When you create a new Project Enterprise Custom field in project server 2013, you may include spaces and other special characters in the field name and it will work just fine. When you use the OData feed/service for reporting, however, you notice the field’s name is slightly different. The OData service will try to normalize the field name Read more about Project Custom Fields and OData[…]
This Blog will help you to get data from Project Server really fast using Excel to create pivot tables, charts or just slice and dice your data and use any other features that Excel offers. Prerequisites Project server 2013 Office Excel 2010 or 2013 (in our Blog we are using 2013) Permission to access to Read more about Connecting Excel to Project Server OData[…]
Microsoft Project allows you to link projects in a Master Project/Subproject Relationship. Here is a rundown on the steps. Open the project that will be the Master Project in Project Professional (you must be connected to the server). In the Ribbon, on the Project Tab Select Subproject In the Insert Project dialog box you will Read more about Instructions for creating a Master Project in Microsoft Project 2013[…]
In Project Server 2010, project managers used the ‘close task to update’ feature to stop team members from recording time against certain tasks. But in Project Server 2013/Project Online, Microsoft has got rid of the ‘Close Task to Update’ – In Project Server 2013, Microsoft has introduced the Locked field which essentially behaves the same Read more about How to close tasks to update in Project Server 2013/Project Online/PPM[…]
Yesterday, I attended SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach. It was the 5th year anniversary of the event (and the birth place of SharePoint Saturday) and was an awesome experience. Got to meet and interact with several SharePoint gurus and exchange ideas. A healthy and productive day mentally, I would say. I was also lucky enough to Read more about SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach–Follow Up[…]