| Export / Import PCS Activities via XML (tipcs4172m000) |  |
| Use this session to transfer projects, project activities and other project related data between ERP LN Project Control and Microsoft Project or another project application. Click Export to transfer data from Project Control in Manufacturing to Microsoft Project or another project application. Click Import to transfer data from Microsoft Project or another project application to Project Control in Manufacturing. ERP LN uses an XML file to transfer the data. If the Start Application check box is selected, the project application that is typed in the Application field is started. After the XML file is imported in the external project application, you can plan or replan the project data. Note that the dates in Microsoft Project can deviate from the dates in ERP LN. Especially if you ran the Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000) session in ERP LN before the import, the dates will differ. The is reason is that Microsoft Project uses a planning logic that differs slightly from ERP LN. Note Whether you can see the Export button and the Import button depends on the buttons' authorization groups. The authorization group for Export is Print / Display; the authorization group for Import is Update / Print Display. Related topics Integration between PCS and Microsoft Project Data mapping: export data from PCS to Microsoft Project Data mapping: import data from Microsoft Project to PCS
Fields | Description
Project | A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are performed especially for a particular customer order. A project is initiated by a customer order for items having a To Order order policy. The purpose of a project is to plan and coordinate the production of these items. For a standard-to-order production, the project is only used to link the item with the customer order. Otherwise, a project can include: Customized item data (BOMs and routings) Project planning (activity planning) A budget is a special type of project. A budget is used to plan and estimate, not to carry out production.
Include Subprojects | If this check box is selected, the projects of project type Subproject that are part of the selected project are also included.
Export
XML-file | If you click Export, an XML file is created that contains project data. The path in this field specifies the name of the XML file and where it must be located on a local PC. Related topics Data mapping: export data from PCS to Microsoft Project
Start Application | If this check box is selected, you can specify a command in the Application field to start an external project application when exporting project data. The project application will open with the exported project data.
Application | If the Start Application check box is selected, you can specify a command in this field to start an external project application when exporting project data. To start an external project application, you can enter the following start commands:
Command | Application
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WINPROJ %s | Microsoft Office Project
ADEPTTCK %s | AdeptTracker Viewer
FSCH %s | FastTrack Schedule
MSPROJECTVIEWER | ILOG Project Viewer
Note The %s directive to load the XML file is case-sensitive. The start command is not case-sensitive. Related topics Data mapping: export data from PCS to Microsoft Project
Import
XML-file | Specify the path and file name of the XML file to import project data from an external project application into Project Control in ERP LN. Related topics Data mapping: import data from Microsoft Project to PCS
Commands | Description
Export | Click to create an XML file to transfer project data from Project Control in ERP LN to an external project application such as Microsoft Project. If the Start Application check box is selected, the project application specified in the Application field starts with the exported project data.
Import | Click to import project data from the XML file specified in the XML-file field. ERP LN updates the project activities in Project Control with this imported data.