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MSP Import to P5

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Graeme CaldowMember for 23 years 3 months
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Quick Question to everyone, Why can’t I import an MPP File straight into P5? Is this because I’m not using a stand alone version of P5 and that P5 runs of a server??

I’m sure when i have used P5 previously it gave you more options when importing files than just XER,MPX,P3 & XLS files.

I know that you can convert MPP file’s to a MPX file using MSP98 and there is also a MppToMpx application that does the conversion, then you can do your import into P5 but my problem is I’m currently not using MSP therefore i can’t do any of the conversions.

can anyone help with this problem and offer some advise on how to import a MPP file??



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    Dieter Wambach ·
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    Graeme
    MSP must be installed on the pc from where you start the import. Primavera uses OLE-technique (Object Linking and Embedding) which means it uses MSP functions for import and export of MPP-files. It’s independent from server or standalone.

    Good luck!
    Dieter
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    Patricia Le Clainche ·
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    Greame,

    As soon as you succeed in importing from MSP due to Dieter’s advice, take care, if you want to use EVM, of troubles we encounter with MSP Imports.
    See for instance :
    http://www.planningplanet.com/forum/forum_post.asp?fid=1&Cat=1&Top=50794

    Good luck.
    Patricia
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    Dieter Wambach ·
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    Hi
    There are some more items to be observed because many start using MSP without any training or consideration. Having imported many MPP-files I found 80 to 90% with user errors, mainly:
    - Calendars misused and not maintained ("P6 calculates wrong dates!" "If you would have included Christmas or other exceptions you would find the same dates.")
    - Planned with fixed durations but the default "effort driven" still used inclusive resource calendars.
    Many more are quite common. So first I open a project in MSP to check before import.
    Regards
    Dieter
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    Graeme Caldow ·
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    Dieter, Patricia - Thanks for the advise

    Graeme
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