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Error: Staff [ID] must be assigned to the schedule item...

When manually generating a project, you may receive the following error:
Project [number]: Generation failed. Staff [ID] must be assigned to the Schedule Item because they are scheduled for it in the future.

Cause

This error occurs if both of the following conditions are true:
  1. The project recurrence is set to generating using the current project's
    Assigned selections
    and
    Calendar entries
    .
  2. A staff person was assigned and scheduled for the project or task, but the assignment was removed leaving the current assignment blank.
The reason for this error is that Practice CS can't generate a new schedule item if there isn't anyone assigned to the project or task.

Solution

These steps will need to be repeated for each affected project.
  1. Select
    File
    Print Reports
    .
  2. Select the
    Calendar Listing
    report in the
    Staff Management
    folder.
  3. On the
    Selection
    tab, use the
    Detail line
    field to choose a date range that includes the affected project dates.
  4. In the
    Filtering
    section, choose
    Client ID
    or
    Client Name
    as the
    Filter
    .
  5. Select
    is
    in the
    Method
    field.
  6. Select the client from the
    Select..
    field.
  7. Select
    Preview Selected
    .
  8. The report will list all calendar entries for this client over the specified date range. You'll need to repeat the rest of these steps for each calendar item associated with the project.
  9. Find a schedule item for this project and make a note of the staff listed for that item on the report. Select the item in the report to open it.
  10. In the
    Assigned
    section, select the ellipsis button next to the
    Staff
    field.
  11. Select the staff who was listed for this item on the report (check your note from the previous step).
  12. Select
    OK
    to save the change.
  13. You'll now be able to manually generate the next occurrence of the task by right-clicking project and choosing
    Generate Next Project
    .
Internal Content
A query is available that will identify all affected projects and/or tasks.
important
This query is NOT a resolution. It is simply a report of the affected items. The firm will still need to use the steps above for each affected item and assign the items to staff one by one.
Support Rep
:
  1. Set the correct expectation with the user. The standard turnaround time for queries is 1-2 business days. Again, once they get the report, they will be responsible for re-assigning the schedule items.
  2. Obtain a backup of the firm's database.
  3. See the Resolver for instructions on submitting the database.
Resolver
  1. Restore the database.
  2. In SQL Management Studio, run the query PCS-ScheduleEntryAndScheduleItemAssignmentMismatches-01.sql that can be found in the CF Queries folder.
  3. Return the output from the query to the rep.

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