Microsoft Office Project Server Web Parts & Project Web Access URL Options Marcel Parent Program Manager Project Microsoft Corporation

What You Will Learn 1)Web Parts are powerful presentation & integration tools Web Parts from various web-based tools allow you to create a user-customizable one-stop-shop for business/project info 2)Customizing Web Parts is easy Tweak the out-of-the-box Project Server Web Parts to tailor UI Customize a standard SharePoint Web Part to “create” additional Project Server Web Parts 3)Creating new Web Parts is more complicated, but not rocket science Add custom web part assemblies to enhance the built in integration between Microsoft Project Server and Windows SharePoint Services

Roadmap General Web Part Overview Project Web Access URL & View Options Out-of-the-Box Project Server Web Parts Creating Simple Project Server Web Parts Using a Standard SharePoint Web Part and PWA URL & View Options Creating Complex Project Server Web Parts Using a Custom Web Part Assembly

General Web Part Overview Web Part Page Basics Shared View and Personal View allow the user to simplify and focus on the most important information Find and integrate data from many sources Layout and settings are easy to configure Catalogs offer new content that can be added to your page

General Web Part Overview Web Part Basics A Web Part is a.NET web custom control assembly DWP File contains metadata describing the instance of the part Code doesn’t travel with the part Box administrators must install the associated Web Part assemblies

General Web Part Overview DWP UI Sample

General Web Part Overview DWP Content Sample

PWA URL & View Options The Basics URL Options Purpose: Minimizing UI Most Powerful Option: SimpleUI View Options Purpose: Customizing UI Most Powerful Options: Filter, Group, Sort

PWA URL & View Options URL Options (1 of 3) Parts Bitmapped value for the homepage only NoBanter Eliminates the banter information on the right hand side of the homepage NoMenu Supported, but deprecated through enhancements to SimpleUI parameter GanttViewAllTasks

PWA URL & View Options URL Options (2 of 3) SimpleUI Bitmapped value 7 bits for 128 total combinations Simple UI Value Indicator Click Disabled No Grid Buttons No Title Elements No Tabs No Action Pane Collapsed Action Pane No Menu Bit

PWA URL & View Options URL Options (3 of 3) NoSaveLinkBtn Hides the “Save Link” button in applicable pages (Project Center) AssnFilter Used by Outlook Integration NoTitle

PWA URL & View Options View Options _cfF1=TaskName&_cfOp1=contains&_cfV1=estimate&_cfJ1=a nd&_cfF2=&_cfOp2=&_cfV2=&_cfJ2=and&_cfF3=&_cfOp3=&_c fV3=&_cfJ3=&_ GroupBy0, GroupBy1, GroupBy2 SortBy, SortDir ZoomLevel, StartDate, OutlineLevel, _viewID, DividerPos, TimeWithDate, SummaryTasks, SummaryRollup

PWA URL & View Option Basics

Out-of-the-Box Project Server Web Parts Web Part Title URL 1 Project Timesheet /Tasks/TasksPage.asp ?GanttView=0&AllTasks=0&SimpleUI=109 2 Project Center /Views/ PortfolioView.asp?SimpleUI=125 3 Project Report /Views/ProjectReport.asp ?_projectID=<ProjID>&SimpleUI=125 4 Project Manager Updates /Transactions/ TaskTransactions.asp ?GanttView=0&SimpleUI=109 5 Project Resource Assignments /Views/WebclientView.asp? GanttView=0&AllTasks=0&SimpleUI=117 6 Project Portfolio Analyzer /Views/VisionView.asp ?SimpleUI=77&NoSaveLinkBtn=1

Out-of-the-Box Project Server Web Parts

Creating Simple Project Server Web Parts Step 1: Customize PWA UI via URL & view options, then copy the customized target page’s URL Step 2: Add a standard SharePoint web part to the web part page, then paste in the URL from Step 1 It’s that easy!

Creating Simple Project Server Web Parts

Creating Complex Project Server Web Parts Until now, we’ve covered PWA URL & view options, which enable you to create Project Server web parts using standard SharePoint assemblies Now, you’ll learn how to create and register a custom Project Server web part assembly for use in Windows SharePoint Services/SharePoint Portal Server

Creating Complex Project Server Web Parts

What You Will Learn: Recap 1)Web Parts are powerful presentation & integration tools Web Parts from various web-based tools allow you to create a user- customizable one-stop-shop for business/project info Example: Team members can see lists of their own tasks and action items in relation to the entire project, alongside any relevant HR or Accounting system data 2)Customizing Web Parts is easy Tweak the out-of-the-box Project Server Web Parts to tailor UI Example: Specify a zoom level to the Project Center Web Part Customize a standard SharePoint Web Part to “create” additional Project Server Web Parts Example: Create a “PWA Admin” Project Server Web Part 3)Creating new Web Parts is more complicated, but not rocket science Add custom web part assemblies to enhance the built in integration between Microsoft Project Server and Windows SharePoint Services Example: Project 2003 SDK sample

More Information Refer to the Project 2003 SDK The April update online: us/pjsdk/html/pjsdkoverview.asp us/pjsdk/html/pjsdkoverview.asp The April update download: bc8c-8bca-4db c0d3099c5&displaylang=en bc8c-8bca-4db c0d3099c5&displaylang=en Specifically, the “Project Server Web Parts and URL Options” article which covers everything in this presentation, including sample code for the custom Project Server web part assembly us/pjsdk/html/pjsdkWebpOverview_HV asp us/pjsdk/html/pjsdkWebpOverview_HV asp

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