Hello,
I am a Microsoft Projects user and I am trying to disseminate my projects plan to colleagues using Office 365. From my research online (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140602171704-3131085-why-a-sharepoint-task-list-is-the-project-managers-best-friend),
I should be able to do this by syncing my enterprise project with a SharePoint site task list. When I share the SharePoint site, my colleagues without a projects licence should be able to view the schedule, mark tasks as complete etc. on the SharePoint site.
However, this is not working. I can't sync the two plans in any of the methods proposed online. For example, if I navigate to the SharePoint site, "Edit" my task list and click "Open in Projects" on the "List" tab, it prompts me to open the plan in Microsoft
Project. After "checking the server for information," the loading bar gets stuck on "Progress: Downloading list items..." and I get an error saying:
"Sorry, we couldn't sync the tasks list to the SharePoint site. Please make sure:
- the SharePoint site is running and is not in read-only mode
- you have sufficient permission to sync to this SharePoint site
- the tasks list is still available and its name hasn't changed
This is the same error that occurs when I start with a blank project, click Save As > Sync with SharePoint > Sync with "Existing SharePoint Site," enter my project site name and select a task list I had previously created there.
To respond to the error message:
- I am not the company administrator but I asked him and he says the site is running and not in read-only mode. How exactly do you check if a single site is read-only?
- I control for this site, so I have all the available permissions. If anyone can update to a site, my account should be able to. This error occurs even if I give all groups (Project owners, members and visitors, and Excel Services viewers) Design rights.
- In the first situation, I am coming from the tasks list so it should definitely still be available. In the second situation, I can create a new tasks list or use an existing one, and confirm that they exist by viewing them on the SharePoint site.
Do you have any advice or troubleshooting tips? I feel like I'm losing my mind here.