Problem Statement: D365 Sales on CRM in general has ability to revise Quotes to track the Quotes revision. In sales, the process was to Activate the Quote, and then you get option to Revise Quote which will create the Copy of Quote with new revision number in Draft state. In Project Service quotes, we don’t … Continue reading Quote revision in D365 PSA →

Introduction: This blog explains how to view Resource Skills and Role in D365 Field Service / PSA. Scenario: We often get inquiry from Clients do we have option to view Resource Skills or Roles on Schedule Board before scheduling a Work Order to Resource. Steps: Open Schedule Board and follow below steps to view skills … Continue reading View Resource Skills and Roles on Schedule Board in D365 Field Service / PSA →

Introduction: Let’s look on a high-level of what Project Closure has impact on the Bookings on the Schedule Board. Now, while working in D365 PSA, I encountered that I needed to mark a Project as Completed even when I had some bookings in the future. This led me to notice its effect on the Bookings … Continue reading D365 PSA: Impact of Project Closure on Bookings →

Introduction: Sometimes, stock Schedule Board doesn’t quite do justice by default to your bookings and how Dispatchers see this information today. Out-of-the-box information on a Bookable Resource Booking looks like this – What if you want to modify this information and show what’s relevant to Dispatchers? Modifying the Schedule Board: You can modify the details … Continue reading Customizing the Booking card information on Scheduled Board – D365 PSA/Field Service →

Overview: Out-of-the-box, it is not possible to Book a task a on the Schedule Board, instead what you get at the easiest disposal is to allocate partitions of the Project to the resources and not the items from the WBS! Well, as a workaround, I’ve enabled the Project Task entity for Resource Scheduling using the … Continue reading Scheduling Project Tasks in Dynamics 365 PSA →

Introduction: PSA doesn’t have the capability OOB to do the allocation’s over the task. This means the resource booked are booked for a project and we cannot identify what task they are going to perform or are booked for. How to do? This is the real time scenario which a PM regularly comes up with … Continue reading Booking resource on a Project Task or a Service Ticket in PSA →

Introduction: I often face difficulties while trying to import project lines from WBS while using PSA (Project Service Automation). After lot of trouble shooting I try to doubt my configuration and see if they are good. What to do? To my surprise they all appear to be good. Following two things needs to be ensured … Continue reading PSA – Import project lines from WBS Pre-Requisites →

Overview: Let’s say you have a Quote which has Quote Lines and then you generate the Invoice schedule for your Time & Materials project. What decides the number of Invoice Schedules to be generated for a Quote Line record? Let’s review. Quote Lines: Now, I have a Quote Line which has Invoicing Schedule from 28th … Continue reading Invoice Schedule generation on Quote Lines – D365 PSA →

Overview: Often you miss doing your time entries in PSA for the work done and go on a leave! You either then need to just struggle to find a system and do it yourself or raise some other kind of request to make sure billing is done right. But, you can delegate time entries to … Continue reading Delegating Time Entries in D365 PSA →

Overview: Auto Scheduling in PSA’s WBS books the hours when you enter the dates and dates when you enter the hours. They are interlocked. I want to schedule a task which is less in no. of hours but will span across more than expected duration of period. Such requirement is when signing a support contract … Continue reading Keeping tasks flexible in duration in Dynamics PSA →