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When will PWA sites be updated to use the New SharePoint Modern UI?

Robert Woods in Project , 05-17-2018

We are about to make a significant investment in MS Project and would like to know what the roadmap is for conversion to modern sites?

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Project Web App (Project Online) Connectivity to Power BI through OData

Madan kumar in Project , 05-06-2018

I am trying to connect my Project plan which is in Project online (PWA) to Power BI through OData for custom PBI reporting of Project plan.

I can get all the table's for PBI Visualisation. I am unable to create the relationship between Task table and Reso

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05-10-2018

Hello -

There is no direct link that can be established between Resources and Tasks. You could use the Assignments table to do that (to see resource assignments against t

Madan kumar in Project , 05-06-2018

I have Project Professional Pro license (PWA), I am downloading the MS Project to my desktop.

The latest version of Project is not getting installed.

I need to get Agile in my project plan. Sometime back i was able to download the latest version 1804 where

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Is it possible to create a compressed timeline for presentation?

Lilliann Lai in Project , 05-03-2018

Hello! I am relatively new at Microsoft Project, and as I've worked, I was wondering how to tackle this problem I've encountered where I'd like to essentially present multiple tasks in one line.

For some background, I am compiling a large list of all the

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05-04-2018

Within a given project, you can use the native "timeline bar" functionality. This may work for you if you have those resources assigned to distinct tasks. Also, you can a

Jon Ostroushko in Project , 02-15-2018

So we are running into an issue that appears may be attributed to a Chrome update. I am looking to gather feedback from others to see if you are experiencing the same issues as us.

When a user logs into O365 and they navigate to Project Online, they lo

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03-20-2018

Is there an ETA on this issue being resolved. I have not been able to open Projects from PWA to Project in Chrome for 2 months.

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02-20-2018

It does appear to relate to the version 64 or 65 (Beta) releases of Chrome. Our product group are looking into it - not sure at this stage if Microsoft or Google will ne

Myles Gallagher in Project , 04-20-2018

I am experimenting with project online and the desktop software as a solution for project/resource management, but I have hit some confusing problems in the program. First, let me say the auto-scheduling based on resource availability is phenomenal when

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04-22-2018

Hi Myles,

You need to check the "Load Summary Resource Assignments" option when starting the Project client.

If you don't see it, be sure to activate the dialog:

File->I

Brian Smith in Project , 03-05-2018

I posted a blog on a few reasons why a PWA might go read-only - that main new one I was highlighting was for those customers who only have a Project Online Essentials license(s) which isn't enough to keep the site alive and it will get de-provisioned. We

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04-20-2018

Brian, is this the correct link? I get an error when I try to go to https://lwal.me/5g

Resource Names not showing up in Project Client since update to 1802

Adrian Adam in Project , 03-12-2018

Hello Community
Since update to release 1802 (built 9029.2166) of the Project Client 2016 we face the following issue: Resource names in in the resource name column in view tables are not showing up anymore. The same behaviour in the „Build team from Ente... Read More

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03-13-2018

Sensei is describing the issue here as well and provide also an idea how to resolve. Not yet confirmed for our case but looks promising.

https://www.senseiprojectsolutions.com/2018/03/08/resource-names-not-appearing-in-project-online-desktop-client/

Kristina Benoit in Project , 03-28-2018

In Microsoft PPM/Project Online, I'm interested to know how others are handling for putting a project "On Hold". Do you have different workflow phases/stages? Do you have status indicator colors that indicate a project is on-hold? Do you have an enterpris

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04-09-2018

Just the normal "status" field we have for other reasons like "ready, planning, in progress, testing, etc". Another one says "hold". Along with that we either delete or p

Status update comments for projects

Ian Bruckner in Project , 03-22-2018

How are you handling text-based status updates for your projects in Project Online?

Our general requirement is to enter a few lines each week (but this could theoretically be entered more or less often, the time doesn't matter as much as showing the las

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04-04-2018

Bummer - I would have thought this was a thing others do. Maybe others just rely on metrics alone for dashboards? We're definitely asked here for a snippet of "what's goi

Terry Hagan in Project , 03-26-2018

Hi,

we've successfully tried out the new external access for PWA as per Microsoft documentation:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/using-project-online-with-external-users-f305a365-3d81-48bc-a3d0-4260e7326899

However, I can't find anything ab

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CSOM API Update for Project Online: Cost rate table support

Trutz Stephani in Project , 02-01-2017

There is a new update of the CSOM API for SharePoint and Project Online available:

https://dev.office.com/blogs/new-sharepoint-csom-version-released-for-Office-365-january-2017

There is now support for cost rate tables more or less similar to the PSI funct

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03-19-2018

As far as I know Project Server 2016 is out of scope for this...

