In general, you can configure settings in Microsoft Project as you like. This section provides guidelines for setting up Microsoft Project to work effectively with CA Clarity PPM.
To set up Microsoft Project options, click Options from the File menu.
Click Schedule to set the Calculation option. This option determines if Microsoft Project reschedules your plan automatically. This setting also impacts what is displayed in CA Clarity PPM when you save the plan back to CA Clarity PPM after scheduling is completed.
If the calculation option is set to On, Microsoft Project automatically schedules the plan every time you open a CA Clarity PPM project or when you tab out of the field you just edited.
If the option is Off, Microsoft Project does not schedule your plan automatically every time you open a CA Clarity PPM project or when you tab out of the field you just edited. As a result, several fields in Microsoft Project are not updated with the latest information. For example, the summary tasks do not display the updated roll-up values.
For more information about what is not calculated, see the Microsoft Project Help.
Click Schedule to configure the calendar. Verify that the values in the Calendar options for this project section map to the values set in CA Clarity PPM. For most organizations, you may need to update the following fields:
The other fields map to your organization's settings.
Click Advanced. Clear the Show links between projects dialog on open check box in the Cross project linking options for this project section. This feature is incompatible with CA Clarity PPM external dependencies, and is ignored when selected.
Click Save in the Project Options window. You can update the file location as desired and you can save the MPP files to any folder. However, if you share your computer with other users and update master projects, set the file location to a commonly shared folder
See your Windows administrator for assistance.
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