Publishing Information in Project Web Access

[dave]

I noticed that i can go into Project Client and customize the fields so that
certain fields get 'published'.

I also noticed that i can go into admin in pwa and select fields to show in
the timesheet view in PWA.

In order to have fields show in the web view do I need to do both of these
things? It appears that they would do the same thing? Can someone explain
how these two 'publish' features work together?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Dave --

Yes, you must perform both steps. Adding the fields to the Timesheet view
in PWA displays the fields in the timesheet, but does not display the data
in the fields. Adding the fields to each project and then publishing the
project causes the data to show up in the fields in the timesheet in PWA.
If you wish to use additional fields for tracking project progress, you must
add these fields to every project. It wise to add them also to every
project template as well. Hope this helps.

 

[George F]

I'm having a similar issue where I added a couple of fields to the timesheet
view. I can see the fields and their data but I'm having a problem when I
try to add these fields when creating a custom filter. They disappear and
the filter won't work (the data fields remain both the Test and Value field
info stays but the Field info disappears). I've added these two fields to
the Published Fields of Enterprise Global as well as in the timesheet view on
PWA. By adding to Enterprise Global, wounldn't that eliminate the need to do
so for each project? Help! Thanks.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

George F --

Adding the custom fields to the Enterprise Global serves no purpose
whatsoever. You must add them in each project and should also add them in
each enterprise project template as well. Hope this helps.

 

[George F]

They exist in each project (added as published fields). As for each
enterprise project template, I'm not sure what you mean here...they're added
as enterprise fields if that's what you're referring to and to enterprise
global but apparently that doesn't matter. Funny thing is we just migrated
from 2000 to 2003 and have lost the functionality since then. I had to add
the fields to web access but didn't have to re-add them to the projects. You
can see both fields and search by them, etc. They seem to work in every way
except in the custom filter (when resources try to filter by these
attributes, it won't work and won't hold the field name when you try to
re-open the custom filter as mentioned below). Is this a bug?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

George F --

An enterprise project template is any project you save in Project Server
specifically as a template. Your project managers can access enterprise
project templates by clicking File - New - On My Computer and then click the
Enterprise Templates tab. Hope this helps.

 

[George F]

We don't use templates so I should have done everything necessary for this to
work but still can't get it to happen. Can't think of anything else to do.
Thanks though.