You can synchronize task data between CollabNet TeamForge and Microsoft Project from within a Project file.
The CollabNet
TeamForge Task Manager Add-in
for Microsoft Project adds the Synchronize with CollabNet
TeamForge
option to your Microsoft Project File menu.
Important: When you synchronize task data between Microsoft
Project and CollabNet
TeamForge , only certain
fields' data is retained.
You must have the task administration
permission for the CollabNet
TeamForge project with which you
want to synchronize your Microsoft Project plan. - Make sure your Microsoft Internet Explorer proxy settings are configured correctly to access the Internet, whether or not you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your Web browser. If you receive a connection error when synchronizing task data, check with your system administrator for your organization's proxy settings.
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Open the Microsoft Project file that you want to synchronize with
CollabNet
TeamForge.
Note: You can also synchronize using a blank Microsoft Project file. Use this method if you want to do a one-way import from CollabNet TeamForge to Microsoft Project.
- From the File menu, choose CollabNet TeamForge > Synchronize with CollabNet TeamForge .
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In the Login to CollabNet
TeamForge window,
provide the following information:
- Your CollabNet TeamForge user name and password.
- The server name of your organization's CollabNet TeamForge installation.
Note: Do not enter the http:// or https:// before the server name. - Click Login.
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In the CollabNet
TeamForge Selection
Dialog window, choose the CollabNet
TeamForge project
and task folder with which you want to synchronize your Microsoft
Project plan, and click Next.
- If your Microsoft Project plan contains any conflicts that would prevent successful synchronization, a list of possible problems appears in the Incompatible Tasks window. Click Cancel, then correct any issues. Repeat until all synchronization issues are corrected.
- If one or more tasks are assigned to resource names that do not have an exact match in CollabNet TeamForge , the Resource Assignment window appears. For all tasks that do not have exact resource matches, you must reassign the tasks.:
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Click OK.
The Synchronization Summary window lists the following:
- All the tasks that were added or deleted in CollabNet TeamForge that will be imported into Microsoft Project.
- All the tasks that were added or deleted in Microsoft Project that will be exported to CollabNet TeamForge.
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Click OK.
- If you do not have any conflicting task changes, your tasks
are now synchronized. To establish the relationship
between your Microsoft Project plan and the CollabNet
TeamForge task folder, save the changes to your Microsoft Project
plan. Note: If you choose not to save, your synchronization changes will not be saved in Microsoft Project and you will not be able to perform subsequent synchronizations with that task folder. After you have saved synchronization changes once, you can then choose not to save your changes to Microsoft Project. However, your changes are always saved in CollabNet TeamForge.Note: Use this method if you want to do a one-way export from Microsoft Project to CollabNet TeamForge.
- If you have conflicting task changes, the Task Conflict
window appears. You can use all values assigned in Microsoft Project or use all values assigned in CollabNet TeamForge.Note: When editing start and end dates, you must choose both values from the same source. For example, you cannot choose a start date from CollabNet TeamForge and an end date from Microsoft Project.
- If you do not have any conflicting task changes, your tasks
are now synchronized. To establish the relationship
between your Microsoft Project plan and the CollabNet
TeamForge task folder, save the changes to your Microsoft Project
plan.
- Click Next.
Your tasks are now synchronized, and you can save the changes to your Microsoft
Project plan. For future synchronizations, your Microsoft Project plan is now
bound to the CollabNet
TeamForge task folder with which
you synchronized. You will not be prompted to select a task folder after the first
synchronization.
Note: If you want to synchronize your Microsoft Project plan with
a different task folder, you must unbind it from CollabNet
TeamForge. To unbind your
Microsoft Project plan from CollabNet
TeamForge , click
Microsoft Project Tools
> CollabNet
TeamForge
Options
> Unbind Project Plan from CollabNet
TeamForge
.
After you unbind your Microsoft Project plan, you cannot synchronize it with the original task folder, but you can synchronize it with any other task folder.
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