HARD QUESTION

[Brian Stebbins]

My company and I wish to create an archive for storing all data from
previous projects. However, when I create a Consolidated Project it only
utilizes a shortcut to the projects. I'm wondering if there is any way to
load Project A into Project B such that Project A can then be deleted
(without deleting it from Project B). The way consolidating projects is set
up makes this impossible. If there is a way to load all information from
one project to another please let me know!! Even if it's long and
involved!! (I can make a macro) Thank you for your time and energy reading
this. please if you can help post a reply here or e-mail me at
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Rob Schneider]

Before going down this road, are you sure this what you want to do? Why
not just archive Project A and de-link it from Project B? If you need
Project A to continue to progess Project B, doesn't that just mean that
it's premature to archive Project A? Wait for Project B to complete
then archive both A and B? Or create a new Consolidate Project, and
into that schedule insert A and B so that A and B are independant of
each other? Another thing to think about is if you want to archive
versions of Projects, e.g. every so often put a version of the project
file into archive? (that may have some valid business use also).
Finally, just what is the business purpose? What is it your company
wants to achieve? It would be important to determine that and test that
assertion with your archiving plan.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

When you instert the project into the "master" deselect "link to project".
HTH

 

[Brian Stebbins]

I appreciate the tip.. however when I deselect link to project, I lose all
actual hours for my rescources... among other things... we're trying to
preserve hours, sidenotes, usage... the works. However, we don't want all
the individual projects cluttering up the server... we want one big file
with all information for all sheets for imported projects so we can back
that one file up every day... anyone have any more tips??

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Simply not true. You do not lose actuals. Didn't try the rest, but in
principle you do not lose anything.

And you can always save to a database (see help on save as)