Codes Page of the Integration Wizard — MS Project

Use this page to select the code information that you want to import from the schedule and the Cobra code file to which the code file will be imported.

The Codes page of the Integration wizard displays only if you are importing codes.

Contents

Field Description
Action Use this field to select whether to update an existing code file or create or overwrite a new one. Select one of the following options from the drop-down list:
  • Update — This option adds new codes to the existing file. Codes that match the imported codes have their description updated.
  • Create/Overwrite — This option creates the selected Cobra code file if it does not exist. If it exists, the existing file is deleted and recreated.
Schedule Code Use this field to identify the codes to import from the schedule.
Microsoft Project Click to display a list of code fields in the selected Microsoft Project file. It can take a while to retrieve data for the lookup.

The list includes the following Microsoft Project fields:

  • WBS
  • Task Text fields
  • Resource Text fields
  • Task Number fields
  • Resource Number fields
  • Task Outline Code fields
  • Resource Outline Code fields
  • Enterprise Outline Codes
Cobra Code File To select the code file into which you will import data, either click and select a file from the list or enter the name of the code file in this field.
  • If you selected Update as the action, the file that you select or enter must be an existing code file.
  • If you selected Create/ Overwrite as the action, you can either select an existing file or enter a name for a new file to be created.
Add Use this button to insert a row in the grid so that you can import another code file.
Delete Use this button to delete the selected row. This button is disabled if no row is selected.