Troubleshooting selection problems after project updates

After you update a project, if you have trouble selecting objects, follow the instructions in this task to troubleshoot the problem.

Procedure

Check the following items in the order given:

  1. Check the process rules for the project to verify these settings:
    • The task queries are correct in the folder template.
    • The correct folders or folder templates are a part of the process rule. You might be required to update the process rule if the folders or folder templates for the project are incorrect.
    • The baseline is set.
  2. Run the update operation by using the verbose option. The verbose option generates extra information about the candidates that are analyzed. The verbose option provides the scores for each candidate and why they received the scores. See Changing update options for more information.
  3. Check the project grouping properties:
    • If you turned off Auto Update, select the check box to turn on Auto Update again.
    • If you removed a task temporarily, add the task.
    • If you manually added a task, verify that you intend to keep the task.
    • Check that the baseline project is set.
  4. Build managers can compare process rules to ensure that the rules are set correctly.
    1. Right-click a project or project grouping and click Process Rule Properties.
    2. In the Process Rule Properties window, click the object menu and click Compare with Process Rule from Process. Verify that the baseline setting is correct.
  5. Build managers can right-click the project a user is having problems with and click Properties. Verify that the baseline project is appropriate.

    If a build manager used a generic process rule that uses the Specify Baseline setting, and then added the setting to a release, the baseline must be set for the process rule. If the baseline is not set for the process rule, the project grouping using that process rule does not get a baseline and cannot update correctly.

    Build managers can specify a baseline in the Process Rules Properties window. See Modifying the properties of a process rule for more information.


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