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Background Information

The Manager of a task is the person to whom Project Web Access sends task updates from the team member(s) assigned to the task. The only default View in Project Web Access that displays the Manager for each task is the View My Tasks page (Timesheet page) of each team member. Because the View Resource Assignments page draws its information from the same tables as the View My Tasks page, you can see the Manager of each task by creating a custom View Resource Assignments view.

Resolution

The Project Server administrator should create the custom the custom View Resource Assignments view by completing the following steps:

1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions

2. Click Admin > Manage Views

3. In the Assignment section of the data grid, select the Summary view and click the Copy View button

4. Name the new View "Task Manager" and then click the OK button

5. Select the new View and click the Modify View button

6. In the list of fields on the right, add/remove fields to show only the following fields in this order:

• Task Name
• Resource Name
• Work
• Remaining Work
• Start
• Finish
• % Work Complete
• Project Manager (you will need to add this one)
• Project

7. In the Default Group, Sort section, set the Group By field to Project Manager and the Then By field to Project

8. In the Categories section, make sure the My Organization and My Projects categories are listed on the right (if not, add them)

9. Click the Save Changes button

After the Project Server administrator creates this custom Assignment view, Project Managers (and others) can apply the view by completing the following steps:

1. Log into Project Web Access

2. Click the Resources menu

3. Click the "View resource assignments" link in the sidepane on the left

4. Select the "Project Manager by Task" view from the Select a view pick list in the upper right corner of the page

5. Select the resources whose task Managers you wish to see, and then click the Apply button

6. In the sidepane on the left, select All Assignments option

7. Click the View Options tab and select the "Show summary tasks" option

8. Click the View Options tab again to collapse the options in that section

9. Click the Save Link button and give the custom layout a name, such as My Task Managers, and then click OK

In the future, project managers can reapply this custom view simply by clicking its link in the Saved Links section at the top of the sidepane on the Resource Center page.