#Load Project Data from MSP Database

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Load Project Data from MSP Database, Read/Write Rate Scale Data for MSP 2013 & Above using Java

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the release of Aspose.Tasks for Java 17.8.0. This release includes new feature of providing support for rate scale information in MPP files. It also includes several improvements in terms of bug fixes that further add to the overall stability of the API. From this month’s release, support for JDK 1.6 has been discontinued. From this release onwards, Aspose.Tasks for Java won’t support JDK 1.6. All Aspose customers, who are using older version of JDK and want to use this latest version of API, need to upgrade their Java version to meet the minimum requirement of API i.e. JDK 1.7 or higher. Aspose.Tasks for Java already supported reading/writing rate scale information of resource assignment for MPP 2013 and below versions. With this release, the API now supports reading and writing rate scale data for MSP 2013 and above file formats. This is as illustrated in the code sample on blog announcement page. Working with loading project data from Microsoft Project Data was supported in one of the earlier versions of API. This, however, had issues with the update of Microsoft Project Database versions update and the functionality was broken. Aspose team is glad to share that this issue has been fixed now. Users can now load Project data from Project database using this latest version of the API.  Below is the complete list of bug fixes and enhanced features included in this release.                                                         

Migrate from JDK 1.6 to JDK 7

Add support for text style information

TasksReadingException while using MspDbSettings

Add support of RateScale reading/writing for MSP 2013+   New Feature

Finish date is incorrect for zero duration task using Recalculate

Empty project with one task has incorrectly filled ActualStart, ActualFinish dates

HtmlSaveOptions.Pages.Add() method does not affect page index in the title when saving as HTML

XER converted from MPP contains string EUR instead of integer currency id for resource

XER generated by Aspose.Tasks raises exception while opening it

Company Information written to MPP is not displayed in MPP

Program hangs while loading MPP into Project

MPP file raises TasksReadingException

MPP file saved by MSP 2016 ver 1706 raises exception while loading into Project

An entry with the same key already exists - exception

Exception raised while loading attached MPP

TaskReadingException while loading MPP file

MPP project cannot be saved to MemoryStream

Lookup values not created properly in MPP

TaskLink don't affect the dates from successor task while using an MPP file

Exception raised while applying constraint

Task baseline don't save to MPP file

Finish date not recalculated properly

MPP to XLSX: Resultant file doesn't contain any data

Exception is raised while loading Primavera XER file

Gantt chart task bar ends at one third of day

Tasks text style information lost while loading and saving MPP again

Error on adding a resource with 0 units to parent task

ActualFinish of a zero-day milestone task not set properly

MPP with Subproject File causes exception while loading into project

Fix difference in Task duration in MSP 2010 and 2013

MPP to XLSX: Resultant file doesn't contain any data

ExtendedAttribute Lookup values mixed up for the same task

Lookup extended attribute with CustomFieldType.Duration can't be saved along with other lookup attributes

Custom field with Cost type and lookup can't be saved to MPP

Unassigned resource assignment work rendered as 0h

TasksWritingException while resaving this MPP back

MPP to PNG: Output image is not fine

Exception while loading a project

Task duration incorrectly set to 24 hours

Unable to save MPP file        

Corrupted XML file generated while saving to OutputStream

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for Java documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Read Write Rate Scale Information

Reading Project Data from Microsoft Project Database

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for Java

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical Java Project management component that enables Java applications to read, write & manage Project documents without utilizing MS Project. It supports reading MS Project Template (MPT) files as well as allows exporting project data to HTML, BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, XPS, XAML and SVG formats. It reads & writes MS Project documents in both MPP & XML formats.  Developers can read & change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations & calendars.

More about Aspose.Tasks for Java

Homepage of Aspose.Tasks for Java

Download Aspose.Tasks for Java

Online documentation of Aspose.Tasks for Jvaa

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Betting Your Business - Part 3 - Other Crucial Criteria

In the first two parts of this case study, the identification of a significant business opportunity coupled with technical assets that were essential to the operation meant that choosing a platform was a necessary part of the enterprise’s viability. Solitaire Interglobal Ltd. (SIL) a knowledge that security was the primary criterion, but once the data on that essential metric was gathered, there were other requirements that had to be met.

