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Open External Subprojects Dialog Box

When you open a project containing external subprojects, Open Plan displays the Open External Subprojects dialog box, which contains a hierarchical list of external subprojects (and externals embedded within the top layer of externals).

You can use this dialog box to select the subprojects you want to open.

All external subprojects opened under a master project must be opened in the same mode (exclusive, shared, read-only) as the master project. If a user has opened one of the externals independently of the master project, the list will show a red "X" before the name of the external subproject, indicating that it cannot be opened as part of the master. If another user has opened one or more of the externals in a mode that will prevent the current user from opening the external in the same mode as the master, the list will show a warning sign before the name of the external, indicating that it should be deselected unless the other user corrects the conflict before the current user continues. You can place your cursor over one of the "flagged" external subprojects that is open to display information about the status of the project and the person who has it open.

Even if you did not open an external subproject at the time you opened the master project, Open Plan lets you open the appropriate subproject later by using Expand or Expand All in the spreadsheet, barchart, or network views or by using Go To Subproject in the network view.

If an external subproject is open, you can display and update the information for the activities in the external subproject just as if they belonged to the master project. For example, if you perform time analysis on the master project, Open Plan updates the early and late dates of the external subproject activities as well.

For closed external subprojects, however, Open Plan has access only to the summarized information stored on the subproject record. If you perform time analysis on a master project that includes a closed external subproject, for example, the early and late dates of a subproject can influence the dates calculated for the master project. On the other hand, the operation does not result in the dates for the individual activities in the closed subproject being recalculated.