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Project for the Web -- How to link tasks between different projects ?
Online Beginner's Question here: I'm managing a team of 7 project managers, each of them managing on average 5 simple projects with max 12 tasks each. Some of these projects have tasks interdependencies between them (or common milestones). Ideally I would like to have an overall project for myself (program/portfolio level) where I can see the timeline, shared resources and dependencies inside each project and between projects, and edit those dependencies and shared resources availabilities. Also, each project manager would have its own view of its own projects, possibly not overloaded with the project views from the other project managers. So, in a nutshell, I'd like to organise all those projects with two levels of nesting (one for me, overall, and one per project manager for their own projects). Is this possible with Project for the Web (which seems to be the Microsoft Project edition that Microsoft is most investing in) ? Thanks for your advice and guidance !Solved212Views0likes9CommentsMissing Project Detail Page for one of my PWA projects
Hi, I have a custom PDP page for allowing my project managers to enter a status update for their projects. One of my project managers has reported that the Status Update link is missing from the side menu for one of his projects. The link is visible for his other projects and all other projects on the site. Anyone ever experience this and know how I can get the link back?Solved37Views0likes1CommentProject for web - calendar
Hi, on Project for web i've different plan with same/different resource. I've created a "calendar resource" with its own work calendar, then i'm using this resource as calendar template for all my plan. As i found here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/project-for-the-web/create-and-apply-a-work-calendar Now i've this problem: resource A that need to have different calendar for each plan. So for example: resource A works on 01/15 in plan A resource A not works on 01/15 in plan B Is it possibile to achieve? How can i do that if my resource is the same? So same calendar? Can i create custom calendar for each plan but also for each resource in it? Thanks!Solved56Views0likes3CommentsProject for web generic resources not bookable
Hi, on Project for Web i've created some generic resources as you can see: Each of it with a hours calendar and bookable. Then i've added each resource in its own plan, for example: Pianificazione UDVC is my plan with my generic reource "Generica UDVC" The issue is that if i try to assign a task i can only find "Member of team x" instead of "Generica UDVC" , why that name instead of the name that i wrote? Also in some other plan i can't see any new bookable resource despite i can see the generic one from the "team" tab in Project admin portal. Why? Thanks!Solved34Views0likes2CommentsAssign Resources with Units = 50%
There is a resource created on "Resource Sheet" as detailed below: Resource Name: Resource 1 Type: Work Max. Units: 100% Base Calendar: Standard Just double click on this resource to get "Resource Information" dialog box and insert the values below on "Resource Availability" field: Available From Available To Units NA 02/01/2025 100% 03/01/2025 06/01/2025 50% 07/01/2025 NA 100% There is a task created on "Gantt Chart" without resource assigned as detailed below (this is the first task and there is no other custom settings): Task Name: Task 1 Task Mode: Auto Scheduled Duration: 1 day Type: Fixed Units Effort-Driven: Yes Start: Fri 03/01/25 Fisnis: Fri 03/01/25 After the assignement of "Resource 1" to this same task the "Gantt Chart" display: Task Name: Task 1 Task Mode: Auto Scheduled Duration: 1 day Work: 4 hrs Type: Fixed Units Effort-Driven: Yes Start: Fri 03/01/25 Fisnis: Fri 03/01/25 Resource Names: Resource 1[50%] The Project Start Date is Fri 03/01/25 (date format used is DD/MM/YYYY). Desired Outcome: the "Task 1" with Duration: 1 day (i.e. 8 hours) should finish on "06/01/2025" due to "Resource 1" has "Resource Availability" as detailed above (Available From: 03/01/2025 Available To: 06/01/2025 Units: 50%). If anyone knows what I might be doing wrong, I’d greatly appreciate the help.Solved82Views0likes3CommentsMerging Subprojects
We've recently been asked to combine our individual schedules into master files prior to delivering to the customer. Each sub schedule contains data in the Outline Codes (OC). However, upon inserting the schedules (link unchecked) the master file does not contain any of the OC data. I've tried to ensure that the master file OC fields are populated with the dropdown selections prior to inserting a schedule. Any suggestions on how to get the schedule insertion to bring all the OC data?Solved32Views0likes2CommentsEnd dates of Subtask are appearing wrong
