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PatrickGrebe
Jan 17, 2022Copper Contributor
Project for the web: Incomplete notes after MPP import
Hello, when we import an exported project (MPP file) with notes on each task into Project for the web, the notes are incomplete. Note in Project Desktop: Test Note 1 Test Note 2 After import...
- Jan 17, 2022PatrickGrebe,
I don't use Project for the web but I'm guessing you are running into the same issue as with export of the Notes field from the desktop version of Project. Is the example note you show in the desktop version a two line note on a single task? If so then export of that note will truncate at the first line feed or 255 characters, whichever occurs first. This limitation has existed in Project from day 1 and is still a limitation. For the desktop version, this limitation can be overcome with VBA but I don't believe Project for the web supports VBA.
John
John-project
Jan 17, 2022Silver Contributor
PatrickGrebe,
I don't use Project for the web but I'm guessing you are running into the same issue as with export of the Notes field from the desktop version of Project. Is the example note you show in the desktop version a two line note on a single task? If so then export of that note will truncate at the first line feed or 255 characters, whichever occurs first. This limitation has existed in Project from day 1 and is still a limitation. For the desktop version, this limitation can be overcome with VBA but I don't believe Project for the web supports VBA.
John
I don't use Project for the web but I'm guessing you are running into the same issue as with export of the Notes field from the desktop version of Project. Is the example note you show in the desktop version a two line note on a single task? If so then export of that note will truncate at the first line feed or 255 characters, whichever occurs first. This limitation has existed in Project from day 1 and is still a limitation. For the desktop version, this limitation can be overcome with VBA but I don't believe Project for the web supports VBA.
John
- PatrickGrebeJan 17, 2022Copper ContributorWe never really used Project Desktop. We currently only use an MPP as a base to create new projects in Project for the web via Logic App. Here we noticed during the import that the notes are cut off at the first line feed as you say.
If this limitation existed since day one, a fix is unlikely I think, unfortunately.- John-projectJan 17, 2022Silver ContributorPatrick,
Thanks for the feedback.
John