Monthly Archives: June 2012

New Oil and Gas Case Study Published

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

Working primarily in O&G myself these days, it’s always good to see another industry specific case study.  Here’s an example that was just published on Microsoft.com about UMT’s collaboration with Gran Tierra. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=710000000923

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Automatically Filtering Excel Reports in PerformancePoint Dashboards

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

This post is essentially a follow up to a series of three posts I wrote last week on how to create a Webpart in InfoPath that pulls URL parameters, queries SQL and then filters PerformancePoint reports with the returned value.  … Continue reading →

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PPM For Everyone…In Under 3 Minutes

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

Here’s a great video that Sy Aslan, our academic director, put together to explain the fundamental concepts of Project Portfolio Management…in under 3 minutes.  A short, concise description of the value proposition of effective PPM. Project Portfolio Management, Explained

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Highlights from Last Week’s TechEd

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Looking for some entertainment to round out the week?  Look no further.  Check out this presentation – right around the 14 minute mark for what I thought was the best moment in all of TechEd 2012. http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/DBI207

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Returning Reporting Database Values in the Project Workspace

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Just a quick add on to yesterday’s post on leveraging InfoPath to create automatically filtered PerformancePoint reports on PDPs.  I figured that I’d extend the same approach to the workspace. For the workspace, we can simply pull the URL of … Continue reading →

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Adding Filtered Project Dashboards to PDPs (Part 2)

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

In this post, we’ll take that InfoPath form we created in the last post, add it to a PDP, and link it to a PerformancePoint report to create an automatically filtered project dashboard.  For what it’s worth, I know it … Continue reading →

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Adding Filtered Project Dashboards to PDPs (Part 1)

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

I guess a combination of that last post on “fun with InfoPath” and my upcoming TechEd BI presentation prompted me to get in a bit of an InfoPath/BI rut this week….or maybe it’s just the fact that I can feel … Continue reading →

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TechEd 2012 Recording Posted

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

For those of you who couldn’t make it out to the presentation I delivered last week in Orlando, please note the recording has been posted here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Speakers/andrew+lavinsky Enjoy.  And for those of you who download the PPT, note the hula … Continue reading →

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TechEd 2012 Project Server BI Follow Up

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the TechEd presentation on Project Server BI that wrapped up just now. For blow by blow descriptions and screenshots on reproducing everything I just presented, I refer you to the following links: Project … Continue reading →

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Break Out the Ripe Tomatoes…It’s MS TechEd (North America)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

If you’re in the Orlando area, this week’s your chance to get back at me for all of those blog posts that probably ended up breaking your production environment over the past couple of years…. Come on by and chat.  … Continue reading →

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