Customizing Email Notifications

[Ryan]

Hi all,

When requesting progress information using Project Professional 2003, there
are a few things that I would like to customize. I know how to customize
text at the top and bottom of the notification email, it is the main body of
the email I'm concerned with.

1) Task Fields
The task list shows the fields: Start, Finish, Work, Rem Work. Since we do
not track hourly work (we just use estimated durations and % complete for
tracking) I am not interested in Work or Rem. Work. The fields I would like
to display are Start, Finish, % complete.

2) Timesheet Link
The link generated in the email defaults to
http://<<myserver>>/Tasks/Taskpage.asp?AllTasks=1&FilterBy=9&GanttView=0
I would like to change that to remove the filter (FilterBy=0?) and to
default to the GanttView rather than Timesheet (GanttView=1?), again because
we are not tracking by the hour.

Thanks for any assistance.
Ryan

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Ryan --

Refer to the following link for information on how to customize the Project
Server e-mail messages for alerts and reminders:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/pdr/PDR_Project_Server_E-mail_3348.asp

Hope this helps.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
Denver, Colorado
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"

 

[Ryan]

Hi Dale,

Thanks for the help. That article has certainly enlightened me on several
things, and I have been able to fix "notifications and reminders" so that
they show the desired fields. However, this doesn't change anything on my
progress reports (PM requests project status). I guess the title of this
thread is a bit misleading. Any idea how to customize my "request for
progress information" emails?

Thanks again,
Ryan