Hi there, I'm facing issue with import of xml file. When I import the file, Finish date of task having subtask, gets disturb. I am attaching the screenshot from xml file indicating the dates that I have set in it Heres the screenshot from Microsoft Project when I import the xml file After going through multiple solution, I found one of them partially working which suggested that i should turn off project calculation after each edit After applying this setting and re-loading the xml, Finish date of parent task appear corrected but for its subtasks which has duration greater than one, it still appears wrong Can someone please suggest me a solution for this ?Solved426Views0likes29CommentsRetrieve the original Project end-date
Good day! When creating a new project, I can choose the Project End date. Now, it's not uncommon that this date changes along the line. For instance, this change when one of the timelines changes in the Gantt-view. I was wondering if the end-date that was originally set and saved in the project, can be retreived somewhere so we can take it into account in a report? So we can report on the difference between the origin value and the most recent value? Thanks in advance!Solved47Views0likes3CommentsNotification not working on projects for the web
Hello! My team of 12 part-time employees and I recently switched from MS Planner to Projects on the web. As they have been updating/combining Planner and Projects we have found we are no longer receiving notifications when a task/project is complete in Projects. We have checked our settings to no avail. Any tips?Solved83Views0likes2CommentsLimiting Resources
I have a project that has two types of resources. One can provide 100% effort to the project (Resource A), and another only 80% (Resource B). I am setting the work effort, and trying to ensure that the durations are appropriate. For example, an 80-hr task for Resource A should take 2wks, but the same task for Resource B should take 2.67wks based on the availability. I've tried setting various calendars (such as a 7hr day for Resource B), and availabilities in the resource tabs, but I'm guessing I'm doing those wrong as no matter what the duration remains at 2wks. Appreciate any help!Solved81Views0likes5CommentsTask with multiple resources showing as multiple rows in Power BI table; instead of just the one row
Question please. I have Project on the Web schedule with many tasks, and some have multiple resources assigned. When I pull the tasks into a table in Power BI report I am getting a row for each task with the resource, instead of the task listing both resources on one row. So if there are 4 resources, the task shows 4 times, once per resource. The tables tasks and resources have a relationship, so is this the way it is supposed to work? How can I just show a list of unique tasks and all the resources assigned in one row per task? Grouping of some sort? So 1 task with 4 resources, shows as 1 task with 4 resources all in one row. Thank youSolved61Views0likes3CommentsInconsistent Values from PWA Custom Field Formula
Hello community. Greetings from first time poster. I created the following formula (“FY Project Completion”) to assign a Financial Year value based on Project Finish Date (“Finish”): if the project ends on or before June 30, 2024, Financial year will be FY24, if the project end date falls between Jul 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, the Financial Year will be FY25, and so on. IIf([Finish] >= CDate(#7/1/2024#) And [Finish] <= CDate(#6/30/2025#), "FY25", IIf([Finish] >= CDate(#7/1/2025#) And [Finish] <= CDate(#6/30/2026#), "FY26", IIf([Finish] >= CDate(#7/1/2026#) And [Finish] <= CDate(#6/30/2027#), "FY27", IIf([Finish] >= CDate(#7/1/2027#) And [Finish] <= CDate(#6/30/2028#), "FY28", "FY24")))) Surprisingly, the formula gives inconsistent FY values, even for projects with same Finish Date: sometimes it is blank, other times it assigns different FY values. I am attaching a representative listing of about 40 projects, 23 of which have wrong FY value. I will very much appreciate it if somebody can please guide me where I need to make change in the formula to get correct values? Dummy Project Name Start Finish FY Project Completion Project in Row 2 11/13/2018 4/30/2021 FY24 Project in Row 3 3/24/2023 3/24/2023 FY25 Project in Row 4 12/14/2020 3/29/2023 Project in Row 5 3/2/2020 7/31/2023 FY24 Project in Row 6 10/25/2023 11/22/2023 FY25 Project