MppToMpx conversion tool

Ray;

Doesn’t this utility require a relevant (same version or later) copy of MSP on your machine?

The name of the tool is MppToMpx.exe. I am using it to import mpp’s into P3e 5.0.

I have msp2007. Works for me!

Brad & Ray;

How much of a WBS is created after using the tool? I do not have a copy of MSP on my machine, so I am using the import/export function of ’ganttproject’. Works great accept for the WBS - the activities are not assigned a WBS number.

Just wondering if the conversion tool created a ’full’ WBS. Manually developing a full WBS is tedious, at best.

Note: I have only tested ’ganttproject’ on MSP 2003 and earlier schedules.

Dennis,

Not sure what you want. P3e uses a relational DB so the activity’s WBS is a reference to the separate WBS table.

You could copy the msp WBS to a text field then map that on import to a P3 field.

Ray;

My question was how much of the MSP outline structure gets converted to WBS. With ’ganttproject’ this conversion stops at the activity level, so that costs can only be collected at the parent level or it becomes necessary to populate the WBS - a tedious process.

If other conversion tools fully populate the WBS (at the activity level) then they become of some interest. If not ,then I have no reason to ever get a copy of MSP (not a fan). I used to have to install and then remove an evaluation copy of MSP to convert some of the MSP schedules that I would occassionaly come across.

I am becoming a fan of P5 - via Contractor 5, and recognize the importance of a fully populated WBS. Right now this opensource program becomes an acceptable alternative, if the other tools do not do more with the WBS.