[Jigs Gaton]

Not sure what u mean by “nothing else” but there is the standard Gantt View that u can tailor however you want by deleting / adding columns from the stock field list.

[Jigs Gaton]

yes, exactly so. I am also asking my pal over at http://www.projectplan365.com to investigate. If it’s fixable, he will most likely fix there.

[Jigs Gaton]

But the bug makes sense, MSP was coded back when I was using a DOS computer and had to load the app on a floppy disk.

[Jigs Gaton]

Dan, I think u found a bug *or is it a feature where MSP only searches the first 255 characters and then bails in any field string. Congrats! I wonder if they still give out mugs and tees for finding these? Good luck.

[Jigs Gaton]

I too am a heavy notes field user here, and I don’t seem to have any problems. I am using MSP PRO 2019 MSO (16.0.13029.20342) 64 bit. Could be an issue with ur version? Also, u have the Notes field added to the view u are searching through, right?

[Jigs Gaton]

Andrai, this is precisely what http://www.projectplan365.com does! See the “team” plan for easy sharing, without the overhead (or expense) of Project Server. Comes with it’s own secure cloud drive for delivering portfolio management at a low cost to small PMOs. Best of luck, and tell them Jig’s sent ya!

[Jigs Gaton]

Hi Ellen, if I understand what you want, I have to say that’s not a standard way to display tasks on a timeline. The assumption is that one summary bar follows another. You have summary bars, right? If so, you can change the display of the bar to better reenforce the connection. Right click on the right side of the Gantt, and select Bar Styles.Then adjust the Summary Appearance. Here you can also play with From and To to further customize the display. Best, Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

If Sai’s fix above does not fix, i.e. the initials are there, I think this may be a bug that I’ve seen before (assuming the resource is really assigned, just missing from the Gantt bar view. I remember the fix, albeit not good, was to delete the resource and re-add and re-assign it.

Btw, are you using Project 2019? I am, but my version is 1902 (Build 11328.202222) which I thought was the latest. Thx.

[Jigs Gaton]

@Talha Siddiqui Go to File / New and in the Search box type Agile. Select the template Agile project management – and off ya go. Best of luck, Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

Namaste Matthew, as Larry suggests above, a full tutorial is needed (even if just for a few hours) on the basics of MSP. But for your job at hand, u should begin with a high-level outline, just as if you were writing a research paper or report. See here for one way of creating this high level structure we call a Work Breakdown Structure: https://www.mpug.com/articles/mind-mapping-your-way-to-better-microsoft-project-plans/

I don’t really know what you are trying to do, but from your short description that outline might look like this:

Harbor Monthly Schedule (Boats 1 to xx) Master Plan
– Subproject 1 / Boat 1
– Subproject 2 / Boat 2
– Subproject x / Boat x
– Major Category of Tasks 1
– Major Category of Tasks 2
– Major Category of Tasks x
– Category x, Task 1
– Category x, Task 2
– Category x, Task x

The above uses a Master Plan / Subproject scenario so you can work on each boat independent of the main plan (or conversely, manipulate / view at all the boat data from one place.

Don’t forget to set a baseline before putting the Harbor plan into play (that will give you variances between planned and actuals):https://www.mpug.com/articles/what-is-a-baseline/

Also, sounds like you will also need to understand how MSP does calendaring, so you can set up a 24 hour (or whatever ) schedule and then enter the work in hours. The default calendar is 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day. If that works, no need to change (just enter work in hours, and not percentages). See https://www.projectplan365.com/2017/09/14/resource-calendaring-the-forgotten-importance-within-project-management/ for a high level overview of what you need to do.

I could go on… but gotta get back to work. Best of luck! Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

My class-ware attempted this back in 2015 (I’m retired now) and in that case I just setup a PWA on Project Server 2013 and gave students access to that. As I recall, Project Online was new, so I just demonstrated that on the last day of class. As Larry mentioned above, it’s a shifting landscape, so perhaps hardcoding interface details into the courseware is not a good idea. I saved all the “flavor” differences until the last day, and just focused 3 or 4 days on the basic mechanics of creating valid .mpp files. Best of luck! Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

@Christine, did u use a TextXx type? Also, try making the first item in the lookup list as default (Use a value from the table as the default entry for the field / Set Default. Good luck!

[Jigs Gaton]

@Keith, I’ve long thought of putting together a public repository of completed projects (needed for things like
this and this – and even this). I don’t know how we PMs are ever going to benefit from Big Data until we get some. But to your need, I have seen many completed projects, and even have a stash, but can’t share due to NDAs / Confidentiality agreements. .MPPs can’t be redacted, and still function.

If anyone here is interested in starting a public repository of .MPPs, let meknow!
Cheers,
Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

Hi George, u could just create a master project and imbed them all as subs, and then just look at an expanded Gantt (View / Data / Outline / All Subtasks) and then use the Tables / Schedule and Sort to see them all listed by Start Date or whatever. I think that’s one way 🙂 Cheers, Jigs

[Jigs Gaton]

@Emma, I was referring to custom fields /formulas / VBA / etc. written back in 2007 that may have worked then, but may now work now due to changes over the years. I doubt u would have any problems writing / inserting fresh ones.

I’ve had to do just what you propose in a classroom setting, where each student would have files produced from different versions of MSP (there must have been some 2007 files in the mix back in the day), and I would always have the latest up on the lectern.When we got to the lesson on Master Plans, I would solicit project files from the students and throw a master together from that (always fun to do). Occasionally something would not look right or I’d get an error, but I would just use another file and quickly move on, never bothering to troubleshoot during class. After class, it was often found that the broken file had come from 2010, or came from an infected Windows platform (at which point I would stop touching that machine and sanitize my hands).

BUT, since you have the files in a controlled environment, you could just open them and save them using 2016, making sure they work independently. If they work independently (everything calculates correctly), they should work as subs in a master plan. I would not export the data from a file unless it was clearly messed up and hopeless, and I certainly would not mash all the exports together into a new file, unless that was my last resort. Best of luck, Jigs

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