Project Server technical bits

**Quick publish article.  Further tests follow** **Update:   Only appears to apply to on-premise installs.  Project Online is unaffected ** Issue:  When manually editing Baseline(0-10) timephased data via task usage in MS Project Client, data is not saved to database. Tested on:  SEPT 2015 PU (Server and Client) Prep: ------------------------------------------------------- Create a project with one task on it.   add a resource from pool and assign to the task at 100% Set Baseline (0) Publish plan Test:  Query DB and see timephased data populated correctly Issue 1 Repro ------------------------------------------------------- Edit Baseline Work values in Task Usage view Save and Publish Test:  Query DB and see timephased data is not changed Issue 2 Repro ------------------------------------------------------- Add Baseline 10 to task usage view Manually enter values into timephased cells for Baseline10 Save and Publish...

Just came across the joys of "enable/disable preview features" in office 365 SharePoint Admin. My users were reporting that they were unable to refresh published Project Online reports in their browser.  They received the following message:                       This workbook contains external data connections or BI features that are not supported. The issue was caused by a setting in the SharePoint Online Admin Portal (Admin | SharePoint | Settings).   Selecting Enable Preview Features (see below) allows users to refresh Project Online Reports using oData feeds in their browser.   As a reminder, the following two elements also need enabling if you haven't done so already: user group permissions: Site collection features:  

This post is the first of a series to highlight the apps available for Project Server and Project Online from the SharePoint store  ( https://store.office.com/search.aspx?productgroup=SharePoint&qu=tpg ) and direct via your local TPG office. The first of this series will look at the s imple plug-and-play apps that all users of Project Online can make use of quickly and easily.   T hese are: Risk Matrix  Milestone Trend Analysis (MTA) WBS Chart viewer Next we will focus on the challenge of  Resource Request Supply and Demand by demonstrating our more recent TeamLink and TeamManager apps. Team Manager App is a Resource Manager/Owner app for allocating resource supply to Projects and BAU activities and monitoring demands against commitments Team Link App is a PM tool for monitoring Project demands vs the supply provided by the Resource Managers  Finally I will highlight some of the benefits of our integration tools when used i...

Looks like the peeps over in Redmond have been busy making some changes to the Project Online UI I get the feeling they're not quite finished yet as the icons have gone crazy!!