Control the list of Reports by Department in Project Server 2010 – Part 1

Scenario You are using Project Server 2010 across multiple departments, and now have a long list of Reports in your Business Intelligence Center (as shown below). You would like to control the view of these reports for users, and ideally by the department the user belongs to. In this scenario, you have few options. Option Read more about Control the list of Reports by Department in Project Server 2010 – Part 1[…]

MPUG WebnLearn: Bring Project Portfolio Management to your PMO using Project Server 2010

Just wanted to let all of you know that I will be presenting a web-n-learn for Microsoft Project Users Group (MPUG), on the topic “Bring Project Portfolio Management to your PMO using Project Server 2010” on 03/20/2013, at 12 PM EST. For more details, click here: http://www.mpug.com/Lists/Event%20Calendar/DispForm.aspx?ID=702&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Empug%2Ecom%2FPages%2FHome%2Easpx This session will cover the specifics of how you can Read more about MPUG WebnLearn: Bring Project Portfolio Management to your PMO using Project Server 2010[…]

Sync to Reporting Database Fails

After publishing a Project on Project server 2010, you go to see the status of the queue, you find that the job for ‘Sync to Reporting’ fails. An easy way to catch this is when you run a report that is pulling data from a Projects that fails to sync with the reporting database, you Read more about Sync to Reporting Database Fails[…]

Workflow Visualization # Project Server 2010–Part 2

Continuing on from Part 1 of this blog post, our next step is to add the SSRS Report we generated to the Workflow Status page. Adding the SSRS Report to Workflow Status Page If you did not already, create a Project Detail Page (PDP), and set the type of the PDP as Workflow Status For Read more about Workflow Visualization # Project Server 2010–Part 2[…]

Project Server 2010-Approval Center-Status Update History-Blank Actual Work Column

Wow! That’s a long title! Well, I could not find a simpler phrase, sorry! Anyway, for those of you who have not read their RSS feeds yet, the October 2010 Cumulative Update for Project Server has been released. More information here. However, one of the updates caught my eye, as I remember one of my Read more about Project Server 2010-Approval Center-Status Update History-Blank Actual Work Column[…]

Grouping Titles Does Not Show in a View

Yesterday a client emailed me with a snapshot of his view and said, he just created this Task – level PWA view and included Grouping in it, but when he goes to the PWA view, he sees the task being grouped together except, there are no group titles being displayed. I have created a test Read more about Grouping Titles Does Not Show in a View[…]

Indicator for Day of the Week

I am sure many of you might have come across this request from clients who want to either implement a rule where certain tasks start on a particular day of the week (for example – Monday), or at least have some indication, which shows that the task is NOT starting on a particular day. Recently, Read more about Indicator for Day of the Week[…]