Background Information
When you save a project as an .mpp
file, the project is referred to a non-enterprise
project because it is saved outside the Project Server database.
Warning:
Do not open the .mpp project file, click File - Save As, and then save
the file directly in the Project Server database.
Resolution for Project Server
2002 and 2003
The manager of the .mpp
project file should complete the following steps to import the project into the
Project Server database:
1. Launch Microsoft
Project Professional and log into Project Server.
2. Click Tools -
Enterprise Options - Import Project to Enterprise.
3. On the Welcome page,
click the Next button.
4. Navigate to the
folder containing the .mpp project file, select the
file, and then click the Import button.
5. On the project
information page, name the project according to your organization’s naming
convention, specify values for all custom enterprise Project fields, and then
click the Next button.
6. On the resources
page, map every local resource in the .mpp file with
enterprise resources in the Enterprise Resource Pool and then click the Next
button.
7. On the task fields
page, map local task fields with enterprise custom tasks, if appropriate, and
then click the Next button.
8. On the calendar
errors page, specify an enterprise base calendar for any task triggering an
error, and then click the Import button.
9. Click the Finish
button.
Resolution for Project Server
2007
The manager of the .mpp
project file should complete the following steps to import the project into the
Project Server database:
1. Launch Microsoft
Project Professional and log into Project Server.
2. On the Open page,
navigate to the folder containing the .mpp project
file, select the file, and then click the Open button.
3. In the Import Project Wizard sidepane, click the Map Resources link.
4. In the Map Project Resources onto Enterprise Resources dialog,
map every local resource in the .mpp file with
enterprise resources in the Enterprise Resource Pool and then click the OK
button.
5. In the Import Project Wizard
sidepane, click the Continue to Step 2 link.
6. On the Confirm Resources page, make
sure you set the Import value to No for each resource that you want to leave as
a local resource.
7. In the Import Project Wizard
sidepane, click the Continue to Step 3 link.
8. On the Task Field
Mapper page, click the Map Task Fields link.
9. In the Map Custom Fields dialog, map
each local task field with its corresponding enterprise custom tasks and then
click the OK button.
10. In the Import
Project Wizard sidepane, click the Continue to Step 4 link.
11. On the Confirm Tasks page, specify an enterprise base calendar for any
task triggering an error.
12. In the Import Project Wizard
sidepane, click the Continue to Step 5 link.
13. In the Import Project Wizard
sidepane, click the Save As link.
14. In the Save to Project Server
dialog, name the project according to your organization’s naming convention,
specify values for all custom enterprise Project fields, and then click the Save
button.
15. In the Import
Project Wizard sidepane, click the Save and Finish link.
16. Click File - Publish to publish the
project if it is an in-progress project containing actual progress.
17. Click File - Close to the project
and check in the project when prompted.