Project: "Resource Is Assigned Outside..." Appears Only Once

Q112327

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SYMPTOMS

After the following error message is displayed once

Resource is assigned outside of the dates for task <task #> of <project>
it is not displayed again unless you force a calculation or you close and then reopen the project file.

Additionally, after you receive this error message, if you do not fix the conflict causing this error message, other scheduling error messages will not be displayed in the project.


WORKAROUND

To get Microsoft Project to show this message again, press the F9 key to force a recalculation. Note that this workaround will show only the first error of this type that is encountered.

To display an error message for other scheduling errors that occur in your project, such as "Late Date Before Scheduled Date...," or another "Resource Is Assigned Outside...," correct the conflict that is causing the resource assignment error message.

Note that if you have selected the Planning Wizards check box on the General tab of the Options dialog box, you can avoid the above behavior by choosing to fix the conflict when it occurs, instead of choosing the Continue option.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

The "Resource is assigned..." error message alerts you that a resource cannot finish the work that is allotted within the duration of a fixed duration task. Thus, the resource must be assigned outside of the task in order to complete the work that causes this error message.

Microsoft Project will only display this error message once. If there are multiple tasks with resources working outside of the tasks dates, only the first error message will be displayed. Additionally, if you choose to ignore this message, you do not receive other scheduling error messages in the project.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create two tasks with names task1, and task2, respectively.


  2. From the View menu, choose More Views.


  3. From the list of views, select Task Entry.


  4. Select the bottom half of the screen.


  5. From the Format menu, choose Details, and then choose Resource Schedule.


  6. Choose the Fixed check box, and choose OK, for both task1 and task2.


  7. Assign resource r1 to task1 with a delay of 8h and select OK.


  8. Choose Continue. Allow Scheduling Conflict, and choose OK.


  9. Assign resource r2 to task2 with a delay of 8h and choose OK.


After these steps are completed, you will notice that unlike task1, which gives an error message when a delay is added, task2 does not. In addition, if a recalculation is done, only task1 will show an error.

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Last Reviewed: November 3, 2000
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