in Row 7 1/3/2022 12/31/2023 FY25 Project in Row 8 4/6/2020 2/9/2024 FY24 Project in Row 9 9/7/2023 3/1/2024 FY25 Project in Row 10 1/3/2023 3/29/2024 FY24 Project in Row 11 4/1/2024 4/1/2024 FY24 Project in Row 12 4/1/2024 4/1/2024 FY24 Project in Row 13 4/8/2024 4/8/2024 FY24 Project in Row 14 4/8/2024 4/8/2024 FY24 Project in Row 15 3/29/2024 5/9/2024 FY24 Project in Row 16 5/16/2024 5/16/2024 FY25 Project in Row 17 11/14/2023 5/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 18 6/11/2024 6/11/2024 FY25 Project in Row 19 7/26/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 20 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY25 Project in Row 21 1/2/2024 6/28/2024 FY25 Project in Row 22 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY25 Project in Row 23 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 24 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 25 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 26 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 27 7/27/2023 6/28/2024 FY25 Project in Row 28 1/24/2024 6/28/2024 FY25 Project in Row 29 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 30 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 31 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 56 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 Project in Row 57 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 58 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 59 5/24/2023 6/28/2024 FY24 Project in Row 60 1/17/2023 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 61 1/3/2023 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 62 9/1/2022 6/28/2024 FY26 Project in Row 63 1/23/2023 6/28/2024 Project in Row 64 7/3/2023 6/28/2024 Project in Row 65 10/28/2020 6/28/2024 FY25Solved129Views0likes10CommentsProject Online - 4000 characters limit for Multiple Lines of text for a Custom Field
I am wondering if there is a way to increase the limit of 4000 characters that there is for an Enterprise Custom Field that is defined as Multiple Lines of Text. The error messages says: "When using rich text formatting, this limit depends on the extent of the formatting and may be less than 4000 characters." Therefore, it looks like changing the field formatting to plain instead to rich would remove this limit, but I do not know how to do it. Thanks in advance for any help on this.Solved186Views0likes2CommentsMS ProjtUpdating Actual Start and Finish dates without changing the Scheduled Start and Finish dates
I am trying to set the Actual Start and Finish Dates without affecting the Scheduled Start and Finish dates. I have set the Status date to the date I want, marked the %complete at 50%. When I update the Actual Start Date the Scheduled Start Date is updated to the same date. I need to be able record tasks that have started early or late.Solved273Views0likes2CommentsExcel Reporting : Can't connect to calendars with OData anymore (v2)
Hello everyone, Some of you may remember my previous thread about the same-ish issue (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/project/excel-reporting-can-t-connect-to-calendars-with-odata-anymore/m-p/4132119) that ended up being solved by a Project Online patch. But somehow, the issue returned. Not the same cause, since it has nothing to do with authentication this time, but the same symptoms : trying to fetch Calendar Exceptions data from an Excel OData query doesn't work anymore. When trying to get the data, I am getting "Error 400 : Cannot get a CSOM-compatible PJContext for an HTTP request that started outside of CSOM." It seems the issue started this morning on my client's tenant. Has anyone else experienced the same issue ?Solved292Views0likes8CommentsDisabling Posting of the Task Conversations
hello Community! I am using Microsoft Project Planner 3 connected to Teams Channel. I am the Owner of the Teams Channel. I noticed that everytime, when someone starts a Task conversation on a task level, their conversaion gets posted in the channel as a Post. I really wish avoiding it, as the Posts are meant only for major announcements in our project. With all tasks conversations published as Posts, it gets cluttered. I wish tasks converstaions not appear in Posts. I disabled the postig feature to Channel Owners only, and unfortuantely it disabled the tasks conversations to non-Owners too. I do recall just a year ago, Task Conversations and Posts were not connected features. Please advise, if it is possible to enable the task assignees to use task conversation feature without task conversations being published as Posts?Solved152Views0likes1Comment
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