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Microsoft Office Project and Project Server Reporting. May 12 th , 2009 Chris Oxtoby, MCP – Principal Consultant, Pcubed. Agenda. Static Reports Visual Reports Microsoft Office Project Server Reporting Using Microsoft Excel to create simple reports
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Microsoft Office Project and Project Server Reporting May 12th, 2009 Chris Oxtoby, MCP – Principal Consultant, Pcubed
Agenda • Static Reports • Visual Reports • Microsoft Office Project Server Reporting • Using Microsoft Excel to create simple reports • Using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services to create simple reports
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Static Reporting • Always been available: • View > Reports
Print Preview • File > Print Preview • On any view
Introduction to Visual Reports • New to Microsoft Office Project 2007 • Standard and Professional Editions • Uses Microsoft Office Excel and/or Visio to provide dynamic graphical reports • Excel – PivotTable and PivotChart • Visio - PivotDiagram
Visual Reports - Requirements • Microsoft Office Project 2007 • Microsoft .NET Framework V2.x • Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or 2007 • Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional
Starting Visual Reports • Select Report > Visual Reports…
Local Visual Report Templates • Stored in your user profile • Default - %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\1033 • .XLT and .VST files • Can be copied between users
Shared Templates • Use a network folder to store standard templates
Project Server Reporting • Project Server 2007 now has a Reporting Database SQL Server Microsoft Project Draft DB Archive / Restore Archive DB Save Publish Published DB Reporting DB Publish
The Reporting Database • Primary Data Entities Projects Tasks Assignments Resources Issues Risks Deliverables Timesheets
Projects, Tasks, Assignments and Resources Views MSP_EMPProject_UserView MSP_Resource_UserView MSP_EPMTask_UserView MSP_EPMAssgnment_UserView
Using Excel to Create a Simple Report – I • Excel can connect to external data
Using Excel to Create a Simple Report – II • Select the SQL Server, Database and View
Using SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) to Create a Simple Report – I • Requires SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or Visual Studio
Using SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) to Create a Simple Report – II • Select Server and Database • Build Query
Using SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) to Create a Simple Report – III
Visual Reports References • Produce a visual report of Project 2007 data in Excel • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HA102352371033.aspx • MSDN Visual Reports • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms464131.aspx
Project Server Reporting References • Microsoft Office Project 2007 SDK • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms512767.aspx • Using the Reporting Database • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms510779.aspx • Project Server Report Pack • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb428831.aspx
Q and A • Chris Oxtoby, MCP • Principal Consultant, Pcubed • chris.oxtoby@pcubed.com • +1 (260) 246-3827