Portfolio Server - Tracking & Snapshot Reporting

[Brian H]

I am using Project Portfolio Server 2007. Has anyone come across a best
practices guide for using the tracking tabs and snapshot reporting? I would
appreciate any advice in using the tracking functionality in PPS.

One problem I seem to have is the Snapshot pull-down seems to be grayed out
and previous Snapshots can not be selected for viewing. Is this normal? If
so, how are previous Snapshots viewed?

Also, some of the "out-of-the box" reports that show up on the Project
Reports tab do not work. We had an issue when we first installed PPS on the
server with any of the reports showing up. Then we changed the file
extensions of the report definition files from .rdlh to .rdl and then they
appeared on the tab, but they are not accessible when you click on Reports on
the Main Menu bar. Any clues?

Thanks in advance,
Brian

 

[Gordon]

Hi Brian,

Can you tell me if your reporting services is on the same box as your
portfolio server application or is it on another server?

Common mistake made is in the installtion of the reporting component.

 

[Brian H]

Gordon,

First off, thanks for your response... it's hard to find people with a good
understanding of the mechanics of PPS! We followed the Microsoft deployment
guide for installation of PPS and SSRS in one box along with the databases
for PPS. We also have Project Server on the same box, but the databases for
PS are on shared Enterprise (64-bit) SQL servers.

We tried to configure the the PPS databases on our Enterprise servers, but
could not do so due to the 32-bit/64-bit incompatibility.

Please let me know if you need any further clarification on our installation.

Thanks again,
Brian

 

[Brian H]

I have figured out that in order to view the Snapshot Reports you must be in
the view mode, not the edit mode when opening a project... D'oh!

Still need help on the Project Reports, .rdl & .rdlh files...

TIA,
Brian