Microsoft KB Archive/923730

= An OLAP cube view contains empty resources in Project Server 2003 =

Article ID: 923730

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Server 2003

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SYMPTOMS
When you create a new Portfolio Analyzer view for an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube in Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, the new view contains empty resources that have no information that is associated with them.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Project Server 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Project Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

873458 How to obtain the latest service pack for Project Server 2003

After you install the service pack, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;More Information&quot; section of the article to set the   subkey and to activate the hotfix.

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Office Project Server 2003 post-service pack 2 Hotfix Package that is dated August 15, 2006. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

923728 Description of the Project Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2a hotfix package: August 15, 2006



MORE INFORMATION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To enable this hotfix, follow these steps:  Exit Project Server 2003. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\MS Project\CubeProcess

 After you select the subkey that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value. Type AvailabilityType, and then press ENTER. Right-click AvailabilityType, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to exit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.This problem was first corrected in Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: PRJ2003 PSRV, PSRV2003, ProjectServer2003

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbregistry kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbhotfixserver kbproject2003sp3fix KB923730

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