Background Information
Before Microsoft Project Professional can correctly schedule the work in a project, the system needs to know the working schedule for the project and the working schedule for each resource assigned to tasks in the project. The Project Server administrator defines these working schedules by creating one or more base calendars found in the Enterprise Global file.
Resolution
To create an enterprise base calendar for each country, the Project Server administrator must complete the following steps:
1. Launch Microsoft Project Professional and log into Project Server with administrator permissions
2. Click Tools - Enterprise Options - Open Enterprise Global
3. Click Tools - Change Working Time
4. Click the New button
5. Name the calendar using the name of the country
6. Select the "Create new base calendar" option and click OK
7. Select the country's holidays for at least the next year and mark them as Nonworking time
8. Repeat steps #4-7 for each country's calendar
9. Click OK
10. Save and close the Enterprise Global file
11. Exit Microsoft Project Professional, relaunch the software, and log into Project Server again
The Project Server administrator must then specify a country calendar as the Base Calendar for each resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool by completing the following steps:
1. Tools - Enterprise Options - Open Enterprise Resource Pool
2. Click the Select All button
3. Click the Open/Add button
4. In the Base Calendar column, select a value for each resource
5. Save and close the Enterprise Resource Pool
After the Project Server administrator completes the above steps, all users of Microsoft Project Professional should exit and relaunch the software and then log into Project Server again. After doing so, project managers must select a country calendar for each project by completing the following steps:
1. Open a project
2. Click Project - Project Information
3. Select the country calendar from the Calendar pick list and click OK
4. Click Format - Timescale and click the Non-working time tab
5. Select the country calendar from the Calendar pick list and click OK
6. Save the project