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
- In the WBS tree on the left pane, hover the mouse pointer
over the program element, click the down arrow key
and select Import
Project.
- From the MS Project Import
Wizard:
- Click Browse to select a Microsoft project XML file.
- 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.
- Select the project calendar from the Calendar field.
- 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.
- Do one of the following:
- To map all Microsoft Project
users with a single profile, select a profile from Default
profile for unmapped user and click Apply.
- 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.
- 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.
- Click Finish.
- Optional: To import another Microsoft Project click Import
Another Project and repeat step 2 through 5
- Click OK.