Microsoft Project Export Wizard - Select objects to export page
You use the Microsoft Project Export Wizard to specify the way in which you want to export the current project into Microsoft® Project XML or MPP format.
You use this page of the Microsoft Project Export Wizard to specify which types of object you want to export within the specified scope.
How to access the Microsoft Project Export Wizard
The Microsoft Project Export Wizard dialog appears when you choose to export a project in Microsoft Project MPP (*.MPP) or XML (*.XML) format
Explanation of the fields on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Add constraint flags to tasks with no incoming links | Select this check box if you want to add a start constraint flag to tasks with no incoming links in the exported project. You may want to do this in order to prevent Microsoft Project from automatically moving such tasks to the start date of the project. If a bar contains more than one task, the constraint flag is added to the first task on the bar only. |
| Export income as negative costs | Microsoft Project does not support income, so you must specify the way in which you want any income in the project to be dealt with in the resulting file. Select this check box to convert any positive income into negative costs and any negative income into positive costs in the resulting file, or clear the check box to remove any income from the resulting file altogether. |
| Export sub-headings |
Microsoft Project does not support subheadings - bars with a name but with no tasks - so you must specify the way in which you want subheadings to be dealt with in the resulting file. Select this check box to convert subheadings into hidden tasks that have the name of the subheading bar in the resulting file, or clear the check box to exclude subheadings when exporting the project.
If you choose to export subheadings by converting them into hidden tasks in Microsoft Project, the hidden tasks will be converted back into subheadings if you subsequently import the exported file back into |
| Export cost allocations | Select this check box to include cost allocations in the export, or clear the check box to exclude them. |
| Export resource allocations | Select this check box to include consumable and permanent resource allocations in the export, or clear the check box to exclude them. If you exclude resource allocations from the export, any costs that are associated with the allocations are also excluded. |
| Export code libraries |
Select this check box to include code libraries in the export, or clear the check box to exclude them. If you choose to export code libraries, an additional page of the wizard enables you to choose which code libraries to export.
As Microsoft Project does not support code libraries as such, code library assignments are exported and appear against the relevant tasks and resources in Microsoft Project as text-type custom fields. As there is a limit to the number of text-type custom fields in Microsoft Project, you may need to limit the code libraries that you include in an export if you export a very large project or a project with a very large number of code library assignments. |
How do I...
... specify which types of object to export?
- Select the Add constraint flags to tasks with no incoming links check box if you want to add a start constraint flag to tasks with no incoming links in the exported project. You may want to do this in order to prevent Microsoft Project from automatically moving such tasks to the start date of the project. If a bar contains more than one task, the constraint flag is added to the first task on the bar only.
- Select the Export income as negative costs check box to convert any positive income into negative costs and any negative income into positive costs in the resulting file, or clear the check box to remove any income from the resulting file altogether.
- Select the Export sub-headings check box to convert subheadings into hidden tasks that have the name of the subheading bar in the resulting file, or clear the check box to exclude subheadings when exporting the project.
- Select the Export cost allocations check box to include cost allocations in the export, or clear the check box to exclude them.
- Select the Export resource allocations check box to include consumable and permanent resource allocations in the export, or clear the check box to exclude them. If you exclude resource allocations from the export, any costs that are associated with the allocations are also excluded.
- Select the Export code libraries check box to include code libraries in the export, or clear the check box to exclude them. If you choose to export code libraries, an additional page of the wizard enables you to choose which code libraries to export.
- Click Next to access the following page.