#ProjectServer 2019 missing data in #OLAP cube? #SSAS #Reporting #Excel

Just a quick post and one related to Project Server on-premises which I haven't done for a long time! A colleague escalated an issue to me where by data was missing in the OLAP cube in a new Project Server 2019 deployment. The symptoms where that data appeared to be missing from the Portfolio Analyzer...

#ProjectOnline Export Capacity Planning data to #Excel issue #PPM #PMOT #Office365 #MSProject

Just a quick post to highlight an issue I came across that I thought might be worth posting about in case anyone else runs into the same issue. In Project Online, in PWA you can export most of the grids to Excel. I was testing something in PWA and came across an issue exporting the...

Change required for #SharePoint Online / #ProjectOnline REST API calls when using WebRequest #PowerShell #dotnet #office365dev

Just a quick blog post to highlight a change the is required when querying Project Online / SharePoint Online REST APIs in code when using the WebRequest class. Previously the PowerShell code sample below would work and authenticate with no issues: There has been a change in Office365 and this would now generate a 401...

#ProjectServer / #ProjectOnline error opening Enterprise Resource Pool #MSProject #Office365 #PPM

A quick post to highlight an issue and workaround for opening the Enterprise Resource Pool in Project Pro using the Open button on the Resources tab in the Resource Center: If you try and click the Open button with no resources selected in the grid you will get the error below: “This action couldn't be...

Error creating Project Sites from custom site template in #ProjectOnline / #SharePoint Online #PPM #Office365

A quick post, if you are finding that all of a sudden your project sites are failing to create with the error below: CreateWssSiteContent: Creating project site failed! Project Uid= <site details> Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The site template requires that the Feature {e995e28b-9ba8-4668-9933-cf5c146d7a9f} be activated in the site collection. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.ThrowSPExceptionWithTraceTag Chances are you using a custom...

#SSRS native report render issue in #SharePoint #SP2013 with #IE 10 or later #PS2013 #BI #SQL

This post covers an the details around an issue I came across the other day and I wanted to make you aware to help in your deployments / system design. The issue is with displaying SSRS Native mode reports on a SharePoint 2013 page using a page viewer web part when using IE 10 or later....

#ProjectServer 2013 Project Center view failed to load #PS2013 #SP2013

I have seen this issue a few times now in Project Server 2013 where users see the error “View Failure The view failed to load. Press OK to reload this view with the default settings. Press Cancel to select another view” Clicking OK gives another error: “You don’t have permissions to view any projects” This...

Changing #SharePoint Central Admin Regional Settings stops the #PowerPivot Dashboard timer job #SP2013 #PS2013

Take care when updating the Central Admin regional settings as certain things stop working. The link to update the region settings doesn't exist on the Site Settings menu probably for this reason but you can type the URL manually and access the page. Just add _layouts/15/regionalsetng.aspx to the URL. Central Admin region settings were updated...

Take care when deleting the #Project Ideas list in #ProjectServer #PS2013 #SP2013 #SharePoint #ProjectOnline #PPM

Just a quick blog post to ensure you take care when deleting the project ideas list and to let you know of potential issues with deleting projects that were created via the deleted project ideas list.This post covers the issues you will see when trying to delete a project from Project Server that was created...

#ProjectServer #PS2013 / #SharePoint #SP2013 site template issue

When creating new site templates in SharePoint 2013, ensure you check the box to include content. If you don’t do this, any sites created from your new template will have the “Change the look” functionality missing, it will load a blank page as shown below: To resolve this, include the content when saving the new...