Hotfix KB2883083 for Project Server 2013 August 12, 2014 (Projectserverwfe-x-none.msp; Projectservermui-<Language-Code>.msp)

Issues that this hotfix package fixes

• Assume that you sort the items in the Approvals page by the Remaining Work field in Project Web App. When you browse to the Approvals page again, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  General Unhandled Exception in _Statusing.ReadStatusApprovalsForProjectForGridJson_

• If an error occurs when you approve and apply status updates to a project, the status approval may still show that it is successfully applied.
  

• You may be unable to open a timesheet that contains a specific field in a specific case. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

  The View failed to Load...

• You may be unable to send status update by clicking the Send Progress for all Tasks button. Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  An error occurred while communicating with the server. Check connectivity with your administrator to determine whether further action is necessary.

  When you click OK, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  __Error loading

• You may be unable to edit or apply status updates to a large project in Project Web App.
  

• When you create a resource that contains more than one rate in Project Web App, duplicate rows are displayed for the resource in the hired resources report.
  

• If you publish many projects to a Project server in a very short time span, the "Synchronize Project Web App Permissions to Project Site" user synchronization job may fail and you may no longer be able to access the given project site.
  

• You may be unable to publish a project to a Project 2013 server. Additionally, the publish error resembles:

  The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_MSP_EpmAssignmentBaselineByDay_ProjectUID_AssignmentUID". The conflict occurred in database "PWA", table "dbo.MSP_EpmAssignmentBaseline". The statement has been terminated.. Details: id='24006'

• Assume that you approve a status update from Project Web App. When you open the project in Project Professional 2013, the actual work may not apply to the project.
  

• Assume that you create a project in Project Web App from a template that contains an inactive task. When you open the project and activate the inactive task in Project Professional 2013, the schedule may not change correctly based on the duration information.
  

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problems described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix Download Available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft website:

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Prerequisites

You must install the following public update before you apply this hotfix package:

2768001 Description of the SharePoint Server 2013 and Project Server 2013 update: March 12, 2013

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to resolve the issues that are listed in this article.
The global version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.