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We are pleased to see the release of the February 2015 Public Update (PU) for Project, Project Server and SharePoint for 2013, and Project and Project Server and SharePoint 2010.  This is the first time all the updates have been included in a PU - rather than a Cumulative Update (CU) for some fixes and […]

A client recently asked me why the totals in the “Other Project and Commitments” line on the Resource Usage view were correct. He had added up the hours from all the listed projects but omitted two line items called “My Timesheet”. The “My Timesheet” lines represent work that has been entered against Administrative tasks in […]

Hello, I cannot even recall how many times I have seen this error when working on either moving a Microsoft Project Server or SharePoint instance to a different server/domain/etc., or performing an upgrade.  Lets just say I’ve encountered it many times.  This time was a bit unique, and related to a Microsoft Project Server 2007 […]

This week we were working on an Excel Services report that pulls data from Project view tables, Resources, Tasks and Assignments. Luckily, we have Power Pivot available to help join these tables, right? We started pulling the tables one at a time using the Data/From Other Sources/SQL option. We enter the server name and our […]

I was recently asked by a client how long their Microsoft product support lasted and I stumbled upon the Product Lifecycle database.   I have taken an extract for products pertaining to the Project Server family.   I would encourage you to bookmark the database page so you can stay on top of any Microsoft Product Support […]

This is the third and final piece of our Real Time Reporting mini series.  The previous posts discussed the primary reporting tools available out of the box, and how to manage the data in a coordinated way so as to produce portfolio level reporting: Real-Time-Reporting-in-Project-Online-and-Project-Server-2013 part I Real Time Reporting in Project Online and Project […]

We receive questions on how to leverage the OData connections quite often, therefore, I thought I’d write up a quick-start. Navigate to the Business Intelligence/Reports section of PWA Locate your OData connections.  There can be several ways to do this.  here’s one: Click on the Gear in the top-right, then select Site Contents Locate and […]

Last week we talked about which reporting tools are real time in Microsoft Project Online and Microsoft Project Server 2013: Real Time Reporting in Project Online and Project Server 2013. This week, let’s talk about the data behind that reporting. Since you are reporting across the enterprise, getting all the data correct at one time […]

One thing that can make our rollout of Microsoft Project a success is understanding how our data shows up in reporting and views.  This is true whether we’re using Microsoft Project Online or Microsoft Project Server. At MS Project Now, we’ve seen a wide assortment of client reporting needs. One critical piece is always the […]

Hey Folks.  We were recently working with a customer experiencing an issue with their Excel/OData reports not refreshing.  We stumbled across this which solved our issue.  Referenced from office.com Welcome to Microsoft Project Server 2013. Please refer to the provided End-User License Agreement for license information. The following list contains important facts about Microsoft Project […]

Hello, We recently had a customer who was receiving the error below when publishing one of their projects.  The error was a Reporting job fail, therefore, the reporting database was not reflecting the correct information for the project.  This error is related to baseline records containing incorrect values for certain fields, such as a blank […]

A recent client wanted MS Project Now to help them quickly and efficiently upgrade them from Microsoft Project Server 2007 to 2013. One of their big concerns was in training their global workforce. This company needed specific classes that addressed the needs of the entire organization, not just the people in the US. They needed […]

Recently a customer came to us to help with their Microsoft Project Server Migration. The main issues they wanted to address in their migration from Microsoft Project Server 2007 to 2013 were: Utilize the new functionality of Microsoft Project Server 2013. They also wanted to be able to forecast their work, to track non-working and […]

This falls under SharePoint upgrade but I have seen clients creating sites using Fabulous 40 templates in the same database where PWA resides and it breaks the Microsoft Project server 2013 upgrade. So, run below command to verify if Fab 40 templates are installed in Project Server 2007 environment or not: stsadm -o enumtemplates > […]

In one of our customers environment multiple users were getting below error while accessing their timesheets. Error: The view failed to load. Press OK to reload this view with the default settings. Press Cancel to select another view. We tried re-creating the Timesheet after deleting it and got below error. It turned out to be […]

I came across an interesting issue after my recent migration from Microsoft Project Server 2007 to Microsoft Project Server 2013. The migration was successful with a few errors that were due to the missing custom solutions. When I went to Project Center, Resource Center and Timesheet page after migration, the ribbon was disabled. I was […]

People want to know how their organization can improve by using Project. One of the many ways is through collaboration and reporting. We thought it would be helpful to list all the ways you can see meaningful results for your team by using Project. Both Microsoft Project Online and Microsoft Project Server help you team […]

Recently, I migrated the Microsoft Project Server 2013 databases from production environment to newly created development environment. I used the database attached method and it went well, however I was unable to open the Projects from Project Center and was getting below error message. Error in IE window: “Sorry, something went wrong” The ULS log […]