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This workbook contains external data connections or BI features that are not supported #projectonline

Just came across the joys of "enable/disable preview features" in office 365 SharePoint Admin. My users were reporting that they were unable to refresh published Project Online reports in their browser.  They received the following message:                       This workbook contains external data connections or BI features that are not supported. The issue was caused by a setting in the SharePoint Online Admin Portal (Admin | SharePoint | Settings).   Selecting Enable Preview Features (see below) allows users to refresh Project Online Reports using oData feeds in their browser.   As a reminder, the following two elements also need enabling if you haven't done so already: user group permissions: Site collection features:  

TPG Apps Highlights - Risk Matrix #projectonline #projectserver #risk

This post is the first of a series to highlight the apps available for Project Server and Project Online from the SharePoint store  ( https://store.office.com/search.aspx?productgroup=SharePoint&qu=tpg ) and direct via your local TPG office. The first of this series will look at the s imple plug-and-play apps that all users of Project Online can make use of quickly and easily.   T hese are: Risk Matrix  Milestone Trend Analysis (MTA) WBS Chart viewer Next we will focus on the challenge of  Resource Request Supply and Demand by demonstrating our more recent TeamLink and TeamManager apps. Team Manager App is a Resource Manager/Owner app for allocating resource supply to Projects and BAU activities and monitoring demands against commitments Team Link App is a PM tool for monitoring Project demands vs the supply provided by the Resource Managers  Finally I will highlight some of the benefits of our integration tools when used in the context of Project Online

Project Online "upgrade" #projectonline #iconmadness

Looks like the peeps over in Redmond have been busy making some changes to the Project Online UI I get the feeling they're not quite finished yet as the icons have gone crazy!!