Project 2003 - Resources Pool

[aracioppi]

HI all:
I have 6 or 7 projects that share resources from a unique project (what I call the resources project). Sometimes I get random behaviours like:
I open project 1 (that opens the reosurces in the background) and from a different computer I open project 2 (also opens the resources), now if in 1 I assign a resource to a job, this resource doesn't appear as busy in project 2, any ideas on what can I be doing wrong?
The idea is that each manager opens its own project (1,2,3...7) but the pool of resources is unique (the company employees)
Any tips?

 

[JulieInMaine]

Have you updated the resource pool to see the assignments? You don't mention what version of Project you are using -- but there is a "refresh resource pool" command?

The pool does not automatically refresh until the project manager either saves his/her project and refreshed the pool or manually refreshed through the "refresh" command.

Julie