Server 2010 Workflow simplification

My project group focuses on sold projects for external customers. We have no need for the portfolio analysis functionality for picking projects, but I do like the Project Server 2010 workflow for tracking projects through phases (i.e., initiating, planning,
executing, closing, etc.).
Are there instructions on how to simplify/shorten the workflow without having to use Visual Studio? Currently I do not use the workflow and just have a custom field called "Phase" I use for grouping, but I'd like to use the built-in workflow if
it's not significant work to customize.

Hi wsg2,
Actually in PS2010, you have to go through Visual Studio to create and deploy a workflow (even to customize the native workflow). The out-of-the-box demand management workflow is just a sample provided by Microsoft, meaning that it is not intended to be
used in production.
As a workaround to Visual Studio, Microsoft partners provides third party tools to create and deploy PS2010 demand management workflows. Those tools don't require any code.
Here is a useful link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff459292(v=office.14).aspx
Note that with PS2013, Sharepoint Designer can be used to create workflows.
Hope this helps.
Guillaume Rouyre - MBA, MCP, MCTS

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Workflow Start "Failed But Not Blocking Correlation" - Project Server 2010 workflow for Demand Management

Hi,
We are using DM Dynamic Work flow in Project Server 2010 environment. When we tried to create a project the project is creating and teh workflow is not starting-- in the queue jobs the start work flow is failing withput blocking correlation -- below is teh
eror message which we are getting
Exception Starting Workflow: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.. Trace: at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType) at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.LoadPluggableClass(String
classname, String assembly, Object[] parameters) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.GetService(SPWorkflowAssociation association, SPWorkflowEngine engine) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.RunWorkflowElev(SPWorkflow workflow,
Collection`1 events, SPWorkflowRunOptionsInternal runOptions) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.StartWorkflowElev(Object context, SPWorkflowAssociation association, DateTime elevationTimeUtc, SPWorkflowEvent startEvent, SPWorkflowRunOptions
runOptions) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.<>c__DisplayClass13.<StartWorkflow>b__12(SPSite superUserSite, SPWeb superUserWeb) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.StartWorkflow(Object context, SPWorkflowAssociation
association, SPWorkflowEvent startEvent, SPWorkflowRunOptions runOpts) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.StartWorkflow(Object context, SPWorkflowAssociation association, String eventData, SPWorkflowRunOptions runOptions) at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.Workflow.<>c__DisplayClass36.<StartWorkflow>b__33()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.<>c__DisplayClass4.<RunWithElevatedPrivileges>b__2() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SecurityContext.RunAsProcess(CodeToRunElevated secureCode) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(WaitCallback
secureCode, Object param) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(CodeToRunElevated secureCode) at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.Workflow.StartWorkflow(Guid projectGuid, Guid enterpriseProjectTypeUid, Boolean isNewProject,
Guid previousEntepriseProjectTypeUid, Boolean skipStage, Guid stageToSkipTo):
WorkflowExceptionStartingWorkflow (35115). Details: id='35115' name='WorkflowExceptionStartingWorkflow' uid='c09fc55c-4f19-49f4-8e49-17d3af3d9916'.
Error:
WorkflowCannotStartWorkflow (35100). Details: id='35100' name='WorkflowCannotStartWorkflow' uid='42c15879-e40c-4d04-b76d-bde108da3a67'.
Queue:
GeneralQueueJobFailed (26000) - WorkflowStartWorkflow.WorkflowStartWorkflowMessage. Details: id='26000' name='GeneralQueueJobFailed' uid='60422e4b-033b-4b41-aa71-503f4d7e20f4' JobUID='64b29d91-4f4e-4719-b199-d2dae88cfbd3' ComputerName='NP2EPMS600V' GroupType='WorkflowStartWorkflow'
MessageType='WorkflowStartWorkflowMessage' MessageId='1' Stage=''. For more details, check the ULS logs on machine NP2EPMS600V for entries with JobUID 64b29d91-4f4e-4719-b199-d2dae88cfbd3.
Request you to help as we are facing this issue from 2 days we tried most of the options like creating new workflow and the same issue persisits for the new once also.
Thanks
Geeth
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Hi Paul,
We are using a third party tool called UMT Project Essentials 2012, recently we have removed the tool from sharepoint central admin and uninstalled from the server.
We tried deleting some missing assemblies features web parts which are referencing to that tool but still we are not able to start the workflow and the same issue persists.
below are the log file for your reference.
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fu Unexpected Load
Workflow Class: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f'
or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. File name: 'UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f'     at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName,
String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity,
StackCrawlMark& stackMar... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fu Unexpected ...k,
Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String
assemblyString)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ServiceConfigurationElement.get_AssemblyObject()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ServiceConfigurationElement.get_ClassType()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowExternalDataExchangeServiceCollection.Add(ServiceConfigurationElement
