Microsoft Project Import Options dialog
You use the Microsoft Project Import Options dialog to specify the way in which you want to import the selected Microsoft® Project XML or MPP file into a chart or summary group.
How to access the Microsoft Project Import Options dialog
To access the Microsoft Project Import Options dialog, right-click a chart or summary group in the project view and select Import into chart from Microsoft Project from the menu that appears.
Explanation of the fields and buttons on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| File | The location and file name of the file you have specified are displayed in this field. You can either type a file location, name and extension directly into this field, or click Browse to select a file. |
| Browse | Click this button to browse for the file you want to import. Alternatively, you can type a file location, name and extension directly into the File field. |
| Place imported library objects in a folder named | Select this check box to specify that any Library Explorer objects such as calendars, cost centres, cost and income rates and resources that are created as a result of the import should be placed in the appropriate libraries within folders that are given the name that you specify in the field below the check box. Clear this check box to specify that any such Library Explorer objects should be placed in the root of the Library Explorer hierarchies. |
| Import cost allocations | Select this check box to import fixed costs on tasks from the Microsoft Project file, or clear the check box to omit fixed costs from the import. |
| Import resource allocations | Select this check box to import resource allocations from the Microsoft Project file, or clear the check box to omit resource allocations from the import. |
| Import code libraries |
Select this check box to import code libraries and code library entries from the Microsoft Project file, or clear the check box to omit code libraries and code library entries from the import.
As Microsoft Project does not support code libraries as such, code library assignments are recorded in Microsoft Project as text-type custom fields against the relevant tasks and resources. If you choose to import code libraries, these are converted into code libraries and code library entries in Asta Powerproject. If the names of any code libraries or code library entries that are being imported match existing code libraries or code library entries at the same location in the code library hierarchy, the existing code library entries are assigned to the imported tasks or allocations, rather than duplicate code libraries or code library entries being created. |
| Convert negative costs to | Specify whether to convert negative costs in the Microsoft Project file into income, or to leave them as negative costs in the resulting file. |
How do I...
... import a Microsoft Project file into a chart or summary group?
- Specify the project you want to import either by typing a file location, name and extension directly into the File field, or by clicking Browse to select a file.
- Select the Place imported library objects in a folder named check box to specify that any Library Explorer objects such as calendars, cost centres, cost and income rates and resources that are created as a result of the import should be placed in the appropriate libraries within folders that are given the name that you specify in the field below the check box. Clear this check box to specify that any such Library Explorer objects should be placed in the root of the Library Explorer hierarchies.
- Select the Import cost allocations check box to import fixed costs on tasks from the Microsoft Project file, or clear the check box to omit fixed costs from the import.
- Select the Import resource allocations check box to import resource allocations from the Microsoft Project file, or clear the check box to omit resource allocations from the import.
- Select the Import code libraries check box to import code libraries and code library entries from the Microsoft Project file, or clear the check box to omit code libraries and code library entries from the import.
- Use the Convert negative costs to field to specify whether to convert negative costs in the Microsoft Project file into income, or to leave them as negative costs in the resulting file.
- Click OK to import the selected Microsoft Project file into the selected chart or summary group.