Cannot Force Checkin: Project Web App
My team got project stuck in the queue and we can't publish any other projects as 2 jobs got stuck and causing other projects to continue to be in a wait. I tried to 1) Cancel the publish job (not successful) force checkin a project (not successful either) and it continues to stay in this state for several hours "Waiting To Be Processed" Please help!!
Track equipment capacity in MS Project
Hello, I have decent experience using MS Project desktop but currently struggling with how or if MS project is able to track equipment capacity in terms of quantity/units. Ideally, I would like project to alert/show capacity for an equipment based on task start/end date show capacity for future planning. For example, I have 70 samples to run on the equipment but capacity is 40 samples. I know that the 70 samples can't go through, but how can I set the equipment capacity in project to call this out? I have been tinkering with resource sheets, names, %, but don't understand how to manipulate it so that if I set an equipment capacity at 40 units (not %), it will show me capacity alerts. I also want to enter in tasks that are happening months out and would like capacity alerts to be called out in this situation too. This is how I'm tracking it in project. I don't want to put each sample as it's own line item as there are many projects with X samples so I keep it as a high level task with the project and associated sample count. Maybe it's how I am tracking that doesn't allow for tracking capacity in units? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.
Project Professional 2024 and Project Server SE OIDC Authentication Issue
Hi all, I have setup a Project Server SE Environment (SharePoint and Project Server Subscription Edition) and configured Custom Open Id Connect Server as Trusted Identity Provider. Everything worked perfectly in the Project Server part from authenticating (redirecting the user to the Open Id connect server for authentication) to everything else except when I open the schedule in Microsoft Project Professional 2024 at first it opens the embedded web browser that it gives me that it can't load jQuery and Bootstrap JS files and CSS and after I enter my credentials it gives me SharePoint Error Page https://youtu.be/tgZ293boon8 unfortunately, I can't upload the logs here if anyone needs it let me know how to send it to him
Project accelerator deploy error
I need help with an error that occurs in the deployment of Project accelerator. The error is as follows: "Flow client error returned with status code "BadRequest" and details "{"error":{"code":"InvalidOpenApiFlow","message":" Flow saving failed with code 'OpenApiOperationParameterValidationFailed' and message 'Input parameter 'item' validation failed in workflow operation 'Create_a_new_record': The API operation 'CreateRecord' is missing required property 'item/msdyn_dayspermonth'.'."}} ". After the error occurs, reloading the page informs that the accelerator was implemented successfully. When working on the Accelerator we get an incomplete deploy, missing some features like "project suggestions" or some tab names, like the picture: Also we cannot edit the form, with the following message: This form is in a managed solution and cannot be editedTimesheet Single Entry Mode
We have been using timesheet single entry mode to decouple actuals from the MS project file and user timesheet actuals. We plan to evaluate the users actuals from their timesheets in BI to reassess our baselines (specifically focusing on effort) and will ignore the actuals from the mpp file. This has worked as expected except for one scenario. When a PM marks a task complete in the project file and a user has logged any amount of time to the task in their timesheet, no project actuals push to the users timesheet (as expected/desired); however if a user has not yet logged any time against that specific task, the assignment planned work in the project file (now actuals) will push up to the users timesheet. We do not want any project actuals pushing to a users timesheet regardless of whether they have filled in their timesheet yet or not. We need the work actuals completely decoupled [timesheet work inputs do not update the project task status and project work inputs do not update the users timesheets]. Please help.