serviceCfg)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices.EnsurePluggableServices(SPSite site, SPWorkflowExternalDataExchangeServiceCollection services, ExternalDataExchangeService existingServices)     at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices..ctor(SP... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fu Unexpected ...Site
site, SPWeb web, SPWorkflowManager manager, SPWorkflowEngine engine)    === Pre-bind state information === LOG: User = HALAMERICA\fhouspepmadmd LOG: DisplayName = UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f
(Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office Servers/14.0/Bin/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL Calling assembly : Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c.
=== LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Bin\Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Queuing.exe.config LOG: Using machine configuration file from
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\config\mac... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fu Unexpected ...hine.config.
LOG: Post-policy reference: UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f LOG: The same bind was seen before, and was failed with hr = 0x80070002.       --- End of inner exception
stack trace ---     at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)     at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr,
Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)     at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)     at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.LoadPluggableClass(String classname, String assembly, Object[] parameters) b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       98d8 Unexpected System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException:
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f' or one of its dependencies. The
system cannot find the file specified. File name: 'UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f'     at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence
assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark&
stackMark, Boolean forIntrosp... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       98d8 Unexpected ...ection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ServiceConfigurationElement.get_AssemblyObject()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ServiceConfigurationElement.get_ClassType()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowExternalDataExchangeServiceCollection.Add(ServiceConfigurationElement
serviceCfg)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices.EnsurePluggableServices(SPSite site, SPWorkflowExternalDataExchangeServiceCollection services, ExternalDataExchangeService existingServices)     at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices..ctor(SPSite site, SPWeb web,... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       98d8 Unexpected ...
SPWorkflowManager manager, SPWorkflowEngine engine)    === Pre-bind state information === LOG: User = HALAMERICA\fhouspepmadmd LOG: DisplayName = UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f
(Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office Servers/14.0/Bin/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL Calling assembly : Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c.
=== LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Bin\Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Queuing.exe.config LOG: Using machine configuration file from
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\config\machine.config. LOG: Po... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       98d8 Unexpected ...st-policy
reference: UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f LOG: The same bind was seen before, and was failed with hr = 0x80070002.       --- End of inner exception stack trace
---     at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)     at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder,
Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)     at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.LoadPluggableClass(String
classname, String assembly, Object[] parameters)     at Microsoft.SharePoint... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:37.96* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       98d8 Unexpected ....Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.GetService(SPWorkflowAssociation
association, SPWorkflowEngine engine)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.RunWorkflowElev(SPWorkflow workflow, Collection`1 events, SPWorkflowRunOptionsInternal runOptions) b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.06 w3wp.exe (0x183C)                       0x1520 SharePoint Foundation
Topology                      e5mc Medium WcfSendRequest: RemoteAddress: 'http://np2epms600v:32843/e088435160fb48758ab14cf625ed7499/MetadataWebService.svc'
Channel: 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.IMetadataWebServiceApplication' Action: 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/taxonomy/soap/IDataAccessReadOnly/GetChanges' MessageId: 'urn:uuid:cb6b4635-9c5f-4ad4-b755-0e5fb699d335'
09/19/2014 02:04:38.07 w3wp.exe (0x0CD4)                       0x1D24 SharePoint Foundation
Topology                      e5mb Medium WcfReceiveRequest: LocalAddress: 'http://np2epms600v.corp.halliburton.com:32843/e088435160fb48758ab14cf625ed7499/MetadataWebService.svc'
Channel: 'System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel' Action: 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/taxonomy/soap/IDataAccessReadOnly/GetChanges' MessageId: 'urn:uuid:cb6b4635-9c5f-4ad4-b755-0e5fb699d335' a6d541cf-f5b9-4c7b-9e6b-d2637dd025b6
09/19/2014 02:04:38.07 w3wp.exe (0x0CD4)                       0x1D24 SharePoint Foundation
