MSP Integration Known Defects - Master KB

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

This article includes the list of bugs/defects related to the Clarity Microsoft Project (MSP) integration including the version fixed.

Environment

Release: All Supported Releases
Component: PPMMSP, ODMSP

Resolution

Important: In order to see any Clarity MSP Interface fixes, after upgrading Clarity, the latest MSP New Driver version will also need to be installed.

• Before upgrading the MSP Interface, first uninstall the existing Clarity MSP Interface components from the workstation which include:
  
  • CAClarityAddin, CA PPM Schedule Connect, CA PPM Microsoft Project Interface
• The latest MSP New Driver can be installed from Clarity in Home->Account Settings->Software Downloads.  (Ensure the bit level installed matches that of Microsoft Project.)

Defects fixed in 14.3

• The ETC is doubling when a project is saved back from MSP to PPM for Expense and Material Resources
• Installation of MSP interface on 14.2 results in a SilentInstallAddin error

Defects fixed in 14.4

• In MSP New Driver with MSP2010, Tasks that have assignments with 0 ETC, export to MSP as Completed and 100% Complete
• Unable to Save Projects back to PPM from MSP if the Project Team has More than One Instance of the Same Role
• In the MSP New Driver, Tasks with assignment at 100% complete change to milestones at 99% complete with duration of 0 days
• MSP New Driver: Cleared baseline in MSP doesn't remove baseline in PPM after save
• MSP New Driver - Fixed Duration Milestones marked as 100% complete export to MSP as 99%
• In the MSP New Driver, Rates do not calculate Correctly in MSP for a Material Role
• In the MSP New Driver, saving project back from MSP to PPM causes multiple issues with duplicate roles
• Project opened in MSP2013 throws Schedlink MFC Application has stopped working error
• MSP: Save back to CA PPM fails using the 14.3 new driver on a project created and baselined with team and assignment in MSP

Defects fixed in 15.1

• Material and Expenses roles change their ETC when opened in MSP
• Unexpected results when doing a role replace using the Legacy MSP Driver

Defects fixed in 15.2

• In MSP New driver, when exporting a Project from PPM to MSP, incorrect settings in File-> Options are Exported
• In MSP New Driver, ETC, Units and Cost are reduced for Material and Expense roles depending on ETC and Duration amount
• Clarity not exporting dependencies to MSP predecessors column using Spanish language (New Driver)
• As Of date is Deleted when a Project is saved from MSP
• In MSP New Driver, resource allocation dates get changed to the Project Start / Finish Dates
• In the MSP New Driver, Master Projects cannot be saved back after a Resource's Calendar is Modified
• CA PPM is not exporting all dependencies to MSP predecessors column when using non-English language (New Driver)
• In the MSP New Driver, the Standard Calendar is not respected when a project includes resources using multiple Calendars
• When using the New Driver, Not All Task Dependencies are Exported to MSP
• In the MSP New Driver, non-latin characters are replaced with question marks

Defects fixed in 15.3

• In the MSP New Driver baseline hours change in the Timescale
• In MSP New Driver, Durations for Fixed Duration Tasks with Dependencies increase each time a Project is Saved to PPM and exported back to MSP
• Some Resource Calendars do not show in MSP
• In the MSP New Driver, Constraints for External Dependencies are not exporting to MSP
• In the MSP New Driver, Incorrect Rate Dates are being Exported, Preventing Projects from Opening
• MSP New Driver: Task Durations are incorrect if the PPM Base Calendar is not set to 8 hour days
• Team Start and Finish Dates are no longer blank after two roundtrips with MSP using New Driver
• In the MSP New Driver, Baseline Work Timescale data is blank for Tasks
• In the MSP New Driver, a Save message appears when opening a Master Project
• In MSP New Driver, Baseline Duration and Duration Variance are incorrect
• In the MSP New Driver, Dependency Lags decrease on Save back to PPM if Hours Per Day is less than 8 Hours
• In the MSP New Driver, Actual Hours get divided by 3600 for Material Resources
• Priority on all tasks is getting reset to 1000 in MSP when using the New Driver

Defects fixed in 15.4

• Max % Load is not exporting to the MSP New Driver when Windows regional setting is not English
• In the MSP New Driver, Work Hours change in the Timescale for Resources with Calendar shifts not Equal to 8 hour per day
• MSP New Driver: Project hangs when opening at "writing to XML" step
• In the MSP New Driver, % Complete for a Summary Task changes to 0% when the project is opened from PPM

Defects fixed in 15.4.1

• In the MSP New Driver, Actuals submitted on Saturday or Sunday are pushed out to the next Day
• MSP Error: 'We're sorry. There seems to be a problem with this file' due to issue with Notes

Defects fixed in 15.5

• In MSP New Driver, Resource Calendars don't properly update in Microsoft Project
• MSP New Driver: Actual Work on the Time Scale shows a 0 for a Period when All Timesheets are in Open Status in PPM

Defects fixed in 15.6

• MSP New Driver: Start Dates are changing to Actual Thru Date for Resource even though Constraints are Set
• File and Product Versions incorrectly show as 14.3.0 on the mspsetup.exe and wbsetup.exe
• Saving a Project back from MSP changes Booking Status to Mixed

Defects fixed in 15.7.1

• Cannot open project in MSP: A project dialog box opens with a list of projects

Defects fixed in 15.8

• MSP Legacy Driver still available to be installed even though not supported in 15.6.1 and higher
• MSP Tasks changing to Fixed Units instead of Fixed Work(Reported in 15.3, tested and verified fixed in 15.8)
• % Complete changes for tasks without assignments if % is > 0 when exported to MSP

Defects fixed in 15.9:

• MSP: Status Date changes aren't saving back to As of Date in Clarity

Defects under review:

• MSP: Copying entire Task Rows Duplicates or Moves Some Tasks

Additional Information

• See Searching for known Clarity Issues using Self Service
• See MSP Integration - Master KB of Known Issues