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Project for Web and Power Apps - Project Task Assignees

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Morning all! 

I'm trying to build a Canvas Power App which uses the data from Microsoft Project Online (project.microsoft.com stored within the Dataverse, not a SharePoint PWA site!).

It was all going well where I could add Dataverse tables such as: Projects, Project Tasks, etc., to the app but then I needed to get the user assigned to a task, value in "Assigned To" column:

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Note: obfuscated users with red box. 

The "Project Tasks" Dataverse table does not seem to have a reference to "Assigned To" users for any of the columns.

I found another Dataverse table called "Resource Assignment" in which the data appears to have the rows for each assignments and a column for the assignee called "Bookable Resource":

 

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Note: when in this screen I can see the column

However when I am then in the Canvas Power App and bring the table in as a data source, the column "Bookable Resource" is unavailable? It doesn't appear in a field list nor can I access it via the direct references e.g., First('Resource Assignments').'Bookable Resource':

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Here are the columns settings "Resource Assignments"."Bookable Resource": 

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What am I missing? Or should I be getting the project tasks assigned to users from a different Dataverse table? 

Thanks, 
Josh! 

 

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  • lmcclaf Profile Picture
    13 on at

    Hi @Joshua_DixiData , did you figure this out or know of a work around? I have the same issue, my company is considering switching to a Teams / Power App / Project for the Web solution, this is a very important feature to not have working.

  • Joshua_DixiData Profile Picture
    10 on at

    Hi @lmcclaf, I put this on another ticket: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Dataverse/Use-Power-Automate-to-add-Assigned-To-to-Task-in-P4W-based-on/m-p/2307765/emcs_t/S2h8ZW1haWx8dG9waWNfc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ufExMTDg0NFI2SFREWFJGfDIzMDc3NjV8U1VCU0NSSVBUSU9OU3xoSw#M32711 but I'll post here just incase.

    After 3 months of "support" with Microsoft, apparently retrieving a bookable resource in a Power App is a "customisation"?!?! 😵

    I'm currently experimenting with using the formula field on the table as a new column, as this allows me to replicate the `Bookable Resource` without the need of an additional Power Flow. Its at the stage of trying to finalise an accurate join between this replicated field and the Users table, so I can have confidence it won't cartesian join etc. (challenges around one task having multiple assignees, sigh). 

    Hopefully I'll be able provide a further update soon! 

    Screenshot 2023-08-22 at 10.04.01.png

  • lmcclaf Profile Picture
    13 on at

    Great idea, thank you!

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