Monitoring                    nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation) a6d541cf-f5b9-4c7b-9e6b-d2637dd025b6
09/19/2014 02:04:38.07 w3wp.exe (0x0CD4)                       0x1D24 SharePoint Server
Taxonomy                      fuc5 Medium MetadataWebServiceApplication.GetChanges called on 'Managed Metadata Service' starting. a6d541cf-f5b9-4c7b-9e6b-d2637dd025b6
09/19/2014 02:04:38.08 w3wp.exe (0x0CD4)                       0x1D24 SharePoint Server
Taxonomy                      fuc6 Medium MetadataWebServiceApplication.GetChanges called on 'Managed Metadata Service' completed. a6d541cf-f5b9-4c7b-9e6b-d2637dd025b6
09/19/2014 02:04:38.08 w3wp.exe (0x0CD4)                       0x1D24 SharePoint Foundation
Monitoring                    b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation). Execution Time=4.88944823992994 a6d541cf-f5b9-4c7b-9e6b-d2637dd025b6
09/19/2014 02:04:38.12 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fq Unexpected Start
Workflow: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f'
or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. File name: 'UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f'     at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName,
String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity,
StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Bo... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.12* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fq Unexpected ...olean
forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)     at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String
assemblyString)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ServiceConfigurationElement.get_AssemblyObject()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ServiceConfigurationElement.get_ClassType()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowExternalDataExchangeServiceCollection.Add(ServiceConfigurationElement
serviceCfg)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices.EnsurePluggableServices(SPSite site, SPWorkflowExternalDataExchangeServiceCollection services, ExternalDataExchangeService existingServices)     at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices..ctor(SPSite ... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.12* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fq Unexpected ...site,
SPWeb web, SPWorkflowManager manager, SPWorkflowEngine engine)    === Pre-bind state information === LOG: User = HALAMERICA\fhouspepmadmd LOG: DisplayName = UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f
(Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office Servers/14.0/Bin/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL Calling assembly : Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c.
=== LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Bin\Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Queuing.exe.config LOG: Using machine configuration file from
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\config\machine.... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.12* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fq Unexpected ...config.
LOG: Post-policy reference: UMT.CostModule.Workflow, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4ec97d0ba92f048f LOG: The same bind was seen before, and was failed with hr = 0x80070002.       --- End of inner exception
stack trace ---     at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)     at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr,
Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)     at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)     at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.LoadPluggableClass(String classname, String assembly, Object[] parameters)     at Micr... b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.12* Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 SharePoint Foundation         Workflow Infrastructure       72fq Unexpected ...osoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.GetService(SPWorkflowAssociation
association, SPWorkflowEngine engine)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.RunWorkflowElev(SPWorkflow workflow, Collection`1 events, SPWorkflowRunOptionsInternal runOptions)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.StartWorkflowElev(Object
context, SPWorkflowAssociation association, DateTime elevationTimeUtc, SPWorkflowEvent startEvent, SPWorkflowRunOptions runOptions) b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.12 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 Project Server                Project Server Workflow
ai7z Verbose Error is: WorkflowExceptionStartingWorkflow. Details: . Standard Information: PSI Entry Point:   Project User: HALAMERICA\H139933 Correlation Id: b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932 PWA Site URL:
http://devpsepm4tech.corp.halliburton.com/PWA SSP Name: Project Server Service Application PSError: WorkflowExceptionStartingWorkflow (35115) b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.13 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x1C20 Project Server                General
b0ry Medium PWA:http://devpsepm4tech.corp.halliburton.com/PWA, ServiceApp:Project Server Service Application, User:HALAMERICA\H139933, PSI: [ProjectServerError] Mismatched Attributes for PSErrorID WorkflowCannotChangeWorkflow. List of
defined attributes: none. List of provided values: 05c80469-125d-44bc-853b-b906f7e1076a, Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.BusinessLayer.QueueMsg.WorkflowChangeWorkflowMessage, 1, DontBlock. b72f3008-fc65-400c-815d-393ccd1c8932
09/19/2014 02:04:38.13 Microsoft.Office.Project.Server (0x100C) 0x0178 Project Server                Queue
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I can't see the workflow diagram in the out-of-the-box proposal workflow in Project Server 2010

