Want to add more visual engagement to your Project for the web projects? Bring attention to key information? Well now you can with the conditional coloring option?Clicking this loads the conditional coloring modal where you can set the rules:Firstly select the field, this shows a list of the default intrinsic fields:Then select the operator, the... Continue Reading →
#Projectfortheweb colour format buckets on the board view #MSProject #MicrosoftProject #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #M365
A new feature available in Project for the web is the ability to colour format the bucket board view, this is a great visual aid:To use the new option, hover over the bucket title and click the colour picker icon:Clicking this loads the colour picker:Select the colour you want and the column background for the... Continue Reading →
Update the #Projectfortheweb #PowerBI template to include new data for labels and check lists #ProjectManagement #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #MicrosoftProject
As you are probably aware, Microsoft released two new features for Project for the web:Labels: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2022/04/06/task-labels-now-available-in-projectfortheweb-projectmanagement-workmanagement-taskmanagement-microsoft365/ Checklists: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/projectfortheweb-task-checklist-feature-microsoftproject-msproject-workmanagement-taskmanagement-microsoft365/ These datasets are not in the default Power BI report template for Project for the web. In this blog post we will walkthrough the steps required to get this data into the default Power BI template found here: https://github.com/OfficeDev/Project-Power-BI-Templates/blob/master/Project%20for%20the%20Web/Microsoft%20Project%20for%20the%20Web%20Power%20BI%20Template.pbit... Continue Reading →
Guest user access now available in #Projectfortheweb #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #ProjectManagement #Microsoft365
Guest user access is now available in Project for the web. The guest users added to your tenant can now be given access to your project plans in Project for the web. Below I have given my hotmail account access to my corporate Project for the web instance. My hotmail account is already a guest... Continue Reading →
#Projectfortheweb choice field colour formatting options #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #ProjectManagement #MSProject #MicrosoftProject #Microsoft365 #PPM
Choice fields were released back in June 2021 for Project for the web as seen here: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2021/06/21/choice-fields-now-available-in-projectfortheweb-workmanagement-projectmanagement-msproject-microsoftproject-microsoft365-projecthome/. The choice fields have received a simple but useful update, you can now provide a colour format for the field:This enables you to visualise the data in a more engaging way. Clicking the colour picker option loads the... Continue Reading →
A simple way to have Tasks, Risks and Issues in #Projectfortheweb using custom fields in the Project Office UI #ProjectManagement #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #PPM #Microsoft365 #PowerPlatform
The Project for the web interface is used to manage the tasks in your projects. Other project artefacts such as Risks and Issues are not fully available* in the modern engaging Project Office UI found at - https://project.microsoft.com/. You can of course use the Power Platform’s Power Apps, either Canvas or Model-driven apps, to build... Continue Reading →
Working programmatically with #Projectfortheweb / #ProjectOperations tasks #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #MSProject #MicrosoftProject #API #Dataverse
It’s been possible for a while now to programmatically work with the task data for Project for the web / Project Operations but I still see a few queries on how to do this. So I thought I would create a quick post to highlight the Microsoft docs page for this. This can be found... Continue Reading →
#Projectfortheweb rollup numeric custom fields #MicrosoftProject #MSProject #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #ProjectManagement
Recently released / starting to roll out in Microsoft’s Project for the web is the ability to set a number field to roll up to the summary task, the new setting can be seen below:The Number fields can have Max, Min, Sum or Average rollup set, below are examples of each in a test project:Any... Continue Reading →
Choice fields now available in #Projectfortheweb #WorkManagement #ProjectManagement #MSProject #MicrosoftProject #Microsoft365 #ProjectHome
For a while now you have been able to create local custom fields in Project for the web: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/task-level-custom-fields-support-in-projectfortheweb-workmanagement-taskmanagement-msproject-office365-ppm/ but this didn’t include Choice field types where users can select values from a list. A recent update to the service has now enabled Choice fields:Now you can consistently tag the tasks with a value from... Continue Reading →
Set a #ProjectOnline Project custom lookup table field value using #PowerAutomate #MSProject #SharePoint #REST #Flow #Microsoft365 #LowCode #PowerPlatform
This was a flow I developed a few years ago now but never got around to publishing a blog post for it. It is quite a simple Power Automate flow that demonstrates updating a Project Online project level enterprise custom field value for a field that uses a lookup table. The full Power Automate flow... Continue Reading →
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