If you use master projects in Microsoft Project, you have to be careful when you move any of the subfiles to another location, especially the resource pool. In this video, learn how to move a resource pool on your computer without breaking links within the master project.
- [Bonnie] Hi, I'm Bonnie Biafore. … In this project tip, … I'll show you what you need to do … if you want to move your resource pool … while maintaining links to your sharer projects. … The first thing you have to do if you want … to move or rename a resource pool … is to unlink the sharer files. … So I'm going to open up my resource pool … and the two sharer files that are both linked to it. … So on the open page, … I'm going to click my resource pool. … And in this case, … I'm going to select the second option … to open the pool read write, … but not with the other sharer files, … and then I click OK. … Then I can go back to the file tab, … go to open, … and I'm going to open up my event sharer file. … I'll go back to the file tab again. … Click open and open up my product dev file. … Now because I'm going to be jumping back … and forth between all of these files, … it's a lot easier to just show them … on the screen all at the same time. … So I'm going to go to the view tab … and then I'm going to click the icon …
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2/16/2021Released
1/9/2018Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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Video: Master project links, part 2: Move a resource pool