Hello,
I created new project based on the template out-of-the-box proposal, but after that i can't see the following diagram ..

Hi,
To achieve this you can use Workflow Visualization webpart from Project Server 2010 Solution Starter Kit from
here.
Thanks !!!
Sachin Vashishth MCTS

Sharepoint 2010 Workflow successful: Sharepoint 2013 Workflow UNsuccessful:

Observation 1
1. I created 2 workflows that write "completed" to the workflow history
a. 1 workflow uses sp2010 workflow manager
b. 1 workflow uses sp2013 workflow manager
2. sp2010 workflow works fine; it will start either manually or automatically (when a new item is created ) without issue; "completed' is written to the log as expected. Good.
3. sp2013 does not start automatically (when a new item is created ); when trying to start manually I get error message "Something went wrong. To try again, reload the page and then start the workflow." Which I do, but still fails.
Bad.
4.On Workflows.aspx I can see the links to start the 2 workflows manually.
a. When I hover over the sp2010 workflow link I can see something that look like this:
http://playground/sites/falcontt/_layouts/15/IniWrkflIP.aspx?List={ae95de8e-508b-4aa6-b4b6-490288e35e9f}&ID=53&ItemGuid={697E4218-D889-4FB8-A27B-D188F5D93250}&TemplateID={199c3d86-89a8-4286-b285-37e2d2067b52}&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fplayground%2Fsites%2Ffalcontt%2FLists%2FTrouble%2520Tickets%2Fall%2520requests%2Easpx
b. But when I hover over the sp2013 workflow link I can see something that look like this:
javascript:StartWorkflow4('949cb889-9b46-4959-9673-842e60cc5a42', '53', '{697E4218-D889-4FB8-A27B-D188F5D93250}')
Should this link also look similar to the sp2010 workflow link? If so, do you have any idea why it is different?
Observation 2
In Sharepoint Designer 2013, when I goto Navigation -> Workflows and click on the 2010 workflow, I see a file listed under "Forms" that looks like this "sp2010 test workflow.xsn". By the way the name of the workflow happens
to be "sp2010 test workflow".
But when I goto Navigation -> Workflows and click on the 2013 workflow, I see a NO file listed under "Forms". Should I see "sp2013 test workflow.xsn" listed there? If yes, can you think of why it is not listed there?
I saved the workflow debug logs from Event Viewer but won't share that info here unless necessary, to avoid making things look more complicated than they have to be.
Thanks for any comments suggestions, tips, questions, anything, etc.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
George

Hi George,
First of all, I'd like to clarify that workflow manager is dedicated for SharePoint 2013 workflow platform. SharePoint 2010 workflow is integrated in SharePoint server, while 2013 workflow is based on a new platform named workflow manager server.
In SharePoint 2013 designer, 2010 workflow has forms while 2013 workflow doesn't have forms.
For this issue, I suspect there is something incorrect with workflow manager. From the error message "Something went wrong. To try again, reload the page and then start the workflow", please flush the DNS cache via executing
IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS, and restart workflow manager related services such as below, then recreate 2013 workflow to test the issue:
Service Bus Gateway
Service Bus Message Broker
http://blog.houratious.com/2014/05/sharepoint-2013-workflow-something-went.html
Regards,
Rebecca Tu
TechNet Community Support

Project Server 2010 Jobs All 'Waiting To Be Processed'

Hello,
We have installed Project Server 2010 for evaluation and are running into an issue when creating new projects in the Project Center. The installation included SharePoint 2010 and is a single-machine install (i.e. DB and WFE on same machine).
We can access the site without any problem and when accessing the Project Center and electing to create a new project from Basic Project Plan template, the interface processes the request and then informs us that the request was taking a long time to process
and to check the Manage Queue Jobs interface for status.
Reviewing the queued jobs reveals four queued tasks for Project Create, Project Publish Notifications, Project Publish and Start Workflow, all with a Job State of 'Waiting To Be Processed'. When we originally ran into this issue, we realized that the
User Profile Synchronization Service was configured to run with the Network Service account and that the two relevant ForeFront Identity Manager services were not running. We had read that this may cause the queue to not process requests, so we reconfigured
the system to use a domain account and started the User Profile Synchronization Service Application (which in turn started the ForeFront Identify Manager services).
However, this did not help and the jobs (as well as new jobs) are still waiting to be processed. We don't see any errors listed in the queue and can't really find relevant errors in the SharePoint logs or event viewer.
Has anyone else run into this problem who can provide some insight? Thanks.
John

