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Copy User Defined Field (UDF) Data from One Project to Another

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Greg PaulsonMember for 8 years 4 months
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Hello,

I have inherited a Baseline Schedule that was developed by previous scheduler and has been going through the revise & resubmit process for several months.

When I got on board, I was asked to create a simplified schedule to use for planning purposes while the Baseline was being approved.  During this time, I have created several User Defined Fields (UDFs) for tracking submittals and other useful information.

The Baseline Schedule has been approved, and it will be the only schedule I will be using going forward.

Is there a way to copy the information I've been populating in my UDFs from my current schedule into the Baseline Schedule that I will be using?

The activity IDs are the same between the two schedules, so I'm thinking there might be a way to do a global change with both schedules open.

As always, your ideas are appreciated!

Thanks

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
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    I dont think that you can

    I dont think that you can reference another project in global change 

    I think the best approach would be to make sure that the UFDs were in accessable to both projects

    then export the activity id's and udf values to excel

    then import the excel file into the other project.

    If the wbs code by default will come with the export make sure to change teh 1st part of the wbs code prior to importing the revised excel file.

    the wbs code ALWAYS begins with the project id 

    for example the project id for the project that yoru are exporting from is called PROJECT1

    so the export wbs code will have PROJECT1.wbs.what.ever

    the project that you want to import to is called PROJECT2 so after exporting the udf for PROJET1 in excel do a search and replace PROJECT1 with PROJECT2 prior to importing it. 

      

      

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    Kirill PM ·
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    You should use Excel for such

    You should use Excel for such things. Zoltan gave you instructions how to, but i wanna show you how i use my app to update project from Excel:

    https://youtu.be/Qef7g1iFVjY

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    Greg Paulson ·
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    Thank you for the video.  Is

    Thank you for the video.  Is your toodbox the one on P6toolbox.ru?

    Unfortunately, I am using a work laptop without admin priviileges and I have to go through a hellish proceudre with the IT department to install any software on it.

    I will try the Excel edits in a test version of the schedule, but I'm a little squeemish about accidentally changing something else that causes my schedule to get disapproved in the next round of revisions for some reason I won't be able to find to correct.

    Thanks for the input.

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    Kirill PM ·
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    Yes, that app's site. I can

    Yes, that app's site. I can install it manually without admin priviileges, but it depends on your configuration.

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
    #5

    do you have an english

    do you have an english version of that app ?

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    Kirill PM ·
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    Zoltan, translation is

    Zoltan, translation is partially ready, i told you before)

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
    #7

    yes you did and I was uable

    yes you did and I was uable to install it 

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