Overview
The Lyftron Provider for Microsoft Project offers the most natural way to access Microsoft Project data from Lyftron with ease and also enables to connect with BI, MDM & ML tools, Data warehouses, Databases and other SAAS based applications with zero code and zero infrastructure requirements. The provider wraps the complexity of accessing Microsoft Project data into easy-to-integrate relational fully managed ANSI Sql format. Make faster and better business decisions with Lyftron’s Microsoft Project data provider and automatically build your data migration pipelines in minutes, not months
The provider hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.
Key Features
- Comprehensive Delta load mechanism.
- Real-time access to Microsoft Project.
- Comprehensive full support of ANSI Sql to query data with ease.
- Collaborative query processing.
Prerequisites
The user must have credentials for Microsoft Project,Lyftron and your destination data warehouse, lake or database to perform the data pipeline operation with Lyftron
Establishing a Connection with Lyftron's Quickstart Steps
Create your Microsoft Project connection with Lyftron by following the 5 easy steps show below:
Step1. Add your connection
Click on Connect section on the left panel → Click on Add Connection button
Step2. Select your connector
In the connector selection panel, search and click Microsoft Project for your connection
Step3. Enter your connection details
In the Connection String section enter the values of the below parameters. The following connection string is required to establish Microsoft Project connection with Lyftron.
user=[your_user];password=[your_password];URL=[your_URL];Key | Value | Field |
Connection Name | Enter your connection details | Required |
User | Your User | Required |
password | Your password | Required |
Url | Your Url | Required |
Logfile** | Use the logfile option to debug your job and provide your connection name to generate the log file. [ConnectionConfigurationPath]\Connection_name_log.tx | Optional |
Verbosity** | Choose verbosity 1-5 based on the severity of debugging | Optional |
** For more information, check the Lyftron logging and debugging section.
If you want more detailed information about how to establish a connection with Lyftron, click on Lyftron Connection Quick Start guide.
Step4. Test your connection
Once you are done entering your connection details, simply click on the Test Connection button to test the connectivity. In case your connection fails, add Logfile and Verbosity parameters and check the Lyftron logging and debugging section, to debug the error.
Step5. Save your connection
Hurray! Now you have successfully connected with the Lyftron Microsoft Project connector and can utilize the connector to Extract, Warehouse, Analyze, Visualize and Share your data.
Data Model
The Lyftron Provider for Microsoft Project models entities in the Microsoft Project API as tables, views, and stored procedures. These are defined in schema files, which are simple, text-based configuration files.
API limitations and requirements are documented in this section; you can use the SupportEnhancedSQL feature, set by default, to circumvent most of these limitations.
Tables
The Lyftron Provider for Microsoft Project models Item Listings in tables so that they can be easily queried, updated, and deleted. You can list items on your Microsoft Project store by calling the AddItem stored procedure.
Views
Views are tables that cannot be modified. Typically, read-only data are shown as views.
Name | Type | Description |
EnterpriseResources | Tables | Create, update, delete, and query EnterpriseResources entries. |
Phases | Tables | Create, update, delete, and query Phases entries. |
ProjectResources | Tables | Create, update, delete, and query ProjectResources entries. |
Projects | Tables | Create, update, delete, and query Projects entries. |
Tasks | Tables | Create, update, delete, and query Tasks entries. |
TimeSheetLines | Tables | Query TimeSheetLines entries. |
Assignments | Views | Create, update, delete, and query Assignments entries. |
Calendars | Views | Query Calendars entries. |
Events | Views | Query Events entries. |
Stages | Views | Query Stages entries. |
TimeSheetPeriods | Views | Query TimeSheetPeriods entries. |
TimeSheets | Views | Query TimeSheets entries. |
Advanced Settings
To view a detailed advanced settings options, go to Microsoft Project Advanced Settings. Complete list of the parameters you can configure in the connection string can be found by clicking Connection String Parameters.