Posted by: Khurram Jamshed on February 20, 2019
Microsoft Project Online solution enables the storage of project data in a central repository to increase visibility across the organisation. Reporting on that data can be generated using different tools available such as SSRS, Power BI etc. An example of the reporting output is a nicely formatted Word document with the most up-to-date project status
Posted by: Peter Williams on November 8, 2017
Background It has almost been two years since Microsoft released a new feature (https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2015/12/03/3-new-enhancements-to-project-online/?eu=true) that creates a unique Project ID upon creation of each project. This allows for the Project Name to be changed whilst still maintaining a unique reference to the project. Prior to this new feature being released, other custom solutions were often
Posted by: Khurram Jamshed on September 14, 2017
Creating project custom fields and lookup tables is a common activity in a life of PPM consultant. While doing this fun activity, there is often a challenge when we try to copy/paste values from Excel to a custom lookup table. This process often tries to paste all the copied values in a single cell along
Posted by: Irfan Rizvi on August 4, 2017
In Project Server / Project Online lookup tables, if you add a text lookup entry which contains a comma ‘,’ as such: A validation message will appear on Project Server to say: The lookup table values cannot contain the server list separator ‘,’ because, in multiple value fields, the entries are separated by a
Posted by: EPM Partners on July 12, 2017
I was looking for a PowerShell script to publish all projects in a Project Online instance but surprisingly (or due to lack of correct Google terms) couldn’t find one. So I ended up writing one myself and uploading it on TechNet for the rest of the world. You can directly download the script from this link: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Publish-All-Projects-in-ad8ee80e/file/174745/1/Publish_All_Projects_ProjectOnline.ps1
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Posted by: EPM Partners on July 4, 2017
Write values to PDP input fields If you have followed my previous blogs, you’d know how to tap an input field value on a PDP. Once you get the hang of it, you can perform many operations like hide it, lock it, move it etc. using simple JavaScript operations. In one of my apps, I
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Posted by: EPM Partners on June 27, 2017
Read input field values on a PDP Sometimes, in our script, we need to know the values of custom fields to render our own output. Case in point, I once had to draw cool d3.js based graphics representing project status based custom field values. See the sample output below: Now I could have read the
Posted by: EPM Partners on May 30, 2017
Checking the Project details page edit mode This tip is about changing script behaviour based on the fact that project is editable or not. I recently created a custom editable grid for users to enter project financial information. However, I wanted the grid to behave like regular PDP input fields which does not allow editing
Posted by: EPM Partners on May 24, 2017
Checking the Web Part page design mode In this series of blogs, I’ll share some of the best practices I use to write better JavaScript to customise Project Online screens. The first tip is about detecting the web part page edit mode. Frequently, we write scripts to manipulate UI of the page and if the
Posted by: EPM Partners on April 20, 2017
As we experience successes with Project Online, more and more users find reasons to use it. In some heavy usage scenarios, the issue of performance may exist. Despite Project Online being Software as a Service (SaSS), tenants are not 100% clear from administrative responsibility of maintaining a responsive system. It is something Microsoft and each
