Hello All ,
Did anyone face a similar issue like this :) , and do you think is a bug ?
Issue Description
When Project End user try to change start Date of a project and then saves the project , Project start date does not change and stays at it previous value,
Note:- Project detail PDP contains a lot of ECFs
Issue Investigation and Analysis
During issue troubleshooting , I have found that when creating new project in the three Project server instances (QA, Training and PWA) , (with new Projects)
1- Start date is updated successfully if there is
1.no info in all other ECFs
2.if ECFs with lookup tables, numbers is updated First when all ECF are empty
2- Start date is not updated if ECF with text field is updated before ECFs with lookup tables or number,
3- If end user will need to fill ECFs , then he should fill ECF with numbers or lookup table first then save, then he can change start date afterwards
4- Updating ECFs at the same with start date will not be considered and one of them or both will not be saved
1.Updating ECF with (lookup table) with start date at the same time, ECF update will be ignored , and start date will be updated
2.Updating ECF (text) with start date at the same time, ECF update will be ignored , and start date will be updated
3.Updating ECF (number) with start date at the same time, Both updates will be ignored
4.Updating ECF (lookup table) with start date at the same time, ECF update will be ignored , and start date will be updated
5.Updating ECF (lookup table) with start date at the same time, ECF update will be ignored , and start date will be updated
Conclusion
1- Start date is updated successfully if there is no info in all other ECFs or if ECFs with lookup tables, numbers is updated.
2- Start date is not updated successfully if ECF with text field is updated before ECFs with lookup tables or number,
3- When updating Start Date with other ECF’s one of them or both will not be updated successfully
4- When updating start date with a number ECF, both updates will be ignored
5- When updating start date with any ECF other than number ECF , start date will always be saved successfully and other ECF update will be ignored
6- To overcome this Start date need to be updated alone in a save session
7- Project start date does not work with manual tasks , so project owner will face an issue where project start date will not get changed if there are manual tasks in the project schedule
Repro Steps
1- The Repro Steps for this changing start date issue
1.Create a project
2.Update any ECF with text field
3.Try to change start date,
Result: it will not get changed
Workarounds
Workaround 1:-
1.Remove your ECF updates
2.Update first ECFs with lookup tables like (Revenue Country , Deal type, Bid Status)
3.And then update other ECF
Workaround 2 :
Access the Enterprise project using MS Project 2013 and then change the start date from there , followed by Publish
Workaround 3 :
Put Start Date in a separate New PDP and remove it from Project Information PDP (tested and problem disappeared)
Karim El Zarka, MCTS Sharepoint 2010 , MCITP SharePoint Administrator 2010 Whenever you see a reply and if you think is helpful, click "Vote As Helpful"! And whenever you see a reply being an answer to the question of the thread, click "Mark
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