Archiving Projects?

[Vinh Tran]

Use EditSite to set up another Project Server instance
from your web server (http://yourserver/archive). Create
another ProjectServer database.

Save the Projects you want to Archive as .XML file.

Publish the XML projects to the new Project Server
instance.

Now you have an entire new site with Archived projects.





Vinh Tran

 

[Vinh Tran]

The brilliant part, is that with some ASP, VBA and PDS,
you could automate this process!



Vinh Tran

 

[Steve Bering]

Vinh,

Is there a benefit to saving the files as XML rather than as MPP files? What
methodology are you using to publish files to the archive project server
site?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Vinh Tran]

XML is the native format of Project Server and the PDS.
Project Professional converts .MPP data to .XML to send
to the Project Server. By leaving it in .XML we avoid a
conversion which will only be undone later.

You can use Project to Publish .XML files.

In fact, I'm using a Project Macro which searches a
specific directory for .XML files and performs the
FileOpen, FileSaveAs, FileClose methods to publish to the
Project Server.

Piece of cake....but integrate it with a VB application
that logs into a Project Server and deletes all the
previous projects and you've got a complete Archiving
Solution.



Vinh Tran

 

[Peter Jakab]

Vinh,
You say you're using macros. I wonder if you ever tried to use the
RepublishAssignments method from code, and if yes, was it succesful?

Regards
Peter

 

[Vinh Tran]

Peter,

No, I haven't used the RepublishAssignments method.



Vinh

 

[arabin]

As a final step, do you delete the original project? What about
documents and issues, i.e. things that are associated with the project
through team services? How do you keep these with the archived
project?

Andy Rabin
(e-mail address removed)