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Limitations for designated project managers

This topic details a list of limitations for designated project managers. A designated project manager is the user or group associated to a project via the Project Managers field available when creating projects.

  • Administrators, Lead Project Managers and Project Managers can specify a maximum number of 5 users and/or groups combined for the Project Managers field.
  • Administrators, Lead Project Managers and Project Managers can assign tasks to the Project Managers field. In this capacity, make sure that you specify the values for this field (users and/or groups) before you start the project. If you forget to specify the values, an error will inform you to specify the values for the Project Managers field in 2 ways:
    • If the project is saved, but not started, open the project, select General, and from the Project Managers list, select the relevant users and groups.
    • If the project is started, open the project, go to the project Settings > Project Information, and from the Project Managers list, select the relevant users and groups.
  • Administrators, Lead Project Managers and Project Managers should assign at least one project task to the designated project manager, so that the latter also has visibility over the project resources. The only resource designated project managers do not have access to is the Custom Field resource.
  • Administrators, Lead Project Managers and Project Managers may change the Location field while editing project templates and projects. However, any location change deletes all the users or groups selected in the Project Managers field. In such a situation, make sure you select new values for the Project Managers field.