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   <Header>
      <Title>Integration between PCS and Microsoft Project</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2389390">
         <Level1>PCS</Level1>
         <Level2>integration with Microsoft Project</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2389395">
         <Level1>Project</Level1>
         <Level2>Microsoft</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In ERP Enterprise,
		you can integrate <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> (in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>) with an external project application
		such as Microsoft Project.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For several reasons, you can prefer working with Microsoft
		Project:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Graphical user interface</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Advanced reporting capabilities</ListItem>
         <ListItem>No permanent connection to ERP Enterprise required.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Extra features, such as multi-project scheduling and a link to
		  the internet.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>To integrate <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> with an external project application, ERP Enterprise data related to
		projects and project activities is <Emphasis>exported</Emphasis> from the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4101m000" role="session">Activities (tipcs4101m000)</Link> session and the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4110m000" role="session">Activity Relationships (tipcs4110m000)</Link> session to the
		external project application. After planning or replanning, you can <Emphasis>import</Emphasis> the project data back into <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef>. An XML
		file is used to export and import the data.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The integration between <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> and the
		  external project application does <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> require the
		  installation of additional software.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Export</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000" role="session">Export / Import PCS Activities via XML (tipcs4172m000)</Link> session, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#export.xml" role="command">Export</GUIRef>. ERP Enterprise creates an XML file to transfer the data.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#start.app" role="formfield">Start Application</Link> check box is selected, Microsoft
		  Project or another project application typed into the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000#app.command" role="formfield">Application</Link> field is started.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000396" role="manual">Data mapping: export data from PCS to Microsoft Project</Link> to see how data in ERP Enterprise matches the data in
		  Microsoft Project.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Import</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If planning of PCS projects in Microsoft Project is finished,
		  you can transfer the PCS data back to ERP Enterprise using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4172m000" role="session">Export / Import PCS Activities via XML (tipcs4172m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000397" role="manual">Data mapping: import data from Microsoft Project to PCS</Link> to see how data in
		  Microsoft Project matches the data in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> in ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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