Release 153, Protecting Closed Projects

This update focuses on protecting closed and deleted projects.

Locked Rates

Resource and material costs are now locked when a project is closed or deleted. Even if the hourly rates of assignees changes over time, planned and actual costs of closed projects remain the same. This ensures the integrity of historical project reports over time.

Locked Project Data

Most other project fields are also now locked when a project is closed or deleted, a manager can only change the following from the Portfolio screen:

• Status → Re-open the project for all members
• Name → Rename or prefix the project to help understand it
• Folder → Organise or hide the project
• Members → Remove access for certain members for security reasons

View-only Mode

We've also introduced a new view-only mode for projects, so you no longer have to completely re-open a project to see its data. Simply click on a closed or deleted project in the Portfolio list and it will automatically open in view-only mode. In view-only mode you can access project views, export your data, create a template, view audit logs and more; but you won't be able to edit task or risk data.

And More

Dive deeper into the changes above: Understanding Closed and Deleted Projects

We've also made some small changes to our PowerBI integration:

• Project Members table now includes the Project IDs
• Resource table now includes last login date and role
• Risk fields are now in the correct data formats

If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us.