#ProjectServer 2007 #MOSS #Office 2007 #MSProject SP3

Service Pack 3 have now been release for Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 (along with the other Office 2007 products) - http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2011/10/25/office-2007-and-sharepoint-2007-service-pack-3-availability.aspx Project 2007 SP3: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526091 Office Server 2007 SP3 (includes Project Server 2007): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526299 Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP3: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526305 As always, deploy to a Test / Dev system and fully test before...

Check out the Mobile App for #SharePoint and #ProjectServer #ipad #iphone #android #SP2010 #PS2010 #SPC11

My colleague Giles Hamson has created a mobile app that provides RSS feeds from the SharePoint and Project Server communities as well as other useful information such as links to podcasts, user groups details etc. I have recently added links to the downloads on my blog: I highly recommend downloading the App to give you...

#ProjectServer task level and resource level custom field values in PWA assignment views #PS2007 #PS2010 #MSProject

Quite frequently I see questions relating to new task level custom fields added to the My assignments view on the Tasks page or the Timesheet views don’t show the custom field values set against the tasks. Similarly, new resource level custom fields added to the Summary view on the Resource Assignments page don’t show the...

#ProjectServer 2003 migration to Project Server 2007 issue #PS2003 #PS2007 #MSProject

I came across an issue today running the P12 migration tool and thought I would share the error and simple fix. The command prompt didn’t update for around an hour, the last entry mentioned about custom field name conflicts. Looking in the log file it was just repeating the following messages: Received serializer callback: 4...

Accessing custom fields that allow multiple values from look up tables in #ProjectServer via T-SQL #MSProject #PS2010 #PS2007

At recent query came up on the Project Server forum regarding accessing custom fields that allow multiple values in the PWA_Reporting database. This is quick post to show how this can be achieved. In this example I have a single value lookup custom field called ProjectStatus and a custom field that allows multiple values called...

Report on Project Server baseline save dates? #ProjectServer #PS2003 #PS2007 #PS2010 #MSProject #EPM

Quite often clients want to report on the dates when the baselines were saved. This information is not available out of the box in the databases using T-SQL. This post explains how to get this data into the database so that is accessible using T-SQL in the Reporting database. Firstly we need to create 11...

Custom #ProjectServer #Project Site / Workspace view in PWA #PS2010 #PS2007 #EPM #MSProject #SSRS

Quite often I hear clients asking for a filtered view of the Project Server project workspaces / project sites, unfortunately out of the box this is not possible. There are two main options for this, the first is to create your own custom Project Sites web part or the second option is to create an...

Slipstream #Project Professional 2010 updates #MSProject #PS2010 #PS2007 #ProjectServer #MSOffice

Following on from my previous post Customising the Project Professional install, this post looks at slipstreaming the Project Professional 2010 updates into the Project install media. This simplifies the install as there is just one install file to run. This post will look at slipstreaming Service Pack 1 and the June 2011 Cumulative update into...

Manually adding users to Project Workspace / Project Site in #ProjectServer #PS2010 #PS2007 #EPM

This post will detail the errors seen when trying to add or edit items in a Project Site / Project Workspace in Project Server when adding users manually to a Project Site when they don't have the correct permission in Project Server. For the purpose of this guide I will base this on Project Server...

Project Server 2007 / 2010 scheduled tasks not running #PS2010 #ProjectServer #EPM #PS2007

Scheduled jobs such as the daily scheduled backup in project server not running but work when you run them manually? I have seen this at many clients and the resolution is usually simple. All of the scheduled jobs in Project Server 2007 / 2010 run from a SharePoint Timer Job, if you look in Central...