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Ideas, Proposal, Projects, Programs and Portfolios
Project server 2007 had a section to convert Idea or Proposal to Project, was a good idea, but from PS 2010 isn't, the better will be:
To make a Proposal or Idea and when this element is create, to have the option to see this element in Portfolio section to add it to Portfolio Analyzer scenario,and if this proposal is approval have a option to convert to Project same the project server 2007. And Iwhen the proposal is created it must to keep the proposal workspace and when it's converted to project must keep the proposal workspace in the history…
43 votes -
Import holidays to Project Calendar
It should be possible to import national holidays into Project calendar, the same way we do it on Outlook.
41 votes -
Allow management of master projects via CSOM
Currently master Projects are not available via the CSOM API. The only way to retrieve Information about master projects is via OData.
There are scenarios were the possibility to obtain Information on master projects via CSOM is necessary:
-reporting security
Check if a user is allowed to see a master project or not
-3rd party system Integration
Update metadata of master ProjectsScheduling is a different topic and I would set up a new idea for that.
41 votes -
"task notes"
Show Task Notes in Indicator Column in Project View in PWA
40 votes -
Add support in CSOM to restart workflow and change EPT
We want to programmatically change the Enterprise Project Type in Project Server 2016/Project Online as it was possible in Project Server 2013 with SubmitStage. Please add support in CSOM for this operation as it was available in PSI.
37 votes -
Configure O365 App Launcher to another PWA Site Collection (Other than default)
The current Project Online button in the O365 App Launcher (Waffle) cannot be configured and only points to the default PWA site. If another PWA site is created it cannot be directed to using this control.
This is confusing for users as this is the most visible navigation method.
An option to configure the file path for this would be ideal.
37 votesHi all!
We have a new default experience that we call Project Home that you can access through the Project tile in the o365 App Launcher. Project Home allows you to see all of your recent/favorite projects across different PWA instances through the click of the Project tile.
As always, thank you for your feedback. As any additional feedback comes up through this area, please share them with us through Uservoice under /Project Home.
~J
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Add Timesheet Notification Options in Manage My Alerts and Reminders
Submitted on behalf of a client.
Similar to task notifications, allow for timesheet notifications in Manage My Alerts and Reminders with similar (appropriate) options.
There are currently no notifications to the Timesheet Manager when a timesheet is submitted. The only way to see this is by logging into Project Online and going to the Approvals page. This is not very user friendly and forces the user to "go see" if there are any new timesheets in the system to approve, rather than being informed that there is.
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Addition of 'Programs' or structured grouping of projects for reporting and Risk/Issue assignemnet
Creation of program (multiple projects) , and enterprise (one per instance), where sites would be created and risks and issues, along with OLAP/Reporting could auto roll up to a customers alignment.
i.e. The same way projects can have sub projects, but without the embedding of the projects them selves. Designated 'Portfolio' pages would automatically have a different sharepoint site template, allow for high level risks and issues to be managed, and have automated dashboards for showing high level cost and schedule metrics, across a group of projects. The highest level, would then be the enterprise, where all programs, risks, and…
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35 votes
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Project Online an VSTS integration for Agile
Long awaited integration between Project Online and VSTS. Would be good to have a story around agile frameworks like SAFe.
35 votesHi everyone!
We’re looking into how to bring Microsoft products together even more, so your feedback is appreciated! We’d love to hear how you would use Project and VSTS together. What would you expect in a Project and VSTS integration? How do you currently use the two separately?
~J
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Display windows in separate screens
I propose to standardize the visualization as in Excel or Word, so to be able to separate the windows of 2 open projects in order to see them in 2 separate screens
34 votes -
Dual screen support.
How is it not possible to have to separate Projects open at the same time, like any other Office product?
34 votes -
engagements
CSOM API for Engagements in Project Server 2016 on premise is missing.
Please add CSOM API or allow another way to update engagements programmatically.The Engagements CSOM API works well for Project Online but fails when attempteing the exact same code on 16 On Premise (minus the authentication off course).
The error seems to be coming from the server:
“Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException: Field or property “Engagements” does not exist.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ProcessResponseStream(Stream responseStream)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ProcessResponse()"33 votes -
Enable the new Capacity Planning Reports to be exported to Excel and PDF
With the new Capacity Planning reports (Heat map, Resource utilization / availability etc.) there is no way to export the data to Excel like you could with the old Resource Availability view. Providing the functionality to Export to Excel will give the ability to do further data analysis. Also exporting to PDF would be good as the reports can easily be shared.
33 votes -
Make 'Start' and 'finish' dates Read only
PMs often change 'Start' and 'Finish' dates for tasks accidently which, in turn, applies scheduling constraints to tasks. This often introduces confusion and complexity into a schedule.
Instead I suggest that 'Start' and 'Finish' columns for 'Auto scheduled' tasks be made read only. (if you want to adjust dates, use manually scheduled tasks).
If a PM wants to impose fixed date (my means of a Scheduling Constraint) they could double click on the task and from the advanced tab of the Task Information apply a scheduling constraint from there.
I understand that this is a significant paradigm shift for Project…
32 votes -
Add a flag (per site collection) so that users can choose whether HTML tags should remain in the ODATA feed
The removal of HTML tags in the ODATA feed has had severe implications for custom reports which relied on these tags in order to preserve the formatting entered into Enterprise Custom fields displayed on PDPs. Is it possible to provide a way to select which fields in the ODATA field have the HTML tags removed, or failing this, to allow the admin to decide at Site Collection or PWA instance level.
32 votes -
Include administrative work into the capacity report and take this work into account for the calculation of capacity.
If an organization wants to be able to manage their resource capacity with PPM then they should be able to register not project related work and see the impact of this not project related work on their resource capacity. (see attached screenshot)
PPM currently has the so called “administrative” tasks for registering not project related work. But work registered on administrative tasks is not taken into account for the calculation of remaining resource capacity. You would expect that the administrative tasks (Work Type: Working) behave the same as project related work when it comes to resource capacity. But unfortunately they…32 votes -
Lock down specific levels/tasks of a project plan template
Ensuring that key reporting tasks or milestones of a plan tempate is protected. This would allow for much stronger reporting and would remove the need of programmatically control specific key tasks.
32 votes -
Add a custom list web part in project site to the odata feed for status reporting
Allow admins to create a custom list web part in the SharePoint project sites that can be included in the odata feed. This would allow for more effective reporting of project status in a narrative format. The existing solution (enterprise custom fields on a project detail page) does not save history and is littered with html tags in the odata feed. A custom list for status reports in the project site saves history but cannot be easily reported on across the system because it is not included in the odata feed.
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Project Status And Archiving
Project status Active, Complete, Cancelled
When a project is active it show up on project center. When its complete or cancelled, an archive option now let us archive the project in a specific place witch project manager can access for consulting and lessons learned. Its not on project center anymore, and the same happens eith the project site and other data like issues and risks that belongs to the archive project.
When a project is cancelled and it's not 100% yet (example: you cancel a project around 40% complete). You can archive the project with a cancelled report saying what…
31 votes
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