Transfer Progress dialog
You use the Transfer Progress dialog to copy the progress from one project to another project.
You may find this useful if you duplicate a set of planning data - usually, a single project - and track ongoing progress in the original project, while editing the copy of the project, perhaps to add or re-sequence the remaining work. At a certain point, you may want to treat the copy of the project as the "main" project. You can then transfer progress from the original project to the copy.
For example, while a project is being updated as work progresses, you may need to change the future plan and submit it for client approval. You can do this by taking a copy of the project - "forking" it. At a later date, you can copy the progress from the original project to the copy to bring it up to date.
Copying progress between projects may also prove useful if you want to maintain more than one copy of a project which may develop in a number of divergent ways.
How to access the Transfer Progress dialog
To access the Transfer Progress dialog, open two projects in Asta Powerproject - one from which you want to copy progress and one into which you want the progress to be copied - then on the Home tab, in the Progress group, click Transfer Progress.
The Transfer Progress control is enabled only if the active project has one or more progressed tasks and if at least two projects are open.
Explanation of the fields on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Source/From | The name, path and file name of the active project. This is the project from which progress will be copied. |
| Destination/To | Select the project into which you want to copy the source project's progress. You can select any of the projects that are currently open, other than the source project itself. You should select a project that is a good match for the source project: if you attempt to copy progress to a destination project that is significantly different to the source project, the attempted copy will not be successful. |
| All | Click this radio button to copy all progress from the source project to the destination project. |
| Branch | Click this radio button to copy only progress from tasks and allocations in the current branch of the source project to the destination project. |
| View | Click this radio button to copy only progress from tasks and allocations in the current view from the source project to the destination project. |
| Selection | Click this radio button to copy only progress from the tasks and allocations that are currently selected in the bar chart from the source project to the destination project. |
| Write report | Select this check box to specify that a report detailing the results of the progress transfer should be produced, or clear the check box to prevent the report from being produced. If you choose to produce a report, it is saved using the file name and location that you specify in the field to the right. |
How do I...
... copy progress from one project to another?
- Select the project into which you want to copy the source project's progress in the Destination/To field. You can select any of the projects that are currently open, other than the source project itself. You should select a project that is a good match for the source project: if you attempt to copy progress to a destination project that is significantly different to the source project, the attempted copy will not be successful.
- Specify the progress that you want to copy to the destination project in the Scope group.
- Select the Write report check box to specify that a report detailing the results of the progress transfer should be produced, or clear the check box to prevent the report from being produced. If you choose to produce a report, it is saved using the file name and location that you specify in the field to the right.
- Click OK. Progress is copied from the source project to the destination project. A dialog appears to inform you of the results of the progress transfer, and if you have chosen to produce a report, it is saved in the selected location.
- Open the report to review the success of the progress copying.