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Resource.ReadUserList method

Gets a list of all active and disabled Project Server users. The list includes the resource GUID (RES_UID) and name (RES_NAME).

Namespace:  WebSvcResource
Assembly:  ProjectServerServices (in ProjectServerServices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Resource/ReadUserList", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Resource/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Resource/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function ReadUserList ( _
    filter As ResourceActiveFilter _
) As ResourceDataSet
'Usage
Dim instance As Resource
Dim filter As ResourceActiveFilter
Dim returnValue As ResourceDataSet

returnValue = instance.ReadUserList(filter)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Resource/ReadUserList", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Resource/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/Resource/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public ResourceDataSet ReadUserList(
    ResourceActiveFilter filter
)

Parameters

Return value

Type: WebSvcResource.ResourceDataSet
A ResourceDataSet populated with only the resource GUID (RES_UID) and name (RES_NAME) of the selected users.

Remarks

ReadResources returns more robust resource data and does not require ManageSecurity permissions.

Project Server Permissions

Permission

Description

ManageUsersAndGroups

Allows a user to manage all enterprise users, resources and groups. Global permission.

ManageSecurity

Allows a user to manage security. Global permission.

Examples

This example retrieves enterprise resources, creating several if they are not present, reads the resources and writes them to the console.

Please see Prerequisites for ASMX-based code samples in Project 2013 for critical information on running this code sample.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Data;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using System.Threading;
using PSLibrary = Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Library;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.Project.Samples.ReadUserList
{
   class Program
   {
      [STAThread]
      static void Main()
      {
         try
         {
            const string PROJECT_SERVER_URI = "https://ServerName/ProjectServerName/";
            const string RESOURCE_SERVICE_PATH = "_vti_bin/psi/resource.asmx";

            // Set up the Web service objects
            SvcResource.Resource resourceSvc = new SvcResource.Resource();
            resourceSvc.Url = PROJECT_SERVER_URI + RESOURCE_SERVICE_PATH;
            resourceSvc.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

            // Read any users on the system
            Console.WriteLine("Reading in the users");
            SvcResource.ResourceDataSet resourceDs= resourceSvc.ReadUserList(SvcResource.ResourceActiveFilter.All);

            // Write the project tables to the console
            Console.WriteLine("And here it is:");
            WriteTablesToConsole(resourceDs.Tables);
         }
         catch (SoapException ex)
         {
            PSLibrary.PSClientError error = new PSLibrary.PSClientError(ex);
            PSLibrary.PSErrorInfo[] errors = error.GetAllErrors();
            string errMess = "==============================\r\nError: \r\n";
            for (int i = 0; i < errors.Length; i++)
            {
               errMess += "\n" + ex.Message.ToString() + "\r\n";
               errMess += "".PadRight(30, '=') + "\r\nPSCLientError Output:\r\n \r\n";
               errMess += errors[i].ErrId.ToString() + "\n";

               for (int j = 0; j < errors[i].ErrorAttributes.Length; j++)
               {
                  errMess += "\r\n\t" + errors[i].ErrorAttributeNames()[j] + ": " + errors[i].ErrorAttributes[j];
               }
               errMess += "\r\n".PadRight(30, '=');
            }
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            Console.WriteLine(errMess);
         }
         catch (WebException ex)
         {
            string errMess = ex.Message.ToString() +
               "\n\nLog on, or check the Project Server Queuing Service";
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + errMess);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
         }
         finally
         {
            Console.ResetColor();
            Console.WriteLine("\r\n\r\nPress any key...");
            Console.ReadKey();
         }
      }

      // Write all contents of a table collection to the console
      private static void WriteTablesToConsole(System.Data.DataTableCollection theTables)
      {
         Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen;
         foreach (System.Data.DataTable table in theTables)
         {

            int[] columnWidths = new int[table.Columns.Count];
            int tableWidth = 0;
            string dataString;
            Console.WriteLine("Table: " + table.TableName);

            // Write out the column names and get their spacing
            StringBuilder tableRow = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
            {
               columnWidths[i] = GetColumnWidth(table.Columns[i]);
               tableRow.Append(table.Columns[i].ColumnName.PadRight(columnWidths[i]));

               tableWidth += columnWidths[i];
            }
            // add a space so it won't wrap
            tableWidth += 1;
            // make the console as wide as the widest table
            Console.BufferWidth = (Console.BufferWidth > tableWidth ? Console.BufferWidth : tableWidth);
            tableRow.Append("\r\n");
            Console.Write(tableRow.ToString());

            // Write out the data
            foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
            {
               tableRow = new StringBuilder();
               for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
               {
                  dataString = row[i].ToString();
                  // truncate output if it is wider than 
                  // the desired column width
                  if (dataString.Length >= columnWidths[i])
                  {
                     dataString = dataString.Substring(0, columnWidths[i] - 1);
                  }
                  // add the output to the stringbuilder and pad right to fill
                  // up to the column width.
                  tableRow.Append(dataString.PadRight(columnWidths[i]));
               }
               tableRow.Append("\r\n");
               Console.Write(tableRow.ToString());
            }
            Console.Write("\r\n".PadLeft(tableWidth, '-'));
         }
         Console.ResetColor();
      }
      // Helper function for WriteTablesToConsole
      private static int GetColumnWidth(DataColumn column)
      {
         // Note: may not handle byte[]data types well
         const int MAX_COL_WIDTH = 40;
         int dataWidth = 0;

         //return 12 for numbers, 30 for dates, and string width for strings.
         switch (column.DataType.UnderlyingSystemType.ToString())
         {
            case "System.Boolean":
            case "System.Byte":
            case "System.Byte[]":
            case "System.Char":
            case "System.Decimal":
            case "System.Double":
            case "System.Int16":
            case "System.Int32":
            case "System.Int64":
            case "System.SByte":
            case "System.Single":
            case "System.UInt16":
            case "System.UInt32":
            case "System.UInt64":
               dataWidth = 12;
               break;
            case "System.DateTime":
            case "System.TimeSpan":
               dataWidth = 30;
               break;
            case "System.Guid":
               dataWidth = 37;
               break;
            case "System.String":
               // If it has a maxlength, use it
               if (column.MaxLength > 0)
               {
                  dataWidth = column.MaxLength;
               }
               else
               {
                  // Otherwise use the max col width
                  dataWidth = MAX_COL_WIDTH;
               }
               break;
            default:
               dataWidth = column.ColumnName.Length;
               break;
         }
         // truncate if over the max length
         if (dataWidth > MAX_COL_WIDTH)
         {
            dataWidth = MAX_COL_WIDTH;
         }
         // always be at least as wide as the colum name
         return (column.ColumnName.Length > (dataWidth) ? column.ColumnName.Length + 1 : dataWidth);
      }
   }
}

See also

Reference

Resource class

Resource members

WebSvcResource namespace