to delete couple of unused resources.I don't want them to deactivate but to delete from resource pool.while deleting, I found that project server allowing me to delete even resources which are assigned to some project & tasks and have assignments! as for as I know Project server 2007 doesn't allow to delete such resources.Is is bug or I am missing something?

     

    Gaur
    Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:00 PM

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    Gaur --

    You did not read the FAQ carefully, my friend.  As the FAQ clearly says, the system will not allow you to delete enterprise resources if they are included in one or more Resource Plans.  Do you understand what a Resource Plan is, and how this is different from a project plan?  If you are not using Resource Plans in Proposals, then the system WILL allow you to delete enterprise resources, even if they are assigned to projects as team members and to tasks in those projects.

    In step (a), your query will reveal the resources you can delete safely. Step (b) does not matter, so do not worry about it as it will not affect any task assignments.  So, delete those unnecessary resources with all due haste!  :)  Hope this helps.

    Dale A. Howard [MVP]
    VP of Educational Services
    msProjectExperts
    http://www.msprojectexperts.com
    http://www.projectserverexperts.com
    "We write the books on Project Server"

    • Marked as answer by epmXperts Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:15 AM
    Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:30 PM

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    Gaur --

    Project Server 2007 will allow you to delete enterprise resources that are still assigned to projects and still have upcoming task assignments.  In projects in which the deleted resource has task assignments, the system will convert the enterprise resource to a local resource.  So, what you are seeing is NOT a bug, but by design.  Hope this helps.

    Dale A. Howard [MVP]
    VP of Educational Services
    msProjectExperts
    http://www.msprojectexperts.com
    http://www.projectserverexperts.com
    "We write the books on Project Server"

    Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:03 PM
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    Thanks Dale,I was looking following URL and it says that we can not delete such resources.Btw as you confirmed and I am seeing it with my application,I am convinced that PS allows to do so.

    http://www.projectserverexperts.com/ProjectServerFAQKnowledgeBase/DeleteResourceAssignedToResourcePlan.aspx

    Dale,we are in situation where we want to delete resources from resource pool(as there are lot of unnecessary resources ),what would be best approach to do,so that we can avoid any further problems due to resource clean up.

    I am following below steps

    a) queried all users from reporting databases who don't have even a single assignment.

    b) I am not sure what to do for resource who are included in project plan but not assigned to any tasks/assignment.

    I am not sure how to get resources in item 'b'! could you please suggest if we can write any query to figure out such resources.I read somewhere that we can get them using  MSP_Portfolio_Analyzer cube in data analysis view but unfortunately we are not using analysis services,hence I don't the cube. 

    Gaur
    Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:16 PM
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    Gaur --

    You did not read the FAQ carefully, my friend.  As the FAQ clearly says, the system will not allow you to delete enterprise resources if they are included in one or more Resource Plans.  Do you understand what a Resource Plan is, and how this is different from a project plan?  If you are not using Resource Plans in Proposals, then the system WILL allow you to delete enterprise resources, even if they are assigned to projects as team members and to tasks in those projects.

    In step (a), your query will reveal the resources you can delete safely. Step (b) does not matter, so do not worry about it as it will not affect any task assignments.  So, delete those unnecessary resources with all due haste!  :)  Hope this helps.

    Dale A. Howard [MVP]
    VP of Educational Services
    msProjectExperts
    http://www.msprojectexperts.com
    http://www.projectserverexperts.com
    "We write the books on Project Server"

    • Marked as answer by epmXperts Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:15 AM
    Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:30 PM
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    Hi Dale,my bad that I mixed project plan with resource plan.Thanks so much for your answer.you are helpful as always.
    Gaur
    Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:36 PM
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    Gaur --

    You are more than welcome for the help, my friend.  :)

    Dale A. Howard [MVP]
    VP of Educational Services
    msProjectExperts
    http://www.msprojectexperts.com
    http://www.projectserverexperts.com
    "We write the books on Project Server"

    Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:38 PM