MSP Integration known defects - master KB

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

List of bugs/defects related to the Clarity Microsoft Project (MSP) interface

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.)

  Table of Contents

  • Defects fixed in 15.9.3
  • Defects fixed in 15.9.2
  • Defects fixed in 15.9.1
  • Defects fixed in 15.9
  • Defects fixed in 15.8
  • Defects fixed in 15.7.1
  • Defects fixed in 15.6
  