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About the Shared Resource Pool (Microsoft Project)

When you open a master project in Microsoft Project for the first time, a shared resource pool project is created locally. Example, wireless_pool.mpp. This shared resource project enables the master project to share its resources with its subprojects.

Note: The shared resource pool is associated with the master project and opens only when the master project opens.

• Subprojects opened as independent projects open without any associations to their master projects or shared resource pools.
• When you save a master project back to CA Clarity PPM, all project teams are updated with the resources from the shared resource pool, unless the subprojects are set to "Read-only".
• When you open a master project in Microsoft Project, subprojects are opened and linked to their master projects. In Microsoft Project, a shared resource pool project is created when resources are shared across multiple projects.