Description of the Project Server 2013 hotfix package (Projectserverwfe-x-none.msp): April 8, 2014

Issues that this hotfix package fixes

• When you assign a resource to a task through Schedule Web Part, the resource assignment does not propagate to the reporting tables correctly in the database. For example, a resource assigned to a task is associated incorrectly with the unassigned resource.
  

• When you try to open a project from a project server and the project does not already exist within the Project Professional active cache, it may take longer than expected.
  

• You run a macro that sets the duration of a custom duration field for a task in a project in Project 2013. When you save and then reopen the project, you receive the following error message:

  Invalid Duration

  This is not a valid duration, or is outside the range for this field.

  Type a duration in the correct format: for example, 4 hours (or 4h), 12 days (or 12d), or 2ed for elapsed days.

• If there is budget resource assignment on a project summary task, you are unable to load any assignments through the client-side object model (CSOM) for the project.
  

• When you create a security category, category rule is ignored that results in incorrect effective permissions.
  

• You are unable to use a rule in the approval center to compare the Assignment Finish field with the Assignment Baseline Finish field.
  

• When you try to level resources in some projects that contains combinations of task constraints, Project may crash.
  

• After you upgrade from Project 2010 to Project 2013 and the default out of the box view is deleted, default views are unable to load for Project Center, Project Details and Resource Center. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

  The view failed to load. Press OK to reload this view with the default settings. Press Cancel to select another view.

  If you click OK, you receive the following error message:

  You don't have permissions to view any projects.

• When you click the New Project button in Project Center, you are unable to see the enterprise project types in the order that you have specified in their definition.
  

• Assume that you add some users to a project and the project is published. After the user synchronization process is complete, not all users are added to the project’s SharePoint site in the given SharePoint security group as expected.
  

• Assume that you have a project level enterprise custom field (ECF) that is defined as controlled by workflow. Then, you set the field to a value in Project Web App. When you view the custom field in Project Professional 2013, the ECF is displayed as zero.
  

• When you try to save a project without filling in values for workflow controlled required fields for the stage that the project is currently in or for globally required fields, you receive the following error message:

  Specify values for all required custom fields.

• When you view a resource plan, then enter work daily and finally set the plan to display the work on an hourly basis, the incorrect value is seen. For example, the calendar and default hours per day setting specifies 7.5 hours yet the value in the resource shows 8 hours.
  

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem 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.

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