Populate Your Plan

The default macro-enabled Microsoft Project mpp file that resides in the Site Assets library in the out-of-the-box Project Structured template comes with a very small project structure. This topic describes the various ways to populate the plan at the start of the project. After you have your plan ready, you should Create a Project Baseline.

The main ways to populate your Project plan include:

• Create the plan from scratch in the Microsoft Project file included in the site assets library - see Syncing.
• Add the plan to the Tasks list in the project site.

• Note: You should do a sync before populating the Tasks list.

• Use the plan already in the Microsoft Project file (for example, for repeat type projects such as a deployment or an upgrade) - see Syncing.
• Copy and paste project data from another Microsoft Project file.

  Note: When copying and pasting in data you should be aware that the BrightWork macro reserves certain Project columns and will overwrite any data in these columns when you calculate the project.

• Delete the mpp file in the documents library and upload another BrightWork-enabled mpp file with a completed plan.

• Note: The BrightWork-enabled mpp file you upload or paste in must have the same name as the one you delete. Generally this is BrightWork - Project Structured Sync.mpp.

  If you want to rename the mpp file you must establish the initial link between the file and the Tasks list from Microsoft Project.