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Add-in Enhancements

Auto-recalculation Feature in Microsoft Project (MSP) Connector

In Microsoft Project (MSP), the whole project is recalculated after being opened in CA Clarity PPM only if the Calculation Mode for a schedule is set to On.

In previous releases, when you exported a project from CA Clarity PPM to MSP, the End Date and Dependency fields change. These fields are recalculated and updated for some tasks. The update occurs even though the Calculation Mode is set to Manual in MSP.

Starting with this release, you can export a project from CA Clarity PPM to MSP without updating the End Date and Dependency date fields. To prevent these fields from updating, complete the following tasks:

You can update the end date of a task that is assigned to a resource with a termination date earlier than the task end date. The following table illustrates how task end dates are updated in these cases.

Resource Termination Date

Update to the Task Finish Date

Before the task start date

The task finish date is set to the task start date. The task is changed to a milestone task.

After the task start date but before the task finish date

The task finish date is set as the resource termination date.

In both the cases, the task end date is set according to the resource termination date.

PMO Accelerator and Clarity Solution Pack

For enhancement information on these CA Clarity PPM products, see the PMO Accelerator Release Notes and the Clarity Solution Pack Release Notes.