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Brass Contributor

Nov 08, 2016

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Versioning for Project Field Updates

I have a customer who is transitioning from a SharePoint list (for tracking projects) to Project Online. After using the SharePoint list for some time, they rely on the built-in version settings to ...

Trutz_Stephani
Nov 14, 2016
Here a short list of options amongst others:
- PS+ Reporting App http://projectserverplus.com/app/ps-reporting-app/
- CS Status Reporting http://www.campana-schott.com/de/en/cs-status-reporting/
- Project Online Data Mart https://fluentpro.com/project-online/apps/project-online-data-mart/
Basically what all of this apps do: They take a snapshot of data as it is at a certain point in time. They won't track each and every change you apply to a project.

If you reside on-premises there exists a full-blown audit solution: https://fluentpro.com/project-server/configuration-management-products/fluentpro-audit-pro/

Trutz_Stephani

Iron Contributor

Nov 14, 2016

Hi Micheal,

Unfortunately, Project Online currently doesn't provide the same functionality as SharePoint lists.

There is no versioning for the moment. There exist various products by Project partners and also apps in the Office Store that provide this kind of functionality.

As one solution you can start to setup a workflow that stores values at certain points in time in a SharePoint list.

Prasanna Adavi has a good blog article on that one: http://prasannaadavi.com/2015/01/capture-a-snapshot-of-project-data-using-sharepoint-designer-workflows-in-project-server-2013project-online.html

Kind regards

Trutz

Michael Shea

Brass Contributor

Nov 14, 2016

Thanks, Trutz! I will review the blog post and explore what options we have through workflow. Do you happen to know any of the partner solutions and/or add-ons that may address the versioning functionality? I haven't had any luck through multiple searches.

Trutz_Stephani
Iron Contributor
Nov 14, 2016
Here a short list of options amongst others:
- PS+ Reporting App http://projectserverplus.com/app/ps-reporting-app/
- CS Status Reporting http://www.campana-schott.com/de/en/cs-status-reporting/
- Project Online Data Mart https://fluentpro.com/project-online/apps/project-online-data-mart/
Basically what all of this apps do: They take a snapshot of data as it is at a certain point in time. They won't track each and every change you apply to a project.

If you reside on-premises there exists a full-blown audit solution: https://fluentpro.com/project-server/configuration-management-products/fluentpro-audit-pro/
- Michael Shea
  Brass Contributor
  Nov 14, 2016
  Thank you, Trutz! I will follow-up with these add-ons/solutions to determine if any meet requirements.
  - TrebGatte
    MVP
    Jan 20, 2017
    Tivitie, ShareAdvance and others also have solutions as well. It really depends on the need. You can also build your own with Azure if you really need something custom.
    
    Treb Gatte, Project MVP, https://tumbleroad.com