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zero duration importing MS Project XML FILE

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Hi folks

 

I use ProjectLibre on Mac OS. No problem so far. Yesterday I received a MS Project file from a colleague. Imported it via "open project" dialog, but "duration" field for every task is set to zero. So, importing from MS Project is pretty unusable for me.

 

any hint?

Thanks in advance

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Exporting files from PL to Project Insight

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Does anyone have any experience exporting xml files from Project Libre to Project Insight (a web-based Multi-Project Management software tool)? 

I have a number of Project Libre projects to export to PI.  The export process using xml files from Project Libre seems to work OK, importing all the key information to Project Insight EXCEPT "Work".  "Work" is always imported as "0".   So far, I have not found any "magic" setting to bring the "work" values into PI.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Ron

 

Further test results

  1. Action:  Create project in PL, save as xml and import that xml into Project Insight
    1. Result:  Project is imported OK, except "Work" is imported with value of "0"
  2. Action: Create project in PL and save as xml. Open that xml file with MS Project 2007 and save it again as an xml with MSP 2007 (no changes). Import that xml into Project Insight.
    1. Result:  Project is imported OK including "Work" is imported with correct value.
  3. Action: Create project in MS Project 2007, save as xml and import that xml into Project Insight
    1. Result:  Project is imported OK including "Work" is imported with correct value.

So it appears that the xml file as created by PL is not quite the same as the xml file created by MS Project.