Entering People's Names in Project Portfolio Server 2007

[Alan Rosenthal]

Hello,

I have installed Project Portfolio Server 2007 in a standalone configuration
(SQL 2005 is installed on the same server).

When I attempt to enter the names of people associated with a project, such
as Project Managers, Project Initiators, and Contributors on the Project Info
screen, clicking the drop-down arrow reveals an empty box and there is no
obvious way to add names to any of these menus.

In addition, when I fill in information about the project in the Project
Objectives or Business Need fields, I receive an error message stating that I
have exceeded the maximum allowed limit of 100 characters for the field.
These are large text fields with vertical scroll bars, and you cannot even
begin to describe this information in 100 characters or fewer.

If anyone could advise me on how to resolve or work around these issues I
would greatly appreciate the assistance!

Thank you,

Alan Rosenthal

 

[Nishant]

For the 2 issues that you have shared:

1. people associated : please check the project.aspx file for the
associateion of these drop-down attribues. Mostly by your description I get
that they can be bound with the user groups with same / similar names. Once
you associate users to these user groups, the drop doens will start to have
values.

2. attribute length restrictions : the default length of the attributes is
100. The large text is just a representation. In settings, attributes &
indicators, you can select these attributes and increase the length to max
3950 characters. This will have impact on the database size as the average
size of the project may increase.

HTH,
Nishant

 

[Alan Rosenthal]

Hi Nishant,

Thank you very much for your reply. I've been able to resolve the second
issue based on the information that you provided.

The initial issue remains unresolved, however. I've looked at the
project.aspx file, and found the three user groups named GRP_INITIATORS,
GRP_PROJECT_MANAGER, and GRP_CONTRIBUTORS. I have created these groups and
populated them with users within the organization in which the project
resides. The drop-down arrow still reveals an empty box when I attempt to
associate users with the project. Once again, any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you,

- Alan

 

[Sadaf Shaikh]

Hi Alan and Nishant,

I was faced with the exact same issue that you guys reqported about entering
people's names in the portfolio server builder when adding projects (Issue
1). I have found a resolution for this which I wanted to share with you guys
since Nishant's original post gave me the hint to get me started when I was
looking to resolve this issue.


Step 1: Locate the Project.aspx file.

Usual Path:
C:\Inetpub\PortfolioServer2007\PortfolioServer\Default\Project.aspx


Search for the tags <Config> and <\Config>. Look for the following three
default tags.

<cell position="1" usergroup="GRP_INITIATORS" label="Project Initiators"
mandatory = "true" rowspan="1" width="50"/>

<cell position="2" usergroup="GRP_PROJECT_MANAGER" label="Project Managers"
mandatory = "true" rowspan="1" width="50"/>

<cell position="1" usergroup="GRP_CONTRIBUTORS" label="Contributors"
mandatory = "true" rowspan="1" width="50"/>


These are created by Portfolio Server when it is installed. In order to make
sure that your User Groups are Mapped change the User Group= "" text to match
the Exact Name of the User Group, as it appears in Portfolio Server ->
Settings -> User Management -> User Group Management


In our case the three group names being used were EZW Project Initiators,
EZW Project Reviewers , EZW Project Managers. So we changed the above script
as follows:


<cell position="1" usergroup="GRP_EZW_Project_Initiators" label="Project
Initiators" mandatory = "true" rowspan="1" width="50"/>

<cell position="2" usergroup="GRP_EZW_Project_Managers" label="Project
Managers" mandatory = "true" rowspan="1" width="50"/>

<cell position="1" usergroup="GRP_EZW_Project_Reviewers"
label="Contributors" mandatory = "true" rowspan="1" width="50"/>


Important: It is required that you ensure that each user group name must
start with GRP_ and each word be separated by an underscore. Else the mapping
does not work. We tried it with just the spaces and nothing came out of it.

Hope this helps. Cheers!

Regards,

Sadaf Shaikh

MS EPM Consultant
KalSoft Pvt Ltd.
(Pakistan)