Export a project as .mpp from Project Online
Hi, I have a project created in Project Online and need to share the .mpp project file with a client. However, although there are options to export as Excel or PDF, I am unable to export to .mpp. Is exporting from Project Online to .mpp even possible? I have been referring to this article - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/projectonline/connect-to-project-online-with-the-project-online-desktop-client which looked promising. I am on a Mac but I have a colleague with a Windows laptop and he has Project Professional desktop client. Has anyone tried this approach? But I am unable to figure out the Project Server URL referred to in the article. I have tried the URL of my Project Online project but this doesn't work. Any help here will be really appreciated.Major Functionality Change in Project Online Desktop: Copy-Paste No Longer Transfers Full Task Data
Hi, I'm having a problem with the task copy-paste functionality, which I use very frequently, in the most recent release of Project Online Desktop Client. I'd love any help you can provide. Description of the Problem: Recently, when copying tasks in Microsoft Project Online Desktop Client, only partial task data is being copied and pasted. Previously, when selecting an entire task row (including summary tasks) and copying it, all task-related data would be copied, including: Resource assignments Work Assignment units Duration Start and finish dates Predecessors and successors Task constraints (e.g., "As soon as possible") Notes All sub-task information for summary tasks (with correct indentation) Upon pasting, this data would be transferred in its entirety, allowing for efficient duplication of task structures and bulk modifications using find/replace. Now, when performing the same action, the behavior has changed. After copying, only the task name is pasted. The following issues occur: Incomplete data transfer: Only the task name is pasted, and no other task details (resource assignments, dates, durations, etc.) are carried over. Loss of summary task structure: For summary tasks, the sub-tasks are not properly indented; instead, the sub-task names are pasted as independent tasks, with no hierarchical structure. Task constraint issue: Pasted tasks now seem to have a "Finish no later than..." constraint applied, which appears to be derived from the original finish dates. This suggests the finish dates are being pasted as fixed constraints, overriding the original "As soon as possible" constraint that the task originally had. It seems as though the copy-paste functionality is not pulling all data fields from the task row but instead is only capturing a subset (task name and finish date). This behavior is different from what used to happen, where all task attributes would be included in the copy-paste operation. Is this an intended change or a bug? Has anyone found a workaround to ensure all task details are copied when using copy-paste functionality in the Desktop Client? Can I adjust settings to restore the original copy-paste behavior? Could this be related to a recent update or settings change in Microsoft Project? Are there any known changes to how Microsoft Project handles copying tasks between project files, or perhaps with Project Online Desktop Client specifically? Can this be escalated to the Project development team? Thanks for any help you can provide. Rob MS Project user since 1996End dates of Subtask are appearing wrong
Hi there, I'm facing issue with import of xml file. When I import the file, Finish date of task having subtask, gets disturb. I am attaching the screenshot from xml file indicating the dates that I have set in it Heres the screenshot from Microsoft Project when I import the xml file After going through multiple solution, I found one of them partially working which suggested that i should turn off project calculation after each edit After applying this setting and re-loading the xml, Finish date of parent task appear corrected but for its subtasks which has duration greater than one, it still appears wrong Can someone please suggest me a solution for this ?Project web app- No up to date data via OData feed
Hi all, we are working with the project web app. The Data stored in the project web app is pulled via the OData feed connector into a PowerBI report. The project web app is hosted on https://company.sharepoint.com/sites/pwa, the data is pulled from https://company.sharepoint.com/sites/pwa/_api/projectdata. The connection and data refresh was working for months without an issue, last week I have added two enterprise custom fields in the PWA and made some changes to the Enterprise Global. When opening the enterprise global a cache limit error appeared in Project Desktop, which was resolved by deleting the cache. I had to do a forced check in of the enterprise global in the PWA settings. I also got an error when loading the "Tasks" table in Power BI, an issue with one of the newly added enterprise custom fields was reported. This issue just appeared once, seems now to be resolved. Since then, I have not gotten any up to data from the PWA via the OData feed into PowerBI. When looking directly in the PWA the data gets updated, but gets not submitted via the OData feed anymore, some "old" versoin of the data gets submitted, I can run the data refresh against the OData feed without any issue but returns only "old" data. I also have 2 "Project Save from Project Professional" jobs under "Manage queue jobs" with job type "Cancelled" which I cannot remove / cancel from the list. How can I solve this? Thanks in advance
