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Planner and Projects 3 online - getting this onto desktop app
Hi, We have been using Planner and Projects 3 online for the last few months and we needed a bit more functionality, so we downloaded the Project Professional desktop app as per the instructions. Now I want to get all my plans/projects that is in my planner and Projects 3 online accessible or available in Project Professional on my desktop and I have no idea how to do this; please can you assist. I cannot find a way to download paths or files from online to a local drive to be able to open them in the desktop app.
Filter Creation
Hello, I'm hoping this community can help me. I want to create a filter that will dynamically show all in progress tasks as of today's date. I've built the filter as follows: Start is less than or equal to [Value] -AND- Finish is greater than or equal to [Value]. My issue is what to enter as the Value. Copilot said to use "Current Date," "Now()" and "Today," but none of them are dynamic. It even told me to create a new field titled "Today" using the following formula for the Custom Attribute: Today=Date(). Then, it said to reference the "Today" field as the filter Value (e.g. Start is > or = to Today). But that returns the following error: "The entry is not valid. The test value cannot be used with the field for the data you want to find or filter for." At this point I'm at a loss. This seems like it should be a very easy filter to set up; I'm surprised there isn't a built-in system filter for this already. There 's a built in filter titled "In Progress Tasks," but that only filters tasks with an Actual Start that is not blank, and an Actual Finish that is blank. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
%Complete didnt change the Finish Duration
I have an issue on my Microsoft Project work, when I update the %Complete on a single task (tracking mode) the Finish duration didnt change (the task type is Fixed Units). For example: My task was Start 20 Nov 2025 and Finish 5 Dec 2025 The actual task Start 20 Nov 2025 (on schedule) The status date is 28 Nov 2025 The %complete until the status date is 10% From the example, the task should be delayed because I cant increase the works time and the manpower but the Finish Date still locked in 5 Dec 2025. any advice or solution how to solved it? Thanks for the time
Start to Finish Relationship - earliest start when connecting to two predecessors
Hi I have a scenario. Three tasks Task A - Technical documentation (preparation of it) Taks B - Project Stage Finish For Technical documetation so A have to finish before B Task B have Constraint Type - Must Finish On Task B - can change its Start/Finish date Task C - Physical Works Start - Start of works for which Technical Doc. from task A is needed so A have to finish before C Task C - will move as in reality, it will also depend upon other "tings" in project which can and will change Task A is most "submissive" task It always have to be finished before Start of B and C (sorry to all Documentation designers out there) How to create proper connection between a/m taks that always will move finish of Task A before start of B and C independent of where B and C will be moved ? I've tried to use Start to Finish, but it works only if I connect one task Below a screen shoot form my MSP I'm sorry for Polish ... but can't switch it to English (entire Office suite will .. but not MSP.. ) RZ = SF Typ Ograniczenia -> Constraint Type Jak najwcześniej -> As Soon As Possible Musi zakończyć się -> Must Finish On Rozpocznij nie wcześniej niż -> Start No Earlier Than Rozpoczęcie -> START Zakończenie -> Finish Poprzedniki -> Predecessors Następniki -> Successors Example 1 and 1A - works.... but it A is connected to only one task (A or B) Example 2 - I've connected A to B and C, but A is moved beyond B Example - same problem as above but in this scenario I've moved C before B but A... stick itself for task furthrer in future I know that I can create connection like belowe Using "Standard" connection between A and B and in the moment when situation as above will happen (A will move past B), MPS will "Scream" at me with a message that he can't finish task A but that is not a solution for me.
People Picker in Project Detail Pages - Not Working for Already Created Projects
Hi, I have a non-mandatory field (say, "Expert") in PDP. When I create a new project, I can select the "Expert" using People Picker. When I try to open an existing project (to assign/reassign an "Expert") the People Picker feature does not work. Custom scripting is already activated. Any insight from users, as to what configuration changes should be made, would be much appreciated. Thanks
Project Server - Print Project Center Gantt Chart?
In on-premises Project Server, how do you print or export a view of the Gantt chart for all projects in Project Center? There is a way to print the Gantt chart view for each individual project, but we are looking for a way to print or export the Gantt Chart view which shows the summary bar for each project in Project Server (as shown in the Project Center). Is this possible with Project Server, and if so, how do we accomplish this?Cashflow Visual report export
Hi, When I export from Visual reports using the cash flow template, my data uses Years, Quarters, and Weeks. This is fine; however, I want to edit this data. I want to show actual sequential dates, not week numbers, and I want to modify the start date of a Quarter as our business does not follow calendar quarters. There are no fields in the Pivot table selection boxes with dates, and I don't seem to be able to edit the edit section to show the date prior to export. Does anyone know how to change this? Thanks.
Change Print Page Order
Hello, I'm looking to see if someone can help me find how to change the order that pages are printed in Project. Personally, I know this doesn't matter because you can just line them up as you like, but my job has me make PDFs of them as well and my boss would prefer the order to be different, so if possible I'd rather find a way to make it do it the way he'd like automatically than me re-arranging the PDF pages and editing the page numbers. Essentially, they want it to show the entire date line of the gantt chart first before showing the next set of rows. I've attached 2 screenshots of the print preview, one is the order it currently is (focusing on the rows first) and the 2nd is the order my boss would like (focusing on the gantt chart dates first). Is this possible and if so, how do I go about setting it up?
