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   <Header>
      <Title>Exporting/Importing PCS Activities via XML</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2054850">
         <Level1>Exporting</Level1>
         <Level2>PCS activities via XML</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2054855">
         <Level1>PCS Activities via XML</Level1>
         <Level2>exporting</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2054860">
         <Level1>Importing</Level1>
         <Level2>PCS activities via XML</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2054865">
         <Level1>PCS Activities via XML</Level1>
         <Level2>importing</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#export.xml" role="command">Export</GUIRef> to transfer data from <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef> to Microsoft
		  Project or another project application.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#import.xml" role="command">Import</GUIRef> to transfer data from Microsoft Project or
		  another project application to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>LN uses
		an XML file to transfer the data. If the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#start.app" role="formfield">Start Application</Link> check box is selected, the project
		application that is typed in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#app.command" role="formfield">Application</Link> field is started.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>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 LN. Especially if you
		ran the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4210m000" role="session">Generate Network Planning (tipcs4210m000)</Link> session in LN before the import,
		the dates will differ. The is reason is that Microsoft Project uses a planning
		logic that differs slightly from LN.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Whether you can see the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#export.xml" role="command">Export</GUIRef> button and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#import.xml" role="command">Import</GUIRef> button depends on the buttons' authorization
		groups. The authorization group for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#export.xml" role="command">Export</GUIRef> is Print / Display; the authorization group
		for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#import.xml" role="command">Import</GUIRef> is Update / Print Display.</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000395" role="manual">Integration between PCS and Microsoft Project</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000396" role="manual">Data mapping: export data from PCS to Microsoft Project</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000397" role="manual">Data mapping: import data from Microsoft Project to PCS</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>