Resource Leveling

Resource Leveling

Does anyone know a way to disable "Level Resources" in Project 2003 and/or 
2007? (We're using Project Professional 2003 and are considering upgrading.) 
Currently, we have limited the number of Professional users (who have been 
instructed that automatic leveling should not be used), mostly because we 
want to avoid problems with the resource pool. Any ideas or suggestions would 
be appreciated.

date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:26:01 -0700 author: dimoongoddess

Re: Resource Leveling

You can clear leveling in a before save event for instance

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"dimoongoddess"  wrote in message 
news:78ABB730-B1E3-4000-8D51-D322A15279D5@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know a way to disable "Level Resources" in Project 2003 and/or
> 2007? (We're using Project Professional 2003 and are considering 
> upgrading.)
> Currently, we have limited the number of Professional users (who have been
> instructed that automatic leveling should not be used), mostly because we
> want to avoid problems with the resource pool. Any ideas or suggestions 
> would
> be appreciated.

date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:32:06 +0200 author: Jan De Messemaeker

Re: Resource Leveling

You could modify the user's menus and remove the command.  That 
would probably stop anyone except the most vehement leveler.  Tools 
 > Customize > Toolbars and then with the Customize dialog box open, 
open the tools menu and drag the Level Resources command off.

I hope this helps.  Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional 
information about Microsoft Project

"dimoongoddess"  wrote in 
message news:78ABB730-B1E3-4000-8D51-D322A15279D5@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone know a way to disable "Level Resources" in Project 
> 2003 and/or
> 2007? (We're using Project Professional 2003 and are considering 
> upgrading.)
> Currently, we have limited the number of Professional users (who 
> have been
> instructed that automatic leveling should not be used), mostly 
> because we
> want to avoid problems with the resource pool. Any ideas or 
> suggestions would
> be appreciated.

date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:23:16 -0400 author: JulieS

Re: Resource Leveling

But couldn't they just turn it back on if they want? I was wondering if 
there's a way to completely turn it off so that no one can access it at all. 
Thanks.

"JulieS" wrote:

> You could modify the user's menus and remove the command.  That 
> would probably stop anyone except the most vehement leveler.  Tools 
>  > Customize > Toolbars and then with the Customize dialog box open, 
> open the tools menu and drag the Level Resources command off.
> 
> I hope this helps.  Let us know how you get along.
> 
> Julie
> Project MVP
> 
> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional 
> information about Microsoft Project
> 
> "dimoongoddess"  wrote in 
> message news:78ABB730-B1E3-4000-8D51-D322A15279D5@microsoft.com...
> > Does anyone know a way to disable "Level Resources" in Project 
> > 2003 and/or
> > 2007? (We're using Project Professional 2003 and are considering 
> > upgrading.)
> > Currently, we have limited the number of Professional users (who 
> > have been
> > instructed that automatic leveling should not be used), mostly 
> > because we
> > want to avoid problems with the resource pool. Any ideas or 
> > suggestions would
> > be appreciated. 
> 
> 
>

date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:22:09 -0700 author: enheduanna

Re: Resource Leveling

Hello enheduanna,

Yes, they could reset the menu bar to show the command again. 
However, unless your users are willfully going against your 
organization's requirements, I would think that removing the option 
from the menu would handle the "accidental" use of the command.

I don't believe there is a method to remove the command from program 
completely.  I imagine you could create some VBA code which would 
prevent the user from successfully using the command, but then you'd 
still run the risk of someone discovering the code, deleting it from 
the Global.mpt, and still using the command.

My recommendation is to make this a clearly stated policy and then 
make it a training and performance issue.

I hope this helps.  Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional 
information about Microsoft Project

"enheduanna"  wrote in message 
news:E1D4A585-A5A2-4398-903E-36A5E071F108@microsoft.com...
> But couldn't they just turn it back on if they want? I was 
> wondering if
> there's a way to completely turn it off so that no one can access 
> it at all.
> Thanks.
>
> "JulieS" wrote:
>
>> You could modify the user's menus and remove the command.  That
>> would probably stop anyone except the most vehement leveler. 
>> Tools
>>  > Customize > Toolbars and then with the Customize dialog box 
>> open,
>> open the tools menu and drag the Level Resources command off.
>>
>> I hope this helps.  Let us know how you get along.
>>
>> Julie
>> Project MVP
>>
>> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
>> information about Microsoft Project
>>
>> "dimoongoddess"  wrote 
>> in
>> message 
>> news:78ABB730-B1E3-4000-8D51-D322A15279D5@microsoft.com...
>> > Does anyone know a way to disable "Level Resources" in Project
>> > 2003 and/or
>> > 2007? (We're using Project Professional 2003 and are 
>> > considering
>> > upgrading.)
>> > Currently, we have limited the number of Professional users 
>> > (who
>> > have been
>> > instructed that automatic leveling should not be used), mostly
>> > because we
>> > want to avoid problems with the resource pool. Any ideas or
>> > suggestions would
>> > be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>

date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:17:24 -0400 author: JulieS