Month: October 2013

Microsoft PPM 2013 Project Sites: Manipulating the Quick Launch Menu in Project Server/Project Online

Posted on by Debbie Perez

When using Microsoft Project Server/Project Online/PPM you get very familiar with the Quick Launch Menu. This menu runs along the left side of the screen and contains links to all of the “frequently used” pages within PWA. Some of the standards links would be Project, Tasks, Timesheet, Resource, etc. Most of these links will prove Read more about Microsoft PPM 2013 Project Sites: Manipulating the Quick Launch Menu in Project Server/Project Online[…]

What Does ‘Load Summary Resource Assignments’ in Microsoft Project do?

Posted on by Karam Mohammed

For those of you out there that connect Microsoft Project to Project Server/Project Online/PPM, you have probably come across this but like many others ignored it on several occasions. When you first launch Microsoft Project, you are prompted to select which ‘Profile’ or ‘Account’ you would like to connect to. You will also notice there Read more about What Does ‘Load Summary Resource Assignments’ in Microsoft Project do?[…]

Using “Split View” to display Reports and Gantt Chart together in MS Project 2013

Posted on by Parthiv Bhuta

I am pretty sure many of you using MS Project 2013 already know this one, but I just woke up to it, and documenting it for the rest of the population. One cool thing about Reports in Project 2013 is that they can be used in a Split View, like the timeline. For example, you Read more about Using “Split View” to display Reports and Gantt Chart together in MS Project 2013[…]

Start and End date do not align with task duration?

Posted on by Michael Samadi

Few days ago one of our client called me and said “There seems to be a bug in Microsoft Project, it is unable to calculate the correct finish date for one of my tasks.” He further added saying “I do not have any constrains or resources assigned to this task yet, but, if I manually Read more about Start and End date do not align with task duration?[…]