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Microsoft Project, Project Online, Project for the Web and the Power Platform
Another new feature that is starting to roll out for Microsoft Project’s Project for the web is Copy Project: Click the project name then on the project panel click the ellipsis in the top right corner, on that menu you will see the Copy Project option. It looks like the rollout is not yet complete... Continue Reading →
In part 3 we continue looking at the Power Automate Flow that is used to sync the data to the Power Apps Common Data Service (CDS) entities. If you missed part 2 it can be found here: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/building-a-powerapps-app-for-msproject-data-part-2-sharepoint-powerplatform-powerautomate-lessmodemorepower-nocode-cds-office365/ Continuing where we left off in part 2, I have simplified the flow a lot as I... Continue Reading →
Another new visual feature that is rolling out to Microsoft Project for the web is the project percent complete visual on the project panel. This reached some of my tenants over the weekend. This follows the task filter feature that was released a few weeks ago: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/projectfortheweb-task-filter-feature-workmanagement-taskmanagement-ppm-msproject-office365/. The new project percent complete visual can be... Continue Reading →
This is part 2 of the mini series I started on extending the capability of Microsoft Project using the Power Platform. For those organisations using the “Sync with SharePoint” option for Microsoft Project and sync all projects to sites in the same site collection in Office 365 – this provides an option for adding capabilities... Continue Reading →
This is a new mini blog series on building a simple Power Apps app to enhance the capability for those organisations who use the Microsoft Project Desktop “Sync with SharePoint” feature in Office 365. The idea of this mini series is to build a simple Project portal / hub for Microsoft Project MPP data. In... Continue Reading →
Just a short blog post to highlight a new feature that has landed in Project for the web – task filtering: On the Grid view as seen above, notice the new Filters option outlined in red. Clicking that loads the filter tasks panel: As you type, the task list will filter as seen below: A... Continue Reading →
In part 9 we will look at adding some charts and dashboards into the app to visualise the data in the entities in the extended Project app. In part 8 we completed the snapshot example, if you missed part 8 it can be found here: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/extending-projectfortheweb-part8-ppm-cds-msdyn365-powerplatform-msproject-powerapps-powerautomate-poweraddicts/ Below is an example dashboard we will add to... Continue Reading →
One of the challenges for reporting on Project Online data is building a report for cross project site lists. Lately I’ve had quite a few conversations about how to handle this so I thought it was worth sharing a blog post. This could be a Lessons Learned list or Change Requests list or even the... Continue Reading →
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