LOE Tasks in Project Server
What is the proper way to reflect LOE (Level Of Effort) tasks in MS Project? For example, adding a task showing the PM working 10% of his time on the project, for the duration of the project. If we simply give that task a duration equal to the project, then Project cannot determine the correct Critical Path of the project. In addition, if the project duration changes, the PM will have to manually change the duration of the PM task. If we try linking this task with SS and FF relationships, the duration remains 1 day unless we input the duration, in which case we still have to update the duration as the project progresses. I have tried creating a hammock LOE task by copying and pasting links to the first and last tasks, as described in TenSix Consulting articles https://tensix.com/creating-loe-tasks-in-microsoft-project/ and https://tensix.com/more-about-level-of-effort-tasks-in-microsoft-project/ . However, this does not work in my version of Project Professional. I am only able to link either the starting date or finish date, but not both. Does anyone here have experience with scheduling this type of LOE task in MS Project? We are using on premises Project Server. We want to schedule this type of PM oversight task to plan for the estimated hours of PM time over the span of the project, have the task duration update dynamically if the project duration changes, and be able to status this PM task during the project to reflect the "actual" and "remaining" hours for the task as the project progresses.
save forecasted data
at time 0 I create the planning, which i baseline in bsln0. at time increment 1 I update the planning with the real start/finish/ %complete (and %real work in case I want to perform SPI/CPI, ...) and I save it into baseline 1; at the same time increment 1 I make a simulation of what will be at the time increment 2. The question is: how do I save this forecast in the same file (I do NOT want to create copy of that file) without corrupting the actual data (actual start, actual finish, %complete), that I want to compare whit the real status when the time will be at the effective calendar increment 2? thanks in advanceSchedule Opens in Read-Only Mode from Conference Room Computer
In Project Server, a Project Manager opens his schedule on a conference room computer, but it opens Read Only mode and the PM is not able to check it out and edit/publish the project. We made sure it was not already checked out, and the PM is able to open, edit and publish this schedule from his work station. As far as we can tell, this problem only occurs when opening this one schedule from the conference room computer. We have cleared the cache as described in this handy article: https://www.dalehowardmvp.com/force-check-in-stuck-projects/ but this didn’t solve the issue. I have seen another article https://www.dalehowardmvp.com/how-to-fix-corrupted-files/ about using Save for Sharing to correct possibly corrupted schedules. My question is: would doing this cause any issues since we are accessing the schedule from a conference room? We do not want to adversely affect the way the PM opens this project from their work station. Does anyone have an experience with schedules opening from the PM’s work station but opening Read-Only when accessing PWA from a conference room computer? Would Save for Sharing help in this instance? Thank youTeam Assignment Visibility in Project Server
In on-premesis Project Server, I want "Engineering" Team Members with "My Task" Global permissions to be able to see all tasks that have been assigned to a generic resource that is also part of the Engineering Team Resource Assignment Pool. Then, they can self-assign or simply update the status of these tasks. The PM initially resource-loads the schedule with the generic resource, then when the project starts, we want the various teams to be able to see tasks and provide status updates, without the PM needing to manually assign resources to individual tasks in the schedules (other than the generic resource loaded when the schedule is built). What permissions in Project Server do we need to enable in order for these team members to see all tasks assigned to their teams? Using the BUild TEam page, we have added the Engineering Team Resource Assignment Pool and the individual team members to the project team, but they cannot see the project schedule or any tasks in Project Server.
shell.js error when loading schedule tab in PWA
Has anyone experienced this issue? In Javascript console: Uncaught ReferenceError: g_PJPrefetch is not defined in function function m() { ULSePY: ;if (g_PJPrefetch != null && g_PJPrefetch == 0) { g_PJPrefetch = 1; SP.SOD.prefetch() } } Is not displaying the shceduled data in all projects in our project Server on premises. We use sharepoint server subscription edition 2019
What is a best practice for linking Just-In-Time Tasks?
In MS Project, what is a best practice for linking Just-In-Time tasks, so that a task is scheduled to take place just prior to another task, without use of date constraints or overriding scheduling logic? As an example, I have a task "task prep" that I want to complete just before "important task" starts. "Important task" has other Finish-Start predecessors that determine when it starts. The only thing driving "task prep" is that it must finish just before "important task" starts. These tasks have slack in the schedule that I want to maintain, so I can't use As Late As Possible constraint without pushing both tasks to the right and using up slack. There isn't a task preventing "task prep" from starting, so if I link "task prep" as a predecessor to "important task" with Finish-Start (FS), with As Soon As Possible, then "task prep" will be scheduled to happen long before I want to perform that task. If I use Start-Finish (SF), then the start date of "Important task" drives the finish date of "Task Prep" The dates line up, but SF dependency type is generally not recommended. Also, I do not want to use date constraints, as these are generally not recommended. How can I link these tasks so that "task prep" finishes just before "important task" while adhering to accepted scheduling standards?Automatic overwriting "Task name", after saving
Hello Community, I am asking assistance for an easy issue but so annoying: when I save a MS Project file, the row modified loses its Task Name, overwriting itself, with apprarently no reason. It is so crucial to not overwrite because I lose my work team references. Here a breakdown: I have create a MS Project file named "PROJECT MASTER PLANNER". I have imported SubProjects on the rows. I modify one or more SubProject directly on "PROJECT MASTER PLANNER". I click "Save to All" or just "Save". The SubProjects modified lose their Task Name, overwiritng automatically with "78.25_rev01". 78.25_rev01 was my first MS Project ever imported on "PROJECT MASTER PLANNER", that i do not use anymore. Below a couple of screenshot. Many thanks to whom will help me, it is blowing my mind ! AndreB. SCREENSHOT 1/2 SCREENSHOT 2/2
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