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Question about enhancing the appearance of a roadmap in MS Project Online
I created a few projects in MS Project online. Then I created a roadmap based on these projects. All of this was easy to do and worked fine. My manager asked me if I can enhance the view of the roadm...
Dale, you are correct, I was using Project for the Web and the project does look like the image you show. So, I should use Project Online instead? How do you get access to Project Online so that I can create the MS project there? If I have access to PWA will that give me access to Project Online?
Michael
Michael
meperlman --
First of all, you would need to have a Project Plan 3 license or higher. And second, someone in your organization would need to create the Project Online instance and then configure it for use. And third, you would need to install the Microsoft Project desktop application. My advice? Just keep using Project for the Web and the Roadmap application. Hope this helps.
First of all, you would need to have a Project Plan 3 license or higher. And second, someone in your organization would need to create the Project Online instance and then configure it for use. And third, you would need to install the Microsoft Project desktop application. My advice? Just keep using Project for the Web and the Roadmap application. Hope this helps.
Hello meperlman ,
You are not missing anything, Roadmap doesn't not support any configuration options, it is a simple visualization tool to visualize projects (Project Online, Project for the Web and Azure Boards) with a row per project. Some blog posts that might help: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/project-roadmap-cds-app-overview-ppm-projectmanagement-msproject-projectonline-office365-powerplatfom-dynamics365/
Paul
- I have had access to Microsoft Project Online for a while. I can see how to create a timeline across projects, but each row in the timeline is at the project level, not at the task level within the project. Separately, if I go into an individual project, I can create a timeline at the task level, but only for that one project. The only was I can see to view selected tasks across projects is to use the roadmap. But the roadmap has very limited ability to change color and format properly. Am I missing something? Also, I don't see any good guides or you tube videos on doing this. Any suggestions? Thank you.
- Michael --
Your plan would work. Go for it, my friend! 🙂 - Dale,
Actually, my organization had the Project Plan 3 license and just upgraded to Project Plan 5. I have the Microsoft Project desktop application in my workspace in AWS. So, I need someone in my organization to create the Project Online instance and configure it for use. Sounds like I can then use Project Online to create a timeline and use as a roadmap. I would then need the other project managers to create their respective project plans in project online. Then we could have a roadmap across projects. Sounds like a plan?
Michael