Another thing to check John, and you may well find evidence in the ULS logs, is that the queue service is really running. Just looking in Services isn't enough. When the queue service starts it will check for the presence of PWA sites within
each and every (probably just one) Project Service Application you have running. It will then spawn an extra process for each Service Application it finds that has one or more PWA instances. So you should always see at least two Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Queuing.exe
processes running within Task Manager -and if you just see one the looking in the ULS logs should give an indication why it didn't start up (re-starting will give you a fresh entry in the log - which will be easier than searching through lots of logs.
Best regards,
Brian.
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Odd circumstances regarding an 'unexpected error' in Project Server 2010

A couple of days ago, a client of mine started experiencing an odd error upon trying to save their project files in Project Professional 2010 while connected to Project Server 2010. They'd receive the following error:
An unexpected error occurred during command execution.
Try the following:
Verify that all argument names and values are correct and are of the correct type.
You may have run out of memory. To free up available memory, close programs, projects, or windows that you are not using.
I am familiar with troubleshooting both of the cases as listed above in this error message and quickly determined that the client was not experiencing memory issues. I also could not find any instances where there were incorrect values in any project schedule
fields.
We eventually were able to replicate the issue by following these steps:
A user creates a new project via PWA using an Enterprise Project Type that has been pre-defined to have a specific project template applied to it. Please note that this Enterprise Project Type did not create a workflow... only created a Project Details
page, Project Information page, and Project Schedule based upon this template.
This new project is given some basic Project level custom field information and set to the PM owner and then saved and published without any issues.
Now, when the project schedule is opened immediately afterwards in Project Professional 2010, changes cannot be saved or published. Even the most basic of change at this point such as a new task line or renaming a task name will result in the error message
given at the top of this post. The user is then forced to close the project file and check it back in. Note this applies to anyone performing some or all of these steps.
Note: If a project file was created from this same template through Project Professional instead of through PWA, it was fine and no errors would occur upon further editing.
Because of the above, I decided to try and open the existing project templates used in the Enterprise Project Types that were being affected and simply re-save them with new names. I made no other changes to these templates than just giving them a new name.
I then created new Enterprise Project Types that would then use these new templates. Other than this change, these Enterprise Project Types were exactly the same as the previous ones which caused errors.
Upon trying the new Enterprise Project Types, the project schedules behaved normally and new projects created from them would not cause the error listed.
This is extremely puzzling obviously and now my client is concerned that this is a symptom of a deeper problem in the database that we might not yet know about.
Is this an issue that anyone here has experienced before, and if so, knows how to correct and prevent from occurring again in the future?
Thank you.
Daniel E Crabtree

Daniel,
Issue could be due to corruption ? Please provide us information about current server and client patch level for Project. Also ULS log information would be beneficial to investigate this issue
Hrishi Deshpande Senior Consultant

Replication of Project Server 2010 databases from Production to Development

HI
We have One Production, One Development and One QA server but the Production data is not matching with the Dev and QA.
Now our client is asking is there any possibility that we can copy the production data bases and replicate in the Dev and QA.
Is there any auto sync method where the production data updates will be updated in Dev and QA automatically.
Our environment is Project Server 2010 4 PWA data bases and 1 config data base and 1 config data base for project sites.
Please suggest a best possible way to solve this issue as i thought to take the the PWA back up frm central admin along with the 4 db back up from pwa--- 6 db back up from sql server---- restore all of them in the Dev and QA---i don't think it is the right
approach.
Thanks
Geetha
Geeth If you feel that the answer which i gave you is Helpful please select it as Answer/helpful.

As per your First post you only want to update the data of DB on regular basis.
Now you are talking about back up restore Please be clear what you want .
If you have all the configuration ready on qa and dev then only replication need to be done.
can i use the replication mechanism for all the 5 databases in PS 2010 at time won't be a problem right
? YES
other wise
If i want to copy the PWA configuration part can i use play book or any other steps i need to perform.
YES
We have some workflows on PWA instance. Create workflow on Dev and QA
kirtesh

Migration of 2010 workflow to 2013

if we use leading 3rd party tool Quest for migration then how to migrate sequential workflows from 2010 to 2013? will all sequential workflows automatically migrate to 2013 with quest tool or we need to do any further steps? It will be helpful if you say
about steps here.
Do quest tools supports automatic migration of sequntial workflows to 2013 . I think it will run as 2010 workflow only. 2013 introduced stages, do we have to crate those stages?

