In this post, I'm going to expand on what was done in the previous post, HowTo: Update Work Area Properties From SharePoint. In the previous post we gathered data from SharePoint, and based on the ProjectInProjectWise field value (Yes/No), we would update the Work Area properties for the corresponding Work Area. In this post, if… Continue reading HowTo: Create New Work Area Using SharePoint Data
I am getting more and more requests for assistance with getting data from a SharePoint site and using that data to update Work Area / Project Properties within ProjectWise. So, in this post we will look at one method of extracting data from a SharePoint site. Then we will step through the process of updating… Continue reading HowTo: Update Work Area Properties From SharePoint
In this post, I am going to show how to copy an Interface (GUI) from one datasource (source) to a second datasource (target). Most of us develop our ProjectWise environments and interfaces within a development or test environment. The problem is, how do you get the new interface layout to your production ProjectWise datasource? Not… Continue reading HowTo: Copy an Interface From One Datasource To Another
I was recently asked if there was a way to get a list of duplicate document names within a project. Reason for the question was that after running a Scan References and Link Sets, some of their design files were referencing the wrong document(s). The way the Scan References process works, as far as I… Continue reading HowTo: Get Duplicate Document Names Within a ProjectWise Project using PowerShell
With the latest release of the PWPS_DAB module (version 1.10.2.0), we have added two new cmdlets to hopefully make updating project access control easier. The new cmdlets work together. You'll use the Export-PWProjectAccessControl cmdlet to export the desired access control to a datatable, SQLite database or an Excel workbook. Then use the Import-PWProjectAccessControl cmdlet to… Continue reading HowTo: Use New Export/Import Project Access Control Cmdlets (Part 2 of 2)
With the latest release of the PWPS_DAB module (version 1.10.2.0), we have added two new cmdlets to hopefully make updating project access control easier. The new cmdlets work together. You'll use the Export-PWProjectAccessControl cmdlet to export the desired access control to a datatable, SQLite database or an Excel workbook. Then use the Import-PWProjectAccessControl cmdlet to… Continue reading HowTo: Use New Export/Import Project Access Control Cmdlets (Part 1 of 2)
We've had many requests for the ability to run a ProjectWise Scan For References and Link Sets using PowerShell. If you were not aware, there is a scanref.exe command line utility delivered with the newer versions of ProjectWise Explorer (CONNECT Edition). I have created a PowerShell function named New-PWScanForReferences which is delivered with the PWPS_DAB… Continue reading HowTo: Run a ProjectWise Scan For References using PowerShell
