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sshaffery
Oct 12, 2022Copper Contributor
Desktop Project will not Import to Project Online
Hello, I am having an issue where some of my desktop projects are not importing to Project Online. Some files imported without issues, but others will not. I saw an earlier post about this but...
sshaffery --
Your situation is mighty odd. I was able to successfully import a project containing a baseline into Project for the Web (application to which you refer as "Project Online"). After the import, a dialog reported to me that baselines were removed from the project. So, you SHOULD be able to import baselined projects into Project for the Web, except the baseline will be removed during the import process.
Out of curiosity, what happens if you do the following:
1. Open any project that has been baselined in Microsoft Project.
2. Clear any existing baselines.
3. Click File > Save As and save the project using an alternate name for the import process only.
4. Import the project into Project for the Web.
Do you still get the import error that you reported previously? Please let us know. Thanks!
Your situation is mighty odd. I was able to successfully import a project containing a baseline into Project for the Web (application to which you refer as "Project Online"). After the import, a dialog reported to me that baselines were removed from the project. So, you SHOULD be able to import baselined projects into Project for the Web, except the baseline will be removed during the import process.
Out of curiosity, what happens if you do the following:
1. Open any project that has been baselined in Microsoft Project.
2. Clear any existing baselines.
3. Click File > Save As and save the project using an alternate name for the import process only.
4. Import the project into Project for the Web.
Do you still get the import error that you reported previously? Please let us know. Thanks!
sshaffery
Oct 13, 2022Copper Contributor
Hi,
It didn't work when I cleared the baseline in the original project file. But I did the export to Excel and imported into a new project and then uploaded it and it worked. There must be some setting in these original files that is just not compatible that is being cleared by this export/import process. I only have a few of these projects so the manual process is not too cumbersome.