Difference between revisions of "Creating Project Views from Server Resident Project Plans for OnePager Pro Add-in for Version 6.0"

Revision as of 15:57, 4 April 2017

Overview

The OnePager Pro (OPP) Add-in operates the same in all modes (i.e., NEW, UPDATE, and OP) when source plans are accessed from Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, and SharePoint accounts as when source plan data is resident on your computer.

When you intend to use Microsoft Project source plans that are resident in the cloud along with OPP Add-in, we recommend that you access your source plans using Microsoft Project Professional rather than through OPP Add-in. By so doing, OPP Add-in supports your project view creation and opening needs as if your source plans are resident on your computer.

However, when you intend to use OPP Add-in in the UPDATE mode with source plans accessed from the cloud through Microsoft Project Professional, there is an additional step in the UPDATE process that needs to be performed.

About Using Server Resident Project Source Plans and OnePager Pro Add-in

1) Our recommendation is to use Microsoft Project Professional to connect, access, and verify your access to your Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, or SharePoint account when you intend to use OPP Add-in to create a NEW project view, UPDATE an existing project, or OPEN an existing project view.

2) As mentioned in the portal article at Creating Project Views from Server Resident Project Plans for OnePager Pro (Portal) 8.5.1-60, OPP Add-in operates in the NEW and OPEN mode the same for source plans accessed from the cloud as when source plans are resident on your computer.

3) It is only in the UPDATE mode that OPP Add-in requires that you perform one extra step in the normal UPDATE mode process. This extra step is discussed in the sub-section below:

Using Microsoft Project Professional with Cloud Resident Source Plans for Project View UPDATE

1) We assume for this sub-section that you are experienced with accessing your Microsoft Project Professional source plans from the cloud.

2) Accordingly, we assume that the steps involved are documented elsewhere and includes any access security procedures needed to access your source plans residing in the cloud.

3) The high level steps are as follows:

a) Make sure to close any and all instances of OnePager Pro that might be running outside of Microsoft Project (i.e., OnePager Pro Desktop).

b) Launch Microsoft Project Professional from your desktop.

c) Use Microsoft Project Professional to access your Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, or SharePoint account.

d) Open the required Microsoft Project Server source plan from your desktop Microsoft Project Professional application.

e) Next, go to the Microsoft Project Professional Add-ins tab on the tool bar and click the OnePager icon.

f) Once the OnePager Pro Start form appears click the OPEN button. Do Not Attempt to Do An UPDATE At This Point.

g) Now, go to the OPP Home tab and click the Project-View Properties (PVP) button and then click on the Advanced tab in the left margin of the PVP form as shown below:

h) Change the Server Method setting in the PVP form’s Advanced tab to the Use MS Project Professional setting. This tells OPP Add-in to let Microsoft Project Professional load your source plan. Finally, click Apply and OK button as shown below:

i) When the PVP form closes, go to the Data tab on the OPP Add-in ribbon and proceed with the UPDATE process as you would normally.

j) See the article at this link for more details on the Pull Update Operation: Using the OnePager "Data" Tab's "Selected file(s)" Button

k) This completed the UPDATE mode process using OPP Add-in with a cloud resident source plan.

Related Links

Using Enterprise Custom Fields from Microsoft Project for OnePager Pro 24.3.1-60

Creating a NEW Project View - OnePager Pro Add-in

Creating Another New Project View - OnePager Pro Add-in

Opening an EXISTING Project View - OnePager Pro Add-in

ADDING a Snapshot via Push Update - OnePager Pro Add-in

REPLACING a Snapshot via Push Update - OnePager Pro Add-in

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