Opening a project

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click Recent. A list of recently-accessed projects appears. Note that collaboration sessions do not appear in this list.
3. Click a project to open it.

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click This PC. A navigable folder list appears.
3. Navigate around the folder list to the folder in which the project is located.
4. Click the project to open it.

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click Enterprise. A navigable list of data sources and projects appears.
3. Navigate around the data sources and projects.
4. Click the project to open it.

If you are running Asta Enterprise and you open a project saved to a server-mounted data source, you may have to enter logon details to log onto both the server and the project. If your username and password are the same for both the server and the project, you only have to enter one set of logon details.

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click Vision. A button appears for you to log into Asta Vision.
3. Log into Asta Vision. A list of programmes to which you have access appears. If you are already logged into Asta Vision, the programme list appears without you having to log in.
4. You can filter the programmes that appear in the list by entering text in the Filter field, by clicking Status and selecting the programme statuses in which you are interested, or by selecting a specific programme type in the drop-down field to the right of the Status button. You can also filter the list so that it displays only programmes to which you have been assigned in Asta Vision, by clicking the Assigned to me check box. Filtering is a good way of reducing the number of programmes that appear in the list, making it easier to find the programme you want.
5. Click the programme to check it out - or to download a copy of the programme if it is not available to be checked out.

If you want to download a programme rather than check it out, right-click the programme and select Download Latest or Download Specific Revision rather than clicking it to check it out. A number of options are available when you right-click a programme, including the ability to carry out workflow actions on the programme without having to open it in Asta Vision itself. 

To start a collaboration session on an Asta Vision programme:

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click Vision. If you are not already logged in, a button appears for you to log into Asta Vision.
3. Log into Asta Vision. A list of programmes to which you have access appears. You can filter the programmes that appear in the list by entering text in the Filter field, by clicking Status and selecting the programme statuses in which you are interested, or by selecting a specific programme type in the drop-down field to the right of the Status button. You can also filter the list so that it displays only programmes to which you have been assigned in Asta Vision, by clicking the Assigned to me check box. Filtering is a good way of reducing the number of programmes that appear in the list, making it easier to find the programme you want.
4. Right-click the programme on which you want to start a collaboration session and select Collaborate. The programme is checked out, a new collaboration session is started, and you see the Collaboration Programmes section of the Open tab, where the programme is added to the list of programmes that are currently under collaboration.
   
   If the Collaborate menu command is not available for a programme, either collaboration has not been enabled for the programme's project in Asta Vision, or the programme is currently checked out to you or another user.
5. You and other users can now click Collaborate to the right of the programme to join the collaboration session. When you do this, the programme opens in Asta Powerproject and you can begin working collaboratively on it. If you have specified that a programme or baseline revision should be imported and treated as a baseline automatically each time the selected programme is checked out or downloaded, the programme or baseline revision is downloaded at the same time and appears as a baseline in the Baseline/What If Manager dialog.

Once you have started a collaboration session on a programme, you can open it in the following ways:

• Click the programme in the Vision programme list, on the Open tab of the Backstage view.
• Click Collaborate to the right of the programme in the Collaboration Programmes section of the Open tab of the Backstage view.

Once you have started a collaboration session on a programme, if multiple users have been created in the programme using Library Explorer in Asta Powerproject, you can sign into the programme as a different user and start collaborating on it in the following ways:

• Right-click the programme in the Vision programme list, on the Open tab of the Backstage view, and select Collaborate as New User.
• Right-click the programme in the Collaboration Programmes section of the Open tab, and select Collaborate as New User.

Collaboration sessions do not appear in the Recent section of the Open tab of the Backstage view.

To join a collaboration session that has already been started on an Asta Vision programme:

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click Vision. If you are not already logged in, a button appears for you to log into Asta Vision.
3. Click Collaborate. You see the Collaboration Programmes section of the Open tab, which lists the programmes to which you have access that are currently under collaboration.
4. Click Collaborate to the right of a programme. The programme opens in Asta Powerproject and you can begin working collaboratively on it.

Once a collaboration session has been started on a programme, if multiple users have been created in the programme using Library Explorer in Asta Powerproject, you can sign into the programme as a different user and start collaborating on it in the following ways:

• Right-click the programme in the Vision programme list, on the Open tab of the Backstage view, and select Collaborate as New User.
• Right-click the programme in the Collaboration Programmes section of the Open tab, and select Collaborate as New User.

You only need to open a project using a different user name and password if:

• You are opening a project on a server other than the one to which you are currently logged on, and your user name and/or password are different on that server.
• You already have other projects open and you want to open the project under another user name (by default Asta Powerproject uses the user name of your current session).

If you click Open as New User, the Logon dialog is displayed for you to log onto the chosen server, or using your chosen user name.

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click This PC or Enterprise, depending on the location of the project you want to open. A navigable folder list, or a navigable list of data sources and projects, appears.
3. Navigate around the list to the location in which the project is stored.
4. Right-click the project and select Open as New User. The Logon to Project dialog appears.
5. Enter the other user's user name and password, then click OK to open the project.

You can open archive files - both those relating to projects and those relating to baselines - in Asta Powerproject. If you open an archive file, you can view the data in Asta Powerproject, print the data and export the data to other formats. You cannot edit archive files directly; they are opened in a read-only state. However, you can edit filters, sorts/groups, tabular reports, histogram reports and resource graph definitions, although you cannot save any changes to the archive file.

1. Click the File tab, then click Open.
2. Click Enterprise. A navigable list of data sources and projects appears.
3. Select Archive Projects or Archive Baselines in the field that displays different types of project.
4. Navigate around the data sources and projects to locate the archive file that you want to open.
5. Click the archive file to open it.