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Question: Hi, I recently attended the MPUG webinars on Reporting (first two). I though you guys did an excellent job with this series (very impressed). Unfortunately I have been forced to listen to the recorded versions since my audio does not work for live meeting. Due to this, I was unable to submit my question. […]

Issue 1 I run into a problem when I try to connect to it through Excel. Here is what I’m doing: · Open Excel · Choose Data à Connections · Choose Add · Choose Browse for More… · Try to paste in the URL (/PWA/ProjectBICenter/Data%20Connections%20for%20PerformancePoint">http://<serverName>/PWA/ProjectBICenter/Data%20Connections%20for%20PerformancePoint) · At this point I get this error:   Answer […]

Step Action Details 1 From the Windows menu, select Start à SharePoint à PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer 2 From the Workspace Browser, select PerformancePoint Content à New à Report 3 Select Analytic Chart à OK 4 Select Tab SharePoint Site à MSP_Portfolio_Analyzer à Finish 5 Your report is being created 6 Rename Report to Forecasted Cost, […]

Step Action Details 1 Launch SharePoint Central Administration by Selecting Start à SharePoint 2010 Central Administration 2 Under Application Management, select Manage Service Applications 3 Select PerformancePoint Service Application 4 Select PerformancePoint Service Application Settings. 5 Specify TRAINprojadmin for the Unattended Service Account User Name and MPN.train for the password, then select OK. Once the […]

Hi again. To start, I have to say that I’m setting a record here. I’ve posted 6 weeks in a row now and I think that deserves some accolades, don’t you? Continuing our series on 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, in this post we’ll take a look at Step 5: Entering Deadlines. Before we can […]

I was attaching a content database from one SharePoint farm to another and encountered this error.  This issue occurred because the farms were at different path levels.  Once I corrected this the attach worked fine.

Great news – you can now review the recordings of most of the sessions.  Thanks to Brian (and the rest of the Microsoft Project Marketing team) for a job well done with the Project Conference and for getting the content on the Showcase Channel Enjoy the content – I know we surely did and will […]

Microsoft has created a great tool for those that are looking to compare Project Server versions.  Download Microsoft’s complete comparison of EPM 2003, EPM 2007, and EPM 2010 – click here. Enjoy

So what’s all the fuss about dependencies, anyway? I mean, it’s a nice way to tie tasks together but it’s also a lot of work! Besides, I can just enter the start date to get tasks to start where I want them to and there’s nothing wrong with that, right? WRONG!!!!! If you are entering […]

OK, so not a typical item for our blog.  It was, nonetheless, causing me headaches while working on an ssl enabled SharePoint site.  The fix was easy enough, and is below. Resolution Navigate Tools > Internet Options Select the Security tab Click on the Internet Zone icon at the top of the dialog box Click […]

Need PMI PDUs (Professional Development Units)?  integent! is a PMI Registered Education Provider which allows you to claim PDUs for our courses and webcasts.  This link on MPUG’s blog covers how to claim PDU's:  http://www.mpug.com/Pages/pmipdu.aspx A system restart from previous installation or update is pending Restart your computer and run setup to continue

In 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, we started with Step 1: Defining the Project and then moved on to Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. If you haven’t had the chance to read those posts, follow the links and check them out before reading on. In Step 1, I mentioned Task Types and suggested […]

Make sure to join MPUG and integent! for the third of the Reporting Certification Series.  We will be looking at Performance Point and SSRS to create dashboards and other helpful advanced reporting areas. See session information here: https://integent.com/events/allevents/tabid/350/vw/3/itemid/182/d/20120522/MPUG-Reporting-Certification-Series-(3-of-3)-Webcast.aspx Enjoy

Good Afternoon Folks, Many of you asked – so here is the list of reference from today’s webcast.  Enjoy. -Jacques •Managing views in PWA: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/HA100830121033.aspx •Setting up OLAP cubes for Data Analysis: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/HA100749111033.aspx •SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Books Online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159106.aspx •Introduction to Excel Services: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101054761033.aspx?pid=CH101768471033

Great Reporting Certification Series session today – if you missed it check out the recording at mpug.com. Here is a list of the Questions and Answers from the session: Resource Link on Reporting Templates:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg597682.aspx Question: Are we using MS Pro client only today, or EPM environment? Answer: Alan - we are looking at PS2010 […]

The following is an excerpt from our Business Intelligence with Microsoft Project Server 2010 course.  Enjoy! Step Action Details 1 From PWA navigation to the Business Intelligence Center à Sample Reports à English (United States) 2 Expose the contextual menu for the Simple Projects List à Edit in Microsoft Excel 3 If presented with a […]

Step Action Details 1 Launch Excel 2010 2 On the Data tab, in the Get External Data group, click From Other Sources, and then click From Data Connection Wizard. 3 Select Microsoft SQL Server, and then click Next. 4 Enter the name of the server (by default, it is the network name of the computer) […]

Hello Folks, now this is an interesting topic and question:  Can you create a Master Project Template in Project Server 2010?  that follows last week’s blog posting Cross Project Dependencies, Linking tasks, and subprojects in Project Server 2010. The answer is Yes – you sure can create a Master Project Template that has Subprojects in […]