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"We Couldn't Open Your Project"
We have a new licensed user who cannot access a project in the "new" Project. We can add her in as a group member just fine. However, when we attempt to assign a task, we get a pink bar that says, "Couldn't assign resource. Please try again.Correlation ID: 9ff6991b-3508-4488-b271-b54a4ba11ef2." Also, when she attempts signing onto the project via the URL she gets a message stating, "We couldn't open your project" and a Correlation ID of "6489d1c3-aeaa-4346-ad94-ac42ec3e2f2" Any idea what this issue is or how to resolve it?Project for the Web - Project Tasks Custom Fields - Power BI Reporting
Hello, We're able to add custom fields to Project Tasks table in the Project for the Web, which is a great feature. However, according to this documentation (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-custom-field-in-project-839d206f-b314-48f5-aa06-79140db93b94), it says "To reuse custom fields [in Project for the Web], create acopy of the project. Custom fields can't currently be used across projects or for PowerBI reports." It appears we aren't able to use Custom fields for PowerBI Reports. Are there any workarounds for this? Coding, API, power automate, or anything? Is there anything scheduled in product roadmap to make this feature available? Thanks, AdilProject Online / SharePoint Modern UI
Are there any options for using the SharePoint modern UI with Project Online? It would be nice to be able to utilize a modern page 1) on the PWA landing page, and 2) on the home page for each of the project sites. Has anybody done this yet? And if so, are there any caveats or tricks to make it work properly with the project site template, etc.?Creating production schedule in Project
Hi, I am struggling to find right software for a production scheduling application, for a fast moving manufacturing environment. Eventually I reached to Microsoft Project plan 3 free trial. I find it promising but it is missing the possibility of adding machines etc in the projects. I request to advise on: 1. is the Project right product for a production scheduling purpose? 2. In what form, I get Project so that I get features such as adding machines etc? I am bit confused with Microsoft products available (Project 3 or 5 or Project desktop), before I buy the license, I need to confirm if its possible or not? 3. Does Project desktop still available to download for individual purpose. Please bear with me if this is not the right forum, please direct me suitably.
Excel Reporting : Can't connect to calendars with OData anymore
Hello there, A few days ago, some of the Excel reportings I'm maintaining for a client stopped working because they get an "access denied" error when accessing data. I'm using OData connections to get relevant informations from both the data sources below : https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/pwa/_api/projectdata https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/pwa/_api/projectserver/calendars('calendarid') The first data source is the usual one to get all the projects-related data. This one seems to still work fine when using the Admin account (authenticated using the "Organizational account" authentication type). The second one I used to get the calendar exception list from the Standard calendar. It worked fine too until a few days ago and now I can't access it anymore, even with the Admin credentials. When I try to reconnect to the data source I meet a message that says "We can't authenticate you with the given credentials. Try again.". Did the authentication method for calendar access changed these last days ? Has anyone encountered this issue ? Thank you very much
Add Teams group to Project for the Web with Power Automate
Hello, we are looking for a solution to add a Teams group to a project in "Project for the Web" with a flow. In the web we have just to select the group and click on "Add" like in the screenshot: Now we have a flow which creates a Teams team (it works fine) and we want to add the created team to a project in PftW. We tried it with the standard Dataverse connectors but didnt find the correct field for this: We also checked the new API:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/project-management/schedule-api-preview Is it possible to add a team to the project with a flow? Thanks in advance Elmir
Can Project Plan 1 Online Truly Replace Project Plan 3 Using Desktop Project and mpp files
We currently have a large number of Project Plan 3 licenses with users creating their projects Project Pro and saving their mpp files in SharePoint/Team. Obviously we have no way of centralizing anything or sharing schedules with links etc but what would we LOSE if we decided to migrate our mpp files to Project Online with everyone on Project Plan 1? Is it truly a replacement? I believe it doesn't track versions or you can't have multiple copies of one (which is beneficial of having mpp files as you can just rename them to draft, approved, etc. Can we truly move away from mpp files to be fully cloud without losing all the features and options?Project for the Web (P4W) Baselines or Due Dates
Hey All, Are baselines or due dates planned for P4W? Do we know when they will be added? Is there a workaround in the meantime? Related question: where does the data for the custom columns live? If we were able to access that information via PowerBI that would solve it for sure. Thanks!!Help Creating Custom Field to Calculate Elapsed Duration to Compare Against Actual Work Duration
I created a custom text field called Elapsed Duration as I want to use this field instead of the built-in "Actual Duration" field which calculates based on % complete. I want to monitor and know the true duration that a task has been in progress even when work is not performed. Elapsed duration would be the amount of time that has passed between the Actual Start and Project Status Date for tasks that have not finished or for completed tasks amount of time that has passed between Actual Start and Actual Finish of the task. Then I want the Elapsed Duration rounded to whole days. I'm not sure what function in project to use for that. I'm not sure how to build complex formula like this for Elapsed Duration. Below is what I've come up with so far for individual functions. Calculate Elapsed Duration for Tasks That have started but not finished: IIf([Actual Duration]=0,"NA",ProjDateDiff([Actual Start],[Status Date])/480 & " " & "days") Calculate Elapsed Duration for Tasks that have finished: IIf([% Complete]=100,ProjDateDiff([Actual Start],[Actual Finish])/480 & " " & "days") Round Duration To Whole Days: ?????Teams integration: Hiding the O365 header in project roadmaps
It is possible to implement a project roadmap in a Teams tab to simplify communication. Simply open the roadmap, then copy the URL from the address bar and add it as a website tab in Teams. By adding "&dynamicsUI=true" to the URL, you can even hide the O365 header.
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