Project 2013 Advanced

Lesson 6 - Working with Resource Pools

Project 2013

Practice the Concept: Close and save the changes to Cambridge.mpp . Notice that a Microsoft Office Project information box opens prompting you to update the resource pool with changes made to the sharer files. Select OK to update the resource pool file. Close and save the changes to Tudor . Select OK to update the resource pool.

Close Company Pool.mpp .

O PENING A R ESOURCE P OOL

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Discussion

You may want to open a resource pool file to view, add, or edit the resource information. When you open a shared resource pool, the Open Resource Pool dialog box offers three options on how the file should be opened. The default option is to open the resource pool as read-only. This option allows others to continue to use the pool while you view the information.

If you need to modify the information, you can open the resource pool file as read- write. While the file is open, other users will not be able to update the resource pool from their sharer files.

The last option is to create a new master project file that contains the resource pool and all sharer files. These files will be opened with read-write access.

The Open Resource Pool dialog box

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