Resolution for Project
Server 2002
Participants in the Project Server environment should
complete the following steps:
1. The project manager
should confirm that there are no unprocessed task updates for the project on the
Updates page in Project Web Access.
2. If there are
unprocessed task updates, the project manager should update them into the
project plan.
3. The project manager
should save the project as an .mpp file by clicking
File - Save As - Save as File.
4. The Project Server
administrator should delete the project from the Project Server database.
5. The project manager
should import the project into the Project Server database using Tools -
Enterprise Options - Import Project to Enterprise, and give the project a new
name in the first step of the Import Project Wizard.
Resolution for Project Server
2003
Use the Rename Project tool for Project Server 2003,
available for free download from Microsoft at the following link:
Download Rename Project Tool
Warning:
Before you attempt to rename a project using the Rename Project tool, make sure
that there are no unprocessed task updates for the project on the Updates page
in Project Web Access. If there are pending updates, the project manager should
update them into the project.
Resolution for Project
Server 2007
Project Server 2007 allows you to rename a project two
different ways: using Project Web Access or using Project Professional
2007. Of the two, it is much simpler to rename a project using the Project Web
Access interface by using the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with Project
Manager or Administrator permissions.
2. Navigate to the Project Center.
3. Click the row header to the left of the
project you want to rename, or click in any cell other than the Project Name
cell.
WARNING: DO NOT click
the hyperlink for the project name as this will display a Project Details view
of the project.
4. Click the Edit Project Properties
button.
5. On the Edit Project Properties page,
edit the project name in the Project Name field.
6. Click the Save and Publish button.
7. Click the Cancel button to return to
the Project Center page.
To rename a project in Project Professional
2007, complete the following steps:
1. Launch Project Professional 2007 and
connect to Project Server.
2. Click File - Open.
3. In the Open dialog, double-click the
"Retrieve the list of all projects from Project Server" item at the top of the
dialog.
4. Right-click on the project you want
to rename and select the Rename item on the shortcut menu.
5. Edit the name of the project and
press the Enter key when finished.
6. When the system displays a
confirmation dialog, click the OK button to close the dialog.
7. Click the Cancel button to close the
Open dialog.
8. Click File - Open again (you should
see the new name for the project), and then open the project.
9. Click File - Publish to publish the
name change to Project Server.
WARNING: When you
navigate to the Project Workspace for the newly-renamed project, the project
title at the top of the Project Workspace Home page remains unchanged. You
can rename the Project Workspace title by completing the following set of steps:
1. Click the Site Actions pick list
button and then click Site Settings.
2. On the Site Settings page, click the
Title, Description, and Icon link in the Look and Feel section.
3. Enter the new project name in the
Title field and then click the OK button.