Project Server technical bits

Scenario:   - You created a managed path of /projectsites against the web app that is running your PWA Site - you create the site collection for holding your Project Web Access Workspaces (so that you have your workspaces separated from your PWA Site) - However this approach is changed at the last second, and you delete the managed path from the Central Admin configuration - You then delete the site collection result: Your Site Collection will not delete.  Attempting to enumsites against the web app will result in an error reason:  the site has been orphaned in the content db fix: - Open your content db and select all from dbo.webs - look fo the title of the Site Collection you created that you wish to delete in the Title field - Copy the SiteID Guid - in the 12/Bin folder of the app server, run:   stsadm -o deletesite -force -siteid [enter the guid here] -databaseserver [database server name] -databasename -[name of your content database] This will delete the orphaned records.

updated on 10 Dec 2010 - MS1-Var-P field names were wrong.  Hope Ive got it right this time!!! - Carl updated on 13 Dec 2010 - data types and task level rollups added to field definition (shame) Problem In the Project Centre you wish to show the status of your "Gateway" events that are held as Milestones in the project plans to provide a Milestone Summary view.  However there is no out of the box solution to doing this. The Approach Firstly you need a Task Level Custom Field that links to a lookup table that defines your milestones.  For Example: Field Name = C3_Milestone Type Lookup Table = Gateways LUT List = MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4, MS5 For each milestone you want to report on in the Project Centre (MS1...5), create the following field structure: Note:   -T represents task fields, -P represents project fields - MS1 Switch-T this is the control field that identifies the relevant task that is tagged with the Gateway = MS1 value (1), Baselined (2), Complete (4), not set (

Quick description: We installed PWA, OWC and SQL AS 10.0 OLE DB Provider for a client install for Project Server 2007.  Everything was hunkydory except, navigating to the Data Analysis page stated we needed to install Office Web Components.  For some reason the web part wasn’t recognising that this was already installed. Hang on… thought we had… We reinstalled/ repaired / hopped up and down alot.  Nothing.  It just would not acknowledge it was there Client PC #2 - same issue Server side - same issue Hop hop hop (scream) When selecting Edit page on the Data Analysis page it actually correctly displayed the web part.  I also noticed that creating a DA view was fine too EH!?!?!??!! On hitting hard refresh attempted to show the page toolbar before prompting again to install OWC Several hours later………… The Fix = remove and re-add the Data Analysis to the page (oh god, why didn’t i think of that sooner) Time to work out the fix = 3 days Grey hairs created through d

SQL 2008 analysis services for mops2007 Well we sorted it It’s a bank holiday today but here’s the route we took Installed SQL 2005 components from dec2005 feature pack on app server Native client Bacwards compatibility note: xmo not installed due to SQL 2008 reporting services addon for sharepoint wouldn’t let it Installed the following bits on app server to get things working SQL 2008 native client Xmo 2005 sp 3 cu5 - to get around the previous issue noted KB 972511 Ta daaa everything worked!!! Only took a week :( edit - postback to Brian Smith’s blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/06/15/project-server-2007-analysis-services-issues-when-using-reporting-services-add-in-for-sharepoint.aspx

Update: so we are getting the "cannot connect to repository" error. Having rummaged around I have just seen reference to the need for SQL 2008 Native Client install also... gonna check this out next So, i am seriously stuck on something... hopeing to work this through today but thought I would share: Consider.... Server Architecture: Server 1 : DB server SQL 2008 / AS2008 / rS2008 Server 2: App server MOSS2007, Project Server 2007, 2008 Reporting Services addin for SharePoint Server 3: WFE including 2008 RS addin for SharePoint Configuring Server 2 for CBS - install Native Client - OK - Install Management Objects (XMO/AMO) - Failed (higher version aleady availble) - Install BC Cube run fails due with Unable to Create ActiveX component... error http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972694 Ran the hotfix package mentioned for XMO and got the error "unable to connet to analysis services repository" - relates to native client So as we are now in an unknown state I am now r