Consolidating Distributed Projects

Using Distributed Projects allows you to consolidate multiple independent projects into a corporate hierarchy, which in a large environment can be of significant benefit. You can also use Distributed Projects to automatically compute international currency conversions during the data consolidation process.

To building a transfer file containing distributed data for export into another project, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Menu Manager with the Export tab selected, choose the Export Distributed Project icon. MPM displays the Export Distributed Project Conditioning window.

  2. In the Source Project field, select the name of the subproject to be exported.

  3. In the Target Project field, select the name of the superproject to be imported into. The Target project name will be validated when you run the import.

  4. To export only one WBS leg, enter the WBS ID in the Source WBS field.

  5. Enter the WBS ID into which data will be imported in the Target WBS field. The WBS ID is checked later to ensure that the consolidation happens within the correct WBS element. The target WBS must be the lowest WBS element in the target leg and must have the word DISTRIBUTED entered in the XREF-1 Field.

  6. Enter the name and location of the export file to be created in the Export File field.

  7. If desired, specify any Conversion Codes.

  8. Click image\winm0269_wmf.gif Run or click Tools » Run Export.

The transfer file may contain summarized EOC data for an entire subproject or just one leg of a WBS. The Distributed Project transfer file is a proprietary format and cannot be created using a text editor. For complete details, see Exporting Distributed Projects.

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Currency Conversion Codes