Importing and Exporting Data

Importing Data

Use the Data Imports to bring data into the various MPM modules. Many customers import some of their cost or scheduling data from other software systems, such as accounting or personnel systems. There are also customers who export their MPM data, make some change to it, and then import it back into MPM.

MPM allows import of the following types of data:

Actuals	BCWP
Calendars	Distributed Projects
EOC Tables	Burdens and Resources
Burden Templates	Estimates
Milestones	Task descriptions
Basis of Estimate	Descriptive WBS data
WBS Schedule data	OBS

Exporting Data

You can use the Data Exports to save data out of the various MPM modules. Many customers export some of their cost data for use in other software systems, such as accounting or personnel systems. There are also customers who export their MPM data, make some change to it, and then import it back into MPM.

MPM performs exports of the following kinds of global data:

Fiscal Calendar	Holiday Calendar
Burden Templates	Element of Cost Table
Resource Library

MPM performs exports of the following kinds of project data:

Actuals by WBS	BCWP Status
Distributed Projects	EOC Rollup by WBS
Estimates by WBS	Milestones
Resource BOE	Task Descriptions
WBS

For More Information

Importing data is described in Importing Data. Exporting data is described in Exporting Data.