Approval Center - Report SSRS

Question

I would like to
create a report (SSRS or Excel Services) that compares the data (Planned Work)
of scheduling with data which send
resources (Actual Work). That's
what today is inadequate
because it allows project managers complain
that they can not see exactly
what impact the changes will have on the schedule after publication.
I could not
find where the information is stored in SQL from
statusupdates
L,
alsoI don’t know
wheredataare
storedhistory status Update.
Is the only (PSI)only way to
selectdata
from Approval Center?

Answer 1

Hi Darius,
I'd say that it will not be easy since you'll have to add none published (because not yet approved) actual work from task updates to existing published actual work.
See this reference below. You might go to the MSP_ASSIGNMENT_TRANSACTIONS Table and check for the ASSN_TRANS_STATE_ENUM attribute with "Submitted Pending Approval" value.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/project_programmability/archive/2008/01/03/statusing-transactions-partial-documentation.aspx
Don't you think that the out-of-the-box preview feature in the approval center is worth to try it, versus a development that might be long and complex?
By the way, reading your first question, you were looking for reporting the impact AFTER the publication by the project manager and not BEFORE the task update approval as you are now. 
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |