Importing a project from Microsoft Project

If you have the project plan in the XML format in Microsoft® Project, you can import it to Rational Project Conductor. After the import, the project, milestones, tasks, and so on, are mapped to the respective WBS elements in Rational Project Conductor.

Before you begin

Rational Project Conductor supports the XML file format from Microsoft Project, version 2007, for importing and exporting projects. You can also compress the XML file for import. The compressed file format must be zip. There must be only one XML file in the compressed file.

About this task

To import a project from Microsoft Project:

Procedure

  1. In the WBS tree on the left pane, hover the mouse pointer over the program element, click the down arrow key down arrow and select Import Project.
  2. From the MS Project Import Wizard:
    1. Click Browse to select a Microsoft project XML file.
    2. Enter the name of the project in the Name field. The imported XML file name is added as the default project name, rename the project if you want to. The parent project is displayed in the Parent field.
    3. Select the project calendar from the Calendar field.
  3. Click Next. The users defined in Microsoft Project are displayed in the External resources column and the users defined in Rational Project Conductor are displayed in the Available resources column. The Resource Type column displays whether the mapping is to the user or profile. You can map a user from Microsoft Project to either a profile or resource in Rational Project Conductor.
  4. Do one of the following:
    1. To map all Microsoft Project users with a single profile, select a profile from Default profile for unmapped user and click Apply.
    2. To map the Microsoft Project users with multiple profiles, double-click the row to select Profile in the Resource Type column, and double-click to select a profile in the Available resources column.
    3. To map a Microsoft Project user with a Rational Project Conductor user, in the Resource Type column, double-click the row to select User, and in the Available resources column, double-click the row and select More. Type the resource name and click OK.
      Note: If the working hours of a Rational Project Conductor resource that you are mapping is more than the working hours selected for the project, the resource assignment does not happen. However, the project is imported.
  5. Click Finish.
  6. Optional: To import another Microsoft Project click Import Another Project and repeat step 2 through 5
  7. Click OK.

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