Microsoft Project External Data Source

Acumen allows you to link to and import data from Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, and Project Online (the hosted version of Project Server).

With Microsoft Project, Acumen links to Microsoft Project (MSP) files using your installed copy of MS Project or by directly reading an .MPP file (without needing MS Project installed on your computer).

With Microsoft Project Server, Acumen downloads the project data from the Project Web App (PWA) site into Acumen. With Project Online, Acumen downloads the Project Server project data from the hosted (Office 365) server. After you import the data, you can view the original file path on the S1 // Projects tab Activities view General tab.

MS Project / Microsoft Project Server linking supports:

• Cost, schedule, risk, and earned value integration by default.
• Custom field mapping (normal, code, and user-defined fields).

When you import a project from Microsoft Project, Acumen also imports the Estimated and Manual fields.

Note: Every calendar from Microsoft Project Server is imported into Acumen with 8am - 12pm and 1pm - 5pm, Monday through Friday working shifts.

Exporting an Acumen Project as a Microsoft Project XML File

When you export an Acumen project as a Microsoft Project XML file, any existing user-defined fields are included in the export and are available for use in MSP.

Exporting a Master Project Scenario as a Microsoft Project MPP File

You cannot export a master project scenario as an .MPP file.

Microsoft Project Platform Options

Use the Deltek Acumen Options dialog box to set specific options for Microsoft Project. Some of these options include the following:

• Web Service Timeout — Set the number of seconds before the Microsoft Project Server web service times out. The default is 300 seconds.
• Return Project Codes in Project Picker — When you import Microsoft Project Server, importing the code assignments can take additional time for a large project. In order to improve performance, you can specify whether the system should retrieve project code assignments when you import an MSP Server project list. If selected, the code assignment columns display in the grid on the MSP Server Project Selection dialog box (used when importing a project). It is not selected by default.