Level: Resource for Last Project Appears in Merged Window
  
PSS ID Number: Q113506
Article last modified on 11-16-1994
 
3.00 3.00a 4.00
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft Project, when you visually merge two or more projects using
the New Window command, and both projects have overallocated resources, the
status bar contains the Level message with the name of the overallocated
resource in the last project in the merged window.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Normally, when your project contains multiple overallocated resources, the
name of the first resource in the Resource sheet (the resource with the
lowest ID number) that is overallocated appears on the status bar with the
message "Level."
 
When you visually merge files using the New Window command on the Window
menu, the list of the open files appears in the order in which you opened
the files. The files are also merged in this order--the first file opened
appears first in the visually merged window. If you visually merge project
files that contain overallocated resources, the message "Level" appears on
the status bar with the name of the overallocated resource from the last
project file in the visually merged window.
 
If this last file in the visually merged window contains more than one
overallocated resource, the name of the overallocated resource with the
lowest ID number in that project appears in the status bar with the message
"Level."
 
For more information about the window and new window filename list order,
query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   visually and merged and filename and order
 
Steps to Reproduce Behavior in Microsoft Project Version 4.0
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1. In Microsoft Project, choose New from the File menu. In the new project,
   enter 2 tasks, T1 and T2.
 
2. From the Standard toolbar, choose the Resource Assignment button. In the
   Name column, type "Res1" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER.
   On the project, select T1. In the Resource Assignment dialog box, choose
   the Assign button. On the project, select T2. In the Resource Assignment
   dialog box, choose the Assign button.
 
3. From the File menu, choose New to create a new project. In the new
   project, enter two tasks, T1 and T2.
 
4. Repeat step 2 to assign Res2 to both tasks.
 
5. From the Window menu, choose New Window. From the Projects list, select
   Project1, press and hold down the CTRL key, and select Project2. Choose
   OK.
 
The two projects appear in a visually merged window, and the status
bar contains the message Level: Res2.
 
REFERENCES
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For an Overview Of Leveling Resources, choose the Search button in
Help and type:
 
   leveling
 
KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory:
 
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a 4.00
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
