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Tasks |
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Tivoli Change Management user |
Scheduling with Microsoft Project |
Tivoli Change Management supports a dynamic data
exchange (DDE) interface between Tivoli Change Management and Microsoft Project for users
who want to take advantage of the advanced project scheduling functions in Microsoft
Project. Before you begin working with a Microsoft Project file and a change, you must initialize the DDE link. Initializing the link simply involves having both the change and the related Microsoft Project file open at the same time. |
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Understanding initializing the DDE link process | Each time you create a link from the current
change to a Microsoft Project file, you are initializing the DDE link. By initializing the
DDE link, you are creating an open line for data to pass from Tivoli Change Management to
Microsoft Project. Upon initialization, Microsoft Project performs a search to see whether a project file already exists for the current change in your designated Microsoft Project folder. If not, it creates a new project file for the change and each activity. If, during initialization, Microsoft Project finds one or more project files linked to the current change, Microsoft Project opens those files. By default, all Microsoft Project file names consist of the Microsoft Project path, followed by CHG_changeID.MPP. Microsoft Project creates a sub-project for each activity in the change. Each sub-project has its own file in Microsoft Project. Activity and sub-project naming conventions are the same as for schedules and projects. |
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Modifying projects and schedules | Once you initialize the DDE link between Tivoli
Change Management and Microsoft Project, the DDE periodically updates the data in the data
exchange fields of Microsoft Project. To accomplish this, the DDE determines the fields
you have modified in Tivoli Change Management and passes those values to the corresponding
fields in Microsoft Project. The frequency of synchronization is controlled by the DDE timer value set by your system administrator. If your DDE is updating too frequently, or not frequently enough, contact your system administrator. Note: If you add a resource in Microsoft Project that does not exist in the User list, Tivoli Change Management prompts you to add the user. |
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Data exchange fields | Data is passed to Microsoft Project as shown in
the following table.
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Initializing the DDE link with Microsoft Project |
You can initialize a DDE link with Microsoft
Project. To initialize a DDE link with Microsoft Project:
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Terminating a DDE link with Microsoft Project |
You can terminate a DDE link with Microsoft
Project. To terminate a DDE link with Microsoft Project:
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