2010 workflows will still run the same way they did in 2013. The 2010 workflow mode is backwards compatible. If you want the workflows to run in the newer 2013 engine then you'll need to re-write the workflows. There are actions that are
available in 2010 that aren't available in the 2013 mode and vice versa so there is no automated conversion available.
But the Quest migration tool should migrate the workflows with the rest of the site when you migrate it. In general they continue to work, but I do recommend testing since I've seen a few workflows that had problems after upgrade. But the migrated
workflows will run as 2010 workflows in 2013.
Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP
Principal Architect: Blue Chip Consulting Group
Blog: http://dontpapanic.com/blog
Twitter: Follow @pstork
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Prevent Sharepoint 2010 workflow to send duplicate emails

I have SharePoint 2013 as environment but am using SharePoint 2010 workflow on a list. There is a field in this list called "Order Status" which has different status such as Processing, Shipped, Cancelled, Hold. There is another list which updates
this Order Status. I have the workflow send out an email when the Order Status changes to Processing and another email when Order Status changes to Shipped.
The issue is that there are multiple emails being sent out when any of these status changes to either Processing or Shipped. There is no other workflow attached to this list
How do I prevent the workflow to send duplicate emails? I have seen that a flag could be setup to track the email sent once but that method does not work correctly and it still sends out duplicate emails. Or maybe I am not doing this correctly
Any suggestions, comments or have anyone resolved this successfully
Thanks Snehal H.Rana SharePoint Consultant

Hi Snehal
If you check the workflow history, you will probably see that every time an item is added or modified, the workflow runs twice. That’s why you’re receiving two email notifications.
The reason for this is timing. If your workflow is very short and the SharePoint server is very slow, the first instance of the workflow may finish well before the item is fully saved and committed to SharePoint. As the item is being processed, the workflow
event receiver can fire again, and start another instance of the workflow.
The solution for this problem is to add a step at the end of your workflow which will pause the workflow for a few minutes .
Another Option is to use a Flag.For Setting up flag correctly check the following link
http://www.mssharepointtips.com/tip.asp?id=1145
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Amit Kotha

Unable open Project details or a project from PWA Project server 2010 with Alias name

Hi,
I am unable to open the Projects from Project center with the Alias name with the server name i am able to open the projects, version is project server 2010,
My system is ABC.DC.IN alias name i have given is DEF.AD.COM
With the system name i can able access PWA and all are working fine.
As i have observed with alias name i can able to login to pwa and all the server setting approval center all are working fine but only in the project center i am not able to open the projects (http://DEF.AD.COM/pwa/ProjectDrillDown.aspx .xxxx)
its is coming in the below of the ie.
But with Alias name these are the issues i am facing,
1.when longing with alias name its asking two times for user name and password
2.when i click on a project from project center its taking some time and asking for user name and password after i enter user name and password "PAGE cannot displayed" error i am getting.
can any one Help me.
vijay kommireddi

Hi Eric,
Thanks for your Reply.
As you said i have added in Manged Path as (Testpwa/projects.aspx as <Wildcard inclusion>) But still problem is there it is asking user
name password again if click on any project in project center and and showing page cannot be displayed error.
This is url its is showing in the below of the IE ( http://def.ad.com/testpwa/projectdrilldown.aspx?ProjUid=e28c6d43-85b6-478d-9542-2961cc81a69e)
I have observed one more thing if click on Project
details then only this issue is coming project schedule and project information
is also opening with Alias name.
My farm version is 14.0.7015.1000
Vijay Kommireddi

MS Project Pro file on Project Server 2010 does not accept [No Group] selection when clicking on Group view

MS Project Server 2010 gives me the following error when I try to click on the [No Group] group:
Error message:
The group "" cannot be found. You tried to display a view that references a group that is not available.
Specify a different group for the view."
Note: When I look at the drop downlist for the Group on the View Ribbon, [No Group] appears in the Built-in section of the list. It also appears on the Organizer.

