Download example #MicrosoftFlow for Syncing #MSProject #Roadmap Row Item Status with #ProjectOnline Task Status #CDS #PowerPlatform #MSFlow #REST #SharePoint #WorkManagement #Office365

Following on from a recent blog post where I demonstrated an example Microsoft Flow for syncing the Roadmap row item status with the associated Office 365 Project Online Task status, I have now made this solution starter Flow available as a package that can be downloaded and imported. For those of you that missed the...

Create a #MicrosoftTeam for a #ProjectOnline Project using #MicrosoftFlow #Office365 #MicrosoftGraph #PPM #WorkManagement #PowerPlatform #AzureAD #Collaboration #Automation Part2

Following on from my last blog post where I started to walkthrough a new Microsoft Flow I created for creating a Microsoft Team for a Project Online project, here is the final part of the Flow. For those that missed part 1, a link can be found below: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/create-a-microsoftteam-for-a-projectonline-project-using-microsoftflow-office365-microsoftgraph-ppm-workmanagement-powerplatform-azuread-collaboration-automation-part1/ In the last post we finished...

Create a #MicrosoftTeam for a #ProjectOnline Project using #MicrosoftFlow #Office365 #MicrosoftGraph #PPM #WorkManagement #PowerPlatform #AzureAD #Collaboration #Automation Part1

Following on from my Microsoft Flow theme of blog posts lately, I am a big fan of the Power Platform in general, but I love Microsoft Flow for building low / no code solutions for Office 365 Project Online. In part 1 of this blog post I will start to walkthrough a new Microsoft Flow...

#ProjectOnline project user sync to project sites #PPM #O365 #PowerShell #SharePoint

This is a supporting blog post for an example solution starter PowerShell script I wrote for Microsoft’s Office 365 PPM tool Project Online. With the great improvement from Microsoft to now support up to 30,000 Projects and Project Sites in one Project Online Project Web App site collection, there are some limitations such as not...

Last logon time for the #ProjectOnline PWA users report #PPM #PowerBI #PowerQuery #Office365 #SharePoint #BI part 2

This is last post in this mini series for the last connect / last logon feature for Project Online, Microsoft’s PPM tool. In this post we will create the Power BI report. For those that missed the previous post see the links below, check these out first: Firstly, capturing the last logon time: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/want-to-capture-the-last-logon-time-for-the-projectonline-pwa-users-ppm-javascript-office365-sharepoint/ Secondly,...

Last logon time for the #ProjectOnline PWA users report #PPM #PowerBI #PowerQuery #Office365 #SharePoint #BI part 1

Following on from my last post where I published an option / workaround for the last connected feature that has been removed from Project Online, this post will look at generating a Power BI report for the usage data that is captured. For those of you that missed the last post, see link below before...

#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...

#ProjectOnline / #ProjectServer reporting on auto / manually scheduled tasks #BI #Office365 #Excel #PowerQuery #PS2013

One issue or query that has been raised a few times is that when reporting on manually scheduled tasks and auto scheduled tasks the Start / Finish date fields do not show the same data that they do in Project or PWA for the manually scheduled tasks. For example, take a look at the example...

#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...