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<\/a><\/p>\nDCMA 14-Point Enhancements<\/h3>\n
Analyzer’s DCMA 14 Point Assessment is enhanced as well.\u00a0 With the 2018.5 release, all 14 tests are executed without changing the source schedules<\/strong>, including schedules with master and subproject files.<\/p>\n As always, we include two versions of the report: one which runs strictly according to DCMA guidelines and one that can be customized and configured to suit your needs.\u00a0 The custom report is renamed to “Configurable DCMA Assessment” in this version.<\/p>\n With Microsoft Project files, when you click the Analyze button, the longest part of the processing is extracting the necessary data from Project. When the extraction takes a while, the whole analysis takes a while.\u00a0 There are generally two technologies used for this, and both come with technical baggage (i.e. compromises): accuracy and speed.<\/p>\n We’ve written a new project data extractor optimized for blazing speed with perfect accuracy, giving you the best of both worlds, and Analyzer is our first product to use this technology.\u00a0 The extractor is called Steelray Project Add-In<\/strong> and (as the name implies) it installs as a very lightweight add-In to Microsoft Project.\u00a0 Once installed, Steelray Project Analyzer connects to the add-in to grab the data it needs, in less time than ever before.\u00a0 But that’s not all it does.<\/p>\n Because Analyzer and the Project Add-In can talk to each other,\u00a0we’re better able to detect when something goes wrong with Project.\u00a0 This allows us\u00a0to better communicate and handle the issue.<\/p>\n Future products that\u00a0Steelray will build may use Steelray Project Add-In as well, reducing their installation footprint.<\/p>\n In 2018.5, we addressed dozens<\/em> of usability items to make for a better user experience.<\/p>\n In previous versions, some reports would have a sidebar which would allow you to change settings related to the project or the report.\u00a0 You could only access those settings after<\/span> running the report, which was clunky.\u00a0 We’ve moved those settings out of the report to where they belong:\u00a0 project settings and report settings.<\/p>\n New Project Settings<\/em><\/p>\n There’s a stark difference between the old and new project settings.\u00a0 With the new settings, you make changes in one place and the changes apply wherever used in a report.\u00a0 For Microsoft Project files, there is a new link which allows you to open the project file directly from Analyzer.<\/p>\n New Report Settings<\/em><\/p>\n Similarly, we’ve taken settings out of the output\u00a0of some reports and added them to our enhanced report settings.<\/p>\n The first generation of Analyzer had a feature where you could edit any criteria on a scorecard with one click; a great shortcut that we missed when it went away in the next version.<\/p>\n We’re happy to announce that it’s back in 2018.5!\u00a0 Simply click on the criteria name and you’ll be in the Criteria Manager with the criteria loaded and ready to edit.\u00a0 An example:<\/p>\n We’ve greatly enhanced project sets in Analyzer 2018.5 with a new feature called snapshot sets<\/strong>.\u00a0 Before, to select two or more schedules for a comparison report, you had to load and select them individually.\u00a0 You may have had 12 schedules, one for each reporting period, cluttering up your Projects list.<\/p>\n In 2018.5, a project set\u00a0has a checkbox setting that tells Analyzer that the list of projects in the set are snapshots<\/em> of the same schedule — a snapshot set.\u00a0 For reports like Schedule Comparison that required you to select all of the projects to be compared, the process is much easier,\u00a0 Select the snapshot\u00a0set and you’re good.<\/p>\n We’ve added features to make it much easier to diagnose connection problems with Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, and Oracle Primavera P6.\u00a0 For P6, we check to make sure the necessary permissions are correct after the connection.<\/p>\nOur Entirely New Project\u00a0Data Extractor for Microsoft Project<\/h3>\n
Speed + Accuracy<\/h5>\n
Better Error Handling<\/h5>\n
Support for Future Products<\/h5>\n
Improved User Interface<\/h2>\n
Settings Where They Belong<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Direct Editing of Criteria From the Scorecard<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Enhanced Project Sets Make Comparing Schedules a Breeze<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Enhanced Connection Diagnostics for Microsoft Project Server, Project Online, and Oracle Primavera P6<\/h3>\n