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Project not opening in Read/Write mode – Project Server 2007

Nauman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:17:59 +0000

Sometimes it happens that when a user want to open a project schedule from project professional it does not open in write mode. This is because that last time the project was opened it was not checked in properly. There are two ways to overcome this problem:

First, do not retrieve all projects from Server, instead get the local copy of that is displayed in recent projects. Open it save the changes and properly "Check In" the project.
Secondly, go to Tools -> Local Project Cache and remove the project from its local cache, by this you will loose all the changes you have made in the current version. following is the screenshot of Local project Cache.

Connect Project Professional to Project Server

Nauman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:16:37 +0000

Follow the steps to connect project professional 2007 to Project server 2007:

Open Project Professional.

Goto Tools -> Enterproze Options -> Microsoft Office project server Accounts

When clicked , following window is opened that shows the current accounts from which project professional is running

Next Add a new Account , and fill in the required description.

Click OK, and set the new connection as default, so that the next time project prefessional is opened it is automatically connected to Project server.

restart project professional and you will see in status bar that it is connected to project server.

Sorted timesheets in Import Timesheet – Project Server 2007

Nauman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:11:57 +0000

By default when we see the dropdown list of timesheets in the Import Timesheet page, they are not really sorted. And it is quite difficult to select the appropriate timesheet you want to import for your tasks to be updated. Follow the steps below to sort the timesheets:

Go to "ProjectServer_Published" database.
In Stored Procedures find the procedure named: MSP_WEB_SP_QRY_ReadMyTimeSheetsBetweenDates (this stored procedure is called to populate the dropdown list with timesheets.)
open the stored procedure for modification and add the Order by clause in the end of the SP eg. "order by P.WPRD_FINISH_DATE desc".
execute the SP.
Check and see the sorted dropdown list.

you can also update the same procedure to limit the start and end date of its timehsheet search.

Project Server 2007 migration steps to new server

Nauman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:11:07 +0000

Some of the pre requisites for above mentioned operation are:

The new machine should have all the pre reqs for Project server installation (Sharepoint Central Administration, Web application, Project Application Service etc.)
Same service packs/Patches are to be installed on the new machine.
New machine has got same databases restored on it DB.
Content Database is also restored on the new database.

Follow the steps to migrate your current installation of Project server to new machine:

Go to central Administration
Click on Operations > Under Topology and Services > Click on Services on Server > Select the Option Project Application
Make Sure Project Application Service is started
Under Shared Service Administration Click on SharedServices1 (Name could be different)
Click on Project Web Access Sites
Click on Create Project Web Access
Make Sure you select the same "Project Web Access Path" if you want to RESTORE AND RELINK SharePoint workspace. My Scenario was PWA.
Enter the account info for Administrator Account and Primary Database Server
Enter the name of Published Database, Draft Database, Archive database and Reporting Database (restored databases)
Click on refresh status after few minutes
The Site should be provisioned
Click on the site just to make sure project web access is working
Click on Workspace "The PAGE not found" (EXPECTED)
Now Create a new web application
Navigate back to central administration > application management > Under SharePoint Web Application Management Click on Create or Extend Web Application
Create New Web-Application on Port 81 *Can be any port except 80
Once the Web application is created on port 81 > Navigate back to central administration > application management > Under SharePoint Web Application Management Click on Content databases
Change the Web-Application to http://servername:81/
Remove the content database of port 81 (Make Sure you are removing the content database of correct web application)
Click on Database name and then click on Remove Content Database > Click Ok
Add Content Database of Port 80 from Previous Server (I did restored the database as "OLD") to this web application on Port 81
Download Project Server Resource kit for project server 2007 from Microsoft.com
Extract it to C:\ResourceKit
Start > Run > Cmd
Browse to C:\ResourceKit
Type ReLinkAllWSSSites.exe http://servername:81 http://servername/pwa
Type Browse to PWA (http://serverName/PWA) you should see all Projects and their SharePoint sites.

Job Queue hangs – Project Server 2007

Nauman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:04:14 +0000

If you are working on a project using Office Project 2007 to list out all the tasks and when you publish the project after completion, there might be a indefinite pause for publishing the project. The Resources allocated might not be notified of the changes. If you notice the office project status bar.

What happens is, the job stays in the queue on the project server. The purpose of the Office Project Server 2007 Queuing System is to handle these abrupt changes in demand gracefully and reliably. The Queuing System takes all the users’ input, records entries for the requests in Microsoft SQL Server, and then processes the data asynchronously on a first-come, first-served basis. Having a queue ensures that the Office Project Server 2007 EPM solution does not stop working when a spike in demand occurs.

Solution: Check the jobs in the queue by logging into Project Web access as an administrator.

PWA->Server Settings->Manage Queue

If there are lot of jobs "Waiting To Be Processed", Canceling and Retrying may make no difference. Open the Services MMC and find "Microsoft Office Project Server Queue Service". Restart the service and Refresh status of the jobs in PWA. The jobs will be processed now. If your database is on a different server from the application server, make sure that both the servers have the same time.