Michael W --
I have seen this error message several times when the project got corrupted due to drops in my network connection while the enterprise project was open. If memory serves me correctly, the method for resolving this problem is to use the Save For
Sharing feature. To do this, complete the following steps:
Add the Save for Sharing button to your Quick Access Toolbar, if you have not already done so previously. Use the Project Options dialog for this.
Open the project in question and click the Save for Sharing button.
In the Save for Sharing dialog, save the MPP file in a location where you can find it easily, such as your Desktop.
Close the MPP file and then reopen it.
Click File > Save As and then click the Save button.
Using this process, Microsoft Project will resolve the corruption in your project. Please let us know if this process works for you.
Dale A. Howard [MVP]

Project Server 2010 Web services access with Client Certificate Authentication

We switched our SharePoint/Project Server 2010 farm to use client certificate authentication with Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0, which is working without issue. We have some administrative Project Server Interface (PSI)
web service applications that no longer connect to server with the new authentication configuration. Our custom applications are using the WCF interface to access the public web services.
Please let us know if it is possible to authenticate with AD FS 2.0 and then call
Project Server web services. Any help or coding examples would be greatly appreciated.

what is the error occurred when the custom PSI app connects?
can you upload the ULS logs here for research?
What is the user account format you specified in the code for authentication?
For proper authorization, the “user logon account” in PWA for the user needs to be changed from domain\username to the claims token (e.g.
'I:0#.w|mybusinessdomain\ewmccarty').
It requires you to manually call the UpnLogon method of
“Claims to Windows Token Service”. if (Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity is ClaimsIdentity)
{ var identity = (ClaimsIdentity)Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity; }
if (Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity is ClaimsIdentity)
var identity = (ClaimsIdentity)Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity;
Than you need to extract UPN-Claim from the identity.
Upload the verbose log if possible.
Did you see this?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff181538(v=office.14).aspx
Cheers. Happy troubleshooting !!! Sriram E - MSFT Enterprise Project Management

SharePoint Foundation Server 2010

Can you use SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 for external customer access?
Thank you

Yes.You have to decide how your external users are going to be accessing the site and how they are going to be authenticate external users.
You may also want to read the following article.
Best practices for extranet environments (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Amit

Access 2013 and SharePoint Foundation/Server 2010

I have a real simple scenario that keeps happening.
I simple click external data -> More -> SharePoint List from Access 2013 and point it to a SharePonint 2010 list ... then link the list. It will link and show the data. Once... After closing the access file, it just freezes when opening
it again.
I've tried this on several windows clients (win7 and 8) and 2 different SharePoint 2010 installs (1 being Foundation, the other being Server). Both are service packed.
Any ideas?

I believe i too am running into this issue.
I have a CRM application i created in Access 2010 which links to lists on Sharepoint Foundation 2010 (As bundled with Small Business Server 2010) using SSL. I have this application running on various client machines, some on the local network and some via
the internet. Until now we have been entirely Access 2010 and whenever a new client was required i just copied over the Access front end and it just worked.
We have a new PC which has Win7 Pro 64bit and Office 2013 Pro. I copied over the front end but when i try and open one of the linked sharepoint lists Access just hangs with the spining circle. I have no problem accessing these lists on SP via Internet Explorer
and furthermore if i select "Open with Access" and link a list it then opens within Access 2013 OK, (although Windows Security does prompt for the users password). However, if i save this database and re-open it i can no longer open the list!!
I have noticed that if i run Access 2013 as administrator and open the front end application then there is no problem.
Possible permissions issue???
If i repeat what Eric describes, Access 2013 shows me all the lists on out SP site and successfully links it (i.e. It appears under Tables) however, unlike Eric the list won't open (not even once).

Project Server 2010 - Modification date and name of the person who made the last change in the project

Hello everybody
I'm with a doubt.
I got in the business
environment Project Server 2010 and
would like to get the publication date,modification
date and name
of the person who made
the last change in
the project. It is possible
to doby the native
resources or is
there any query in
SQL Server to perform a
query of this information.
Thank you.
Obrigado por contactar o fórum Microsoft Technet!

Hi Hezequias,
You can get the ProjectModifiedDate column in MSP_EPMProject_userView in the Reporting DB where you can
get the data based on the projectUID.
The "last saved" date in the draft DB (be aware that querying in the draft DB is not supported by MS).
For the "last modified by", I think it is not stored in any place.
But you can develop custom code upon publishing the project (Event BeforePublish), writing the current
date and username automatically into a custom enterprise field.
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

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