Creating a mstr pjct with subprojects in a sharepoint (NOT pjt
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From: Elvis on 31 Mar 2010 10:04 Rob would you please explain what "this same type of functionality is built into the soon-to-be-released Project 2010" means? Is that the ability to point to subprojects in a sharepoint? Thanks "Rob Schneider" wrote: > As Ellen and Andrew said, this does work. The main reason is that > Project is not setup to make reference in the link to the file location > on the SP server. It can link to files on local drives and LAN file > shares ok, but not to folders/libraries in SP. > > We find that it's normally not a good idea to let other people see and > use the Project MPP files anyway. Too many cooks in the pot spoil the > broth. Too many people--often people who really don't know how to use > Project anyway--just leads to problems with the MPP files getting > unnecessarily/incorrectly changed and even corrupted, in our experience. > > But of course, people need to see the project plan. We achieve this in > SP by using ProjectPublisher, a 3rd party add-in, which syncs the > project into SharePoint. This same type of functionality is built into > the soon-to-be-released Project 2010. They way one or a few people (all > of whom know how Project works and are accountable/responsible for the > integrity of the contents of the MPP file) maintain the MPP files and > publish project info to the team. Those master/subproject files are > stored either in a local drive (best) or on the LAN share (do in a way > which reduces risk of corruption). We also version control the files MPP > files back into a SP library--but don't use those files directly. They > come in very handy when we need to go back to previous version. > > --rms > > www.rmschneider.com > > > > > On 30/03/10 19:59, Elvis wrote: > > When creating a mstr project I am having difficulty gettting a relative > > reference to the subprojects. I would like to be able to have the master use > > a relative reference to the subprojects so when I move them all from my > > laptop to a share point the master will look for the subs in the sharepoint > > folder and not the subprojects on my laptop. When people open the sharepoint > > mstr they cannot see anything. it is a blank schedule file. > > > > We do not use Project server on this program so while that would make my > > troubles go away that is not a solution. So much for the Easy Button! > . >
From: Rob Schneider on 31 Mar 2010 10:24
The ability to synchronise data from an MPP file into SharePoint lists. I've not tried to link to MPP files stored on SharePoint library; my hunch is that it has not been made to work. Just a hunch and never looked into it. But, given how we use SharePoint and Project together this no big deal because, as I mentioned, we don't want most the project teams getting into the MPP files anyway. --rms www.rmschneider.com On 31/03/10 15:04, Elvis wrote: > Rob > > would you please explain what "this same type of functionality is built into > the soon-to-be-released Project 2010" means? Is that the ability to point to > subprojects in a sharepoint? > > Thanks > > > "Rob Schneider" wrote: > >> As Ellen and Andrew said, this does work. The main reason is that >> Project is not setup to make reference in the link to the file location >> on the SP server. It can link to files on local drives and LAN file >> shares ok, but not to folders/libraries in SP. >> >> We find that it's normally not a good idea to let other people see and >> use the Project MPP files anyway. Too many cooks in the pot spoil the >> broth. Too many people--often people who really don't know how to use >> Project anyway--just leads to problems with the MPP files getting >> unnecessarily/incorrectly changed and even corrupted, in our experience. >> >> But of course, people need to see the project plan. We achieve this in >> SP by using ProjectPublisher, a 3rd party add-in, which syncs the >> project into SharePoint. This same type of functionality is built into >> the soon-to-be-released Project 2010. They way one or a few people (all >> of whom know how Project works and are accountable/responsible for the >> integrity of the contents of the MPP file) maintain the MPP files and >> publish project info to the team. Those master/subproject files are >> stored either in a local drive (best) or on the LAN share (do in a way >> which reduces risk of corruption). We also version control the files MPP >> files back into a SP library--but don't use those files directly. They >> come in very handy when we need to go back to previous version. >> >> --rms >> >> www.rmschneider.com >> >> >> >> >> On 30/03/10 19:59, Elvis wrote: >>> When creating a mstr project I am having difficulty gettting a relative >>> reference to the subprojects. I would like to be able to have the master use >>> a relative reference to the subprojects so when I move them all from my >>> laptop to a share point the master will look for the subs in the sharepoint >>> folder and not the subprojects on my laptop. When people open the sharepoint >>> mstr they cannot see anything. it is a blank schedule file. >>> >>> We do not use Project server on this program so while that would make my >>> troubles go away that is not a solution. So much for the Easy Button! >> . >> |