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Although most of the functionality is similar to older versions, Microsoft Project 2013 has a cleaner, updated look… but you may find that progress bars in a Gantt Chart are a bit more difficult to see because of the lighter colors used: We can fix that in about 30 seconds by simply changing the color Read more about Quick Trick: Add Contrast to Make Gantt Chart Progress Bars Easier to See[…]
If you are responsible for configuring the security model for your Project Server or Project Online implementation, following are some recommended naming and description conventions for security Groups and Categories. This assumes that if you are running Project Server 2013 or Project Online, you are running the system in Project Server Security Mode — rather Read more about Project Server Security Mode: Naming and Description Conventions[…]
If you build custom PWA views and have the need to hide certain unnecessary fields, but cannot because they are intrinsic to the view (such as a ‘Start’ or ‘Finish’ field in a Project Task view)… push it! In older versions of PWA, we had the ability to set the width of a field in Read more about Can’t Hide a Field in a PWA View? Push It![…]
It was my great pleasure to be selected as a speaker at this year’s Microsoft Project Conference. I had over 80 people attend my session so I was very happy but also nervous. It was my first time presenting at an event like this so it was a real pleasure. Microsoft organized a training session Read more about Microsoft Project Conference 2014[…]
If you regularly show ‘Actual Start‘ and ‘Actual Finish‘ dates alongside ‘Start‘ and ‘Finish‘ dates in order to show what has actually happened, here is a display technique that can save you some real estate in a view or report: placing a “P” next to the date to indicate that it is still planned or Read more about Show Start and Finish Dates with Planned and Actual Indicators[…]
So, you have a requirement to create a report on planned or actual cost data by month, by year, and your report requester would prefer that the column headings be formatted accounting-style, such as 2014_01, 2014_02, 2014_03, etc. No Problem! Place the following code into your SQL SELECT and GROUP BY statements, sum your cost Read more about Format Date Data for Accounting-Style “Year_Month#” Columns in Your SSRS Reports[…]
EPMA announced today that it is exhibiting at the Microsoft Project Conference 2014 on February 2-5 in Anaheim, California. Along with being an exhibitor they will also be hosting 5 informative sessions for attendees, covering product usage, best practices and a premier customer case study. The case study presented by both Saks Fifth Avenue and Read more about EPMA to Exhibit and Host 5 Session at Microsoft Project Conference 2014[…]
Well it has been another great year for us at EPMA. We have worked on some really interesting Projects and met some great clients that have made our jobs challenging, but at the same time very interesting. As a company we have helped hundreds of Project Managers to become familiar with the new and exciting Read more about A Great Year![…]