Search Project Server data using MOSS' BDC and Enterprise Search - CodePlex Solution Starter
Do you ever wonder how many projects are in a specific phase? Would you like to know the attributes of a specific resource? Are you looking when a specific milestone ends? Do you have users in your organization that are not part of the Project Server resource pool but still need to access the data? Being able to easily search valuable information is becoming a key feature in any organization.
This solution starter demonstrates how to leverage SharePoint Server’s Business Data Catalog (BDC) to index project server data and enable users to search the different objects (projects, tasks, resources, lookup tables…) using SharePoint Server’s Enterprise Search, and give you answers to all the questions above. Out of the box the Project Server data is not indexed (only the SharePoint objects are indexed for instance Issues, Risks, Documents…) and thus users cannot search the content contained in the Reporting database. This solution starter will thus enable you to mine the PS 2007 gold mine and find the nuggets you were looking for very easily!
https://www.codeplex.com/EPMBDC
This solution starter was created for a presentation I delivered last week at the SharePoint Conference to illustrate one of the benefits of deploying PS 2007 with SharePoint Server ( and not just WSS V3).
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Anonymous
March 29, 2008
If you remember my blog about the Developer Community from a few weeks ago - and joined up, then youAnonymous
May 29, 2008
This is the first of my pre-TechEd 2008 postings – and you may already have seen one that ChristopheAnonymous
December 09, 2008
Search, search, search! Please find some useful pointers on the subject, including a great book I read