Author: Parthiv Bhuta

Link Microsoft Project Site Artifacts to One Another by Enabling Related Items in Project Server/PPM

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In Microsoft Project Server, we have had the ability to link project-related artifacts such as documents, issues, and risks to project tasks and to one another for quite some time. What if we want to add more types of artifacts to our Project Sites, such as team contacts, change requests, action items, and link them Read more about Link Microsoft Project Site Artifacts to One Another by Enabling Related Items in Project Server/PPM[…]

Microsoft Project Site Quick Trick: Naming New Lists and Libraries

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If you use Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, or SharePoint for managing projects and you have privileges to customize a Project Site, then you can supplement any built-in list or library repositories (such as risks and issues) with your own custom repositories, such as project team contact information, project change requests, or project action items Read more about Microsoft Project Site Quick Trick: Naming New Lists and Libraries[…]

It’s Officially Official: Office Web Apps Rebranded to Office Online

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You may have heard the rumors, but Microsoft officially announced today on the Office Blogs that their previously-named Office Web Apps — an online version of the popular Microsoft Office programs — have been renamed as Office Online. When you visit the Office.com web site, you are now greeted with a clean-looking request to try Read more about It’s Officially Official: Office Web Apps Rebranded to Office Online[…]

Quick Trick: Align Tasks and Gantt Bars with Grid Lines

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Sometimes it can be difficult to visually align task rows in Microsoft Project with their corresponding shapes in the Gantt Chart: We can fix that in about 30 seconds by simply adding horizontal grid lines to the Gantt Chart to help align the left task rows with the Gantt shapes. Click the ‘Format’ tab in Read more about Quick Trick: Align Tasks and Gantt Bars with Grid Lines[…]

Quick Trick: Add Contrast to Make Gantt Chart Progress Bars Easier to See

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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[…]

Can’t Hide a Field in a PWA View? Push It!

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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![…]

Show Start and Finish Dates with Planned and Actual Indicators

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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[…]

Format Date Data for Accounting-Style “Year_Month#” Columns in Your SSRS Reports

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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[…]