Modern Work Management – Project and the Power Platform blog
Microsoft Project, Project Online, Project for the Web and the Power Platform
Just a short post to highlight some recently rolled out minor enhancements to improve the usability of Project for the web. Persistent views for the project makes using project for the web more convenient. If you collapsed or expanded a summary task – these are persisted, the summary tasks remain expanded or collapsed as they... Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I did the last post in this blog series, in part 9 we looked at adding some charts and dashboards into the extended Project for the web model-driven Power App. For those that missed part 9 it can be found here: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/10/extending-projectfortheweb-part9-ppm-cds-msdyn365-powerplatform-msproject-powerapps-poweraddict-lesscodemorepower-workmanagement/ In part 10 we will continue to look... Continue Reading →
This is a quick post to link to all of the blog posts in this mini series for building an app for the Microsoft Project SharePoint task list data. The links can be seen below along with a link to a video showing the app: Part 1: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/building-a-powerapps-app-for-msproject-data-part-1-sharepoint-powerplatform-powerautomate-lessmodemorepower-nocode-cds-office365/ Part 2: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/building-a-powerapps-app-for-msproject-data-part-2-sharepoint-powerplatform-powerautomate-lessmodemorepower-nocode-cds-office365/ Part 3: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/building-a-powerapps-app-for-msproject-data-part-3-sharepoint-powerplatform-powerautomate-lessmodemorepower-nocode-cds-office365/ Part... Continue Reading →
Following on from my post back in April when Copy project was first released: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/projectfortheweb-copy-project-feature-workmanagement-taskmanagement-ppm-msproject-office365-ppm/, this feature was removed but has since been enabled again as seen below on one of my test Project for the web instances: You will see the bubble notification appear to inform you of the new feature. Clicking the Project... Continue Reading →
This is the final post on this mini series for building an app around the Microsoft Project data saved to SharePoint sites in Office 365. In part 4 we looked at building / extending the simple Model-driven Power App that was started in part 1, if you missed part 4 it can be found here:... Continue Reading →
Continuing with the Power App for Microsoft Project SharePoint task list data, in this post we look at examples for building capabilities into the app that will enhance the Microsoft Project experience. If you missed part 3 we covered syncing the Microsoft Project data to the Power App Common Data Service (CDS) using a Power... Continue Reading →
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 →