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03-14-2018

That's great, but excuse me, what about on-premise msp 2016?

Demand Management & Ideation

Ian Bruckner in Project , 03-07-2018

Is there anything more recent put out by Microsoft or project bloggers on the topic of ideation & demand management than the "Hitchhiker's Guide to Demand Management 2013"?

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03-12-2018

There are some posts covering Power Apps and Flow when doing status reporting ( @Allan Rocha ) or in case a new project gets created ( @Prasanna Adavi ) . Of course you c

03-07-2018

Hi Ian,
Not to my knowledge (and I should know most on this topic):-)

https://ppmblog.org/2018/01/07/ideation-build-an-idea-hub-using-modern-sharepoint-project-online-and-flow/

03-07-2018

Found this by @Peter Kestenholz I intend to immerse myself into.

CSOM: can't create new Resource

Germán Torres in Project , 03-07-2018

Hi everybody.

I'm currently struggling with CSOM because I get this error when trying to create a new Enterprise Resource in my context:

"PJClientCallableException: CustomFieldRequiredValueNotProvided\r\nCustomFieldRequiredValueNotProvided\r\nmdpropui

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03-07-2018

I have something on the technet gallery that may help: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Custom-and-Native-field-29cb2e42?redir=0 but it's about projects, not resourc

Brian Smith in Project , 03-06-2018

If you are still running Project Server 2013 then please read https://lwal.me/5k - end of mainstream support is fast approaching (4/10/2018) and after that date to get any support you will need to be on at least the April 2017 PU.

Servicing policy details for Project Server 2013

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How to became a Certified Microsoft Project Professional?

João Pereira in Project , 02-21-2018

I can't seem to find any MS Project Certification!

I was told that Microsoft changed the Certification Program and I can't find any MS Project Certification in the link below.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/certification-overview.aspx

Can some

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02-23-2018

I believe that the 74-343 and 74-348 exams are still active. Check with a Prometric provider.

CSOM throwing random error

Germán Torres in Project , 02-20-2018

Hi there!

I've been using CSOM Framework for several months without important problems... Since a few weeks ago, I've been getting "Error 429" sometimes when one of my processes executes. Due to the fact that sometimes it works fine and sometimes it doe

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02-20-2018

Hi Germán, 429 normally means you are being throttled - are you making a lot of calls? This article explains throttling in SHarePoint Online which also applies to Project

Best Response confirmed by Germán Torres (New Contributor)

Project Online / SharePoint Modern UI

Michael Shea in Project , 01-12-2018

Are there any options for using the SharePoint modern UI with Project Online? It would be nice to be able to utilize a modern page 1) on the PWA landing page, and 2) on the home page for each of the project sites. Has anybody done this yet? And if so,

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02-13-2018

Would be nice if Microsoft could provide an answer or roadmap on this!

As more and more are converting to modern view I also get a lot of questions about why the projec

Inactive Tasks show up in Capacity Planning Charts in Resource Center (Project Online)

01-12-2018

Great question!

Adrian Adam in Project , 07-21-2017

Hi all

I just noticed the following behaviour which (from my perspective) should be different:

I added a task in a project and assigned a resource to it, published the project plan
This task now shows up in the resource's task sheet, it shows up in resource

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07-28-2017

Grüzi Adrian,

Looks like a bug to me, too. Did you file a O365 ticket?

Cheers,

Trutz

Edit Enterprise Calendar in Project Online

Michael Shea in Project , 01-20-2017

I am running into the following error (screen shot below) when attempting to edit the "Standard" enterprise calendar or creating a new one. I am able to open projects through Project Center by highlighting / Open / In Microsoft Project for Editing, so I

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01-26-2018

My workaround was to try it with annother Webbrowser!

10-31-2017

Hi Michael,

I have the same problem. Were you able to solve this issue?

Regards

Riz

01-20-2017

Hi Michael,

If you try it when Project is already open, do you get the same result ? Are you using Project Professional Online rather than an older installed msi version

Michael Holste in Project , 09-20-2016

The Office 365 Project Time Reporter iOS app announced last fall is now available in the Apple Store. This app enables team members to submit timesheets and report progress on tasks tracked in Project Online. Learn more on Office Blogs.

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01-16-2018

Great. Is this still available because I couldn't find it in the store and is there an Android version as well?

11-29-2017

It has been removed from the store Michael. I believe there may be some 3rd party apps out there. Best regards, Brian.