Although it was difficult to see past the urgent need for security, including data protection and privacy, there were other high priority requirements for the new venture to become a reality. That area of platform feasibility included the capability of the selected platform to scale since the demand for capacity would have significant peaks.

Additionally, the entire area of quality of service would need to be considered since the end customer response would be driven by consistent delivery and meeting expectations of speed.

Existing streaming services have significant issues with erratic delivery, broken links, and spotty coverage. Although the proposed new venture does not share many of the characteristics of current video streaming, its reception would be adversely affected by any of those problems.

With a significant growth potential and a worldwide launch planned, the nature of an active cyber market indicated a need to balance the risk of exploding demand against an infrastructure that could quickly and easily scale to address any level of capacity demand.

Realizing that the criteria in this area addressed the raw ability to scale, financial considerations were not addressed at this point. Instead, the ability of the platforms under consideration to handle peak workload without infrastructure modification and the load thresholds that could be maintained on an ongoing basis were examined.

Additional factors that played into the evaluation in this area included any delay in supplemental capacity availability and the degree of automation that was possible to remove the human element from the execution timeline.

FINANCIAL COSTS Of course, there was a financial component to the evaluation. After all, just because it’s possible to provide a service doesn’t mean that there is a commercial justification for doing so.

There were several areas of financial metrics that were identified as critical to the decision. They can be summarized as:

• Cost to deploy the initial application in terms of weighted time expense • Cost of security, both initial and ongoing • Cost of scalability, both core and associated with growth

As with most things, the analysis showed that it is not the initial cost that is the most substantial, but the upkeep and ongoing operations financial impact. Therefore, the total cost of ownership (TCO) was the primary metric used.

RISK The perspective that SIL takes when viewing risk is that it is an accumulation of not only the possibility of shortfalls in protection, deployment, and operations, but the metric must include the scope of the impact of that failure. Given that, the risk evaluation was structured to build an accumulated risk metric that would provide the decision-making team with a consistent and useful criterion.

Since SIL risk analysis is built on an actuarial basis, the extensive data reported by SIL customers and participants in GSW was used to create that complex probability matrix. With an excess of 164 million discrete data points, each of the possible platform solutions received intense scrutiny.

RISK-BASED SOLUTION FILTERING SIL works with millions of model requests every year. One of its strengths is the massive database the covers the aspects of risk and behavior. Any time that a SIL model is requested, that ocean of data is mined for possibilities. Over 50% of these predictive models start out with more than 500 options.

Depending on the parameters set by SIL customers, the field is narrowed down to a more comprehensible number of scenarios before being further culled. This is a process that is executed hundreds of times per day in the SIL analytic labs.

This standard SIL process produced an initial field of 712 possible scenarios for internal SIL consideration. After the first round reduction, 137 were left. These included on-premise infrastructures, public cloud solutions, MSP offerings, and hybrid cloud infrastructures. All of these options were modeled to build comparison points. The consolidated risk rating was used to do the first level cut.

Any scenario with a risk rating of over 15 was deemed unacceptable, and anything rated more than 10 discarded as significantly high risk. The general risk metric for the solutions can be seen in the chart below.

All of the solutions that exceeded the threshold for high risk were eliminated, and only those that were medium to low risk were considered.

This group of shortlisted platform solutions included only five scenarios. Each of these was reviewed in more detail.

None of the solutions presented a low-risk profile. This was not unexpected since the venture being considered was a significant paradigm shift in both the streaming and entertainment environment. In any new creative endeavor, there is a considerable element of risk, and that was not ignored when building the evaluation profile.

However, the platform contribution obviously needed to be minimized, so that the overall feasibility of the project was not additionally burdened.

The evaluation committee found it extremely interesting that all of the shortlisted scenarios shared key components that addressed security and scalability. To differentiate among the options in this group, the secondary criteria would have to be factored in, but first, verification of operational abilities was required for the first two areas.

Coming up next, Results

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Microsoft Azure Managed Services: Empowering Businesses with Expert Cloud Solutions

As businesses navigate the complexities of digital transformation, Microsoft Azure Managed Services emerge as a crucial tool for leveraging the potential of cloud technology. These services combine advanced infrastructure, automation, and expert support to streamline operations, enhance security, and optimize costs. For organizations seeking to maximize the benefits of Azure, partnering with a trusted Managed Service Provider (MSP) like Goognu ensures seamless integration and efficient management of Azure environments.

This article explores the features, benefits, and expertise offered by Goognu in delivering customized Azure solutions.

What Are Microsoft Azure Managed Services?

Microsoft Azure Managed Services refer to the specialized support and tools provided to organizations using the Azure cloud platform. These services enable businesses to effectively manage their Azure applications, infrastructure, and resources while ensuring regulatory compliance and data security.

Azure Managed Service Providers (MSPs) like Goognu specialize in delivering tailored solutions, offering businesses a wide range of support, from deploying virtual machines to optimizing complex data services.

Why Choose Goognu for Azure Managed Services?

With over a decade of expertise in cloud solutions, Goognu stands out as a leading provider of Microsoft Azure Managed Services. The company’s technical acumen, customer-centric approach, and innovative strategies ensure that businesses can fully harness the power of Azure.

Key Strengths of Goognu

Extensive Experience With more than 10 years in cloud management, Goognu has built a reputation for delivering reliable and efficient Azure solutions across industries.

Certified Expertise Goognu's team includes certified cloud professionals who bring in-depth knowledge of Azure tools and best practices to every project.

Tailored Solutions Recognizing the unique needs of every business, Goognu designs and implements solutions that align with individual goals and challenges.

Comprehensive Azure Services Offered by Goognu

Goognu provides a holistic suite of services under the umbrella of Microsoft Azure Managed Services. These offerings address a wide range of operational and strategic needs, empowering businesses to achieve their objectives efficiently.

1. Azure Infrastructure Management

Goognu manages critical Azure components such as:

Virtual Machines

Storage Accounts

Virtual Networks

Load Balancers

Azure App Services

By handling provisioning, configuration, and ongoing optimization, Goognu ensures that infrastructure remains reliable and performant.

2. Data Services and Analytics

Goognu provides expert support for Azure data tools, including:

Azure SQL Database

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Data Factory

Azure Databricks

These services help businesses integrate, migrate, and analyze their data while maintaining governance and security.

3. Security and Compliance

Security is paramount in cloud environments. Goognu implements robust measures to protect Azure infrastructures, such as:

Azure Active Directory for Identity Management

Threat Detection and Vulnerability Management

Network Security Groups

Compliance Frameworks

4. Performance Monitoring and Optimization

Using tools like Nagios, Zabbix, and Azure Monitor, Goognu tracks performance metrics, system health, and resource usage. This ensures that Azure environments are optimized for scalability, availability, and efficiency.

5. Disaster Recovery Solutions

With Azure Site Recovery, Goognu designs and implements strategies to minimize downtime and data loss during emergencies.

6. Application Development and Deployment

Goognu supports businesses in building and deploying applications in Azure, including:

Cloud-Native Applications

Containerized Applications (Azure Kubernetes Service)

Serverless Applications (Azure Functions)

Traditional Applications on Azure App Services

7. Cost Optimization

Cost management is critical for long-term success in the cloud. Goognu helps businesses analyze resource usage, rightsize instances, and leverage Azure cost management tools to minimize expenses without sacrificing performance.

Benefits of Microsoft Azure Managed Services

Adopting Azure Managed Services with Goognu provides several transformative advantages:

1. Streamlined Operations

Automation and expert support simplify routine tasks, reducing the burden on in-house IT teams.

2. Enhanced Security

Advanced security measures protect data and applications from evolving threats, ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

3. Cost Efficiency

With a focus on resource optimization, businesses can achieve significant cost savings while maintaining high performance.

4. Improved Performance

Proactive monitoring and troubleshooting eliminate bottlenecks, ensuring smooth and efficient operations.

5. Scalability and Flexibility

Azure’s inherent scalability, combined with Goognu’s expertise, enables businesses to adapt to changing demands effortlessly.

6. Focus on Core Activities

By outsourcing cloud management to Goognu, businesses can focus on innovation and growth instead of day-to-day operations.

 

Goognu’s Approach to Azure Managed Services

Collaboration and Strategy

Goognu begins by understanding a business’s specific needs and goals. Its team of experts collaborates closely with clients to develop strategies that integrate Azure seamlessly into existing IT environments.

Customized Solutions

From infrastructure setup to advanced analytics, Goognu tailors its services to align with the client’s operational and strategic objectives.

Continuous Support

Goognu provides 24/7 support, ensuring that businesses can resolve issues quickly and maintain uninterrupted operations.

Unlocking Innovation with Azure

Goognu empowers businesses to accelerate innovation using Azure’s cutting-edge capabilities. By leveraging cloud-native development, AI/ML operations, IoT integration, and workload management, Goognu helps clients stay ahead in competitive markets.

 

Why Businesses Choose Goognu

Proven Expertise

With a decade of experience in Microsoft Azure Managed Services, Goognu delivers results that exceed expectations.

Customer-Centric Approach

Goognu prioritizes customer satisfaction, offering personalized solutions and unwavering support.

Advanced Capabilities

From AI/ML to IoT, Goognu brings advanced expertise to help businesses unlock new opportunities with Azure.

 

Conclusion

Microsoft Azure Managed Services offer unparalleled opportunities for businesses to optimize their operations, enhance security, and achieve cost efficiency. By partnering with a trusted provider like Goognu, organizations can unlock the full potential of Azure and focus on their strategic goals.

With a proven track record and unmatched expertise, Goognu delivers comprehensive Azure solutions tailored to the unique needs of its clients. Whether it’s infrastructure management, data analytics, or cost optimization, Goognu ensures businesses can thrive in today’s digital landscape.

Transform your cloud journey with Goognu’s Microsoft Azure Managed Services. Contact us today to discover how we can help you achieve your business goals.

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Load Project Data from MSP Database & Reading/Writing Rate Scale Data for MSP using .NET

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Tasks for .NET 17.8.0. This month’s release provides support for working with rate scale information in post 2013 MPP file format. It also fixes several bugs that were reported with previous version of the API. Aspose.Tasks for .NET already supported reading/writing rate scale information of resource assignment for MPP 2013 and below versions. With this release, the API now supports reading and writing rate scale data for MSP 2013 and above MPP file formats. Working with loading project data from Microsoft Project Data was supported in one of the earlier versions of API. This, however, had issues with the update of Microsoft Project Database versions update and the functionality was broken. We are glad to share that this issue has been fixed now. You can now load Project data from Project database using this latest version of the API. This release includes plenty of new features as listed below

Add support of RateScale reading/writing for MSP 2013+

TasksReadingException while using MspDbSettings

Error on adding a resource with 0 units to parent task

ActualFinish of a zero-day milestone task not set properly

MPP with Subproject File causes exception while loading into project

Wrong Percent complete in MPP as compared to XML output

Fix difference in Task duration in MSP 2010 and 2013

MPP to XLSX: Resultant file doesn't contain any data

ExtendedAttribute Lookup values mixed up for the same task

Lookup extended attribute with CustomFieldType.Duration can't be saved along with other lookup attributes

Custom field with Cost type and lookup can't be saved to MPP

Tsk.ActualDuration and Tsk.PercentComplete are not calculated after setting of Assn.ActualWork property

Unassigned resource assignment work rendered as 0h

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Read Write Rate Scale Information

Importing Project Data From Microsoft Project Database

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications.

More about Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Homepage of Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Download Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Online documentation of Aspose.Tasks for .NET

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Set Image Quality While Exporting Project Data to JPEG & Enhanced Loading MPP Files using Java

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the release of Aspose.Tasks for Java 17.11.0.This release includes a new feature that allows users to set image quality while exporting project data to JPEG format. It also includes several other improvements as result of bug fixes that further enhance the API functionality. This release of Aspose.Tasks for Java API includes a new feature that lets users set the image quality while exporting project data to JPEG. The setJPEGQuality method of ImageSaveOptions lets users achieve this by providing image quality at a scale from 0 to 100, as shown in code sample on blog announcement page.  This version also includes other improvements in terms of bug fixes that add to the overall improvement of the API in terms of expected behaviour. These include exceptions while loading certain MPP files, Errors while converting Project data to PDF, Calculation issues with Calendar times set to 24 hours, Task reading exceptions while loading MPP files, Wrong calculation of Finish date and Percent Complete in MPP files, Problem with setting working days, Missing time span with SplitParts collection and Improvements in manual calculation of tasks data.  Below is the complete list of bug fixes and enhanced features included in this release.

Add option to set image quality when saving as JPEG

Enum GanttBarFillPattern should have value 11 corresponding to fill pattern in MSP 2016

Exception raised while loading the mpp file

ArgumentOutOfRangeException exception if 24 Hours Calendar is set

Program hangs while setting Tsk.Start for a Task

Wrong Actual Finish date in MPP as compared to XML output

Exception raised while saving MPX as PDF

Child tasks are not rendered in PNG without saving the project first

All values of BarStyle's From and To fields are changed

Loading project file raises Exception

Saving into image by page not working properly

Percent complete not set properly in MPP

Setting Project Start date raises ArgumentOutOfRangeException (Java)

Assignment Cost is not displayed for Cost resources in Microsoft Project 2013

Text extended attribute created by formula is read as date by Aspose.Tasks (Java)

Project recalculation throws an exception with cleared ActualStart and ActualFinish properties

MSP 2010 raises error while updating and saving MPP created by Aspose.Tasks

Recalculate() is updating manually scheduled tasks

Wrong finish date calculated for ElapsedDay type duration (Java)

Prevent recalculation of manually scheduled tasks

Wrong Actual Duration in MPP file

SplitParts collection misses time span

Sub-tasks not rendered while converting MPX to PdfA1b

Wrong Finish date in XML file

Wrong Percent complete in MPP as compared to XML output

MPP shows a warning after resaving

Loading project raises ProjectReadingException

TaskReadingException while reading the MPP file

MSP 2010 raises error while updating and saving MPP created by Aspose.Tasks

Problem with a setting of working days

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for Java documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Exporting Project Data to JPEG

Reading Project Data from Microsoft Project Database

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for Java

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical Java Project management component that enables Java applications to read, write & manage Project documents without utilizing MS Project. It supports reading MS Project Template (MPT) files as well as allows exporting project data to HTML, BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, XPS, XAML and SVG formats. It reads & writes MS Project documents in both MPP & XML formats.  Developers can read & change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations & calendars.

More about Aspose.Tasks for Java

Homepage of Aspose.Tasks for Java

Download Aspose.Tasks for Java

Online documentation of Aspose.Tasks for Jvaa

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Project Data Conversion to PDF, Image Formats & Project Calendar Data are Enhanced using .NET

What’s new in this release?

Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Tasks for .NET 17.8.0. This month’s release provides support for working with rate scale information in post 2013 MPP file format. It also fixes several bugs that were reported with previous version of the API. Aspose.Tasks for .NET already supported reading/writing rate scale information of resource assignment for MPP 2013 and below versions. With this release, the API now supports reading and writing rate scale data for MSP 2013 and above MPP file formats. Working with loading project data from Microsoft Project Data was supported in one of the earlier versions of API. This, however, had issues with the update of Microsoft Project Database versions update and the functionality was broken. We are glad to share that this issue has been fixed now. You can now load Project data from Project database using this latest version of the API. This release includes plenty of new features as listed below

Add support of RateScale reading/writing for MSP 2013+

TasksReadingException while using MspDbSettings

Error on adding a resource with 0 units to parent task

ActualFinish of a zero-day milestone task not set properly

MPP with Subproject File causes exception while loading into project

Wrong Percent complete in MPP as compared to XML output

Fix difference in Task duration in MSP 2010 and 2013

MPP to XLSX: Resultant file doesn't contain any data

ExtendedAttribute Lookup values mixed up for the same task

Lookup extended attribute with CustomFieldType.Duration can't be saved along with other lookup attributes

Custom field with Cost type and lookup can't be saved to MPP

Tsk.ActualDuration and Tsk.PercentComplete are not calculated after setting of Assn.ActualWork property

Unassigned resource assignment work rendered as 0h

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Tasks for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Tasks for performing different tasks like the followings.

Read Write Rate Scale Information

Importing Project Data From Microsoft Project Database

Overview: Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications.

More about Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Homepage of Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Download Aspose.Tasks for .NET

Online documentation of Aspose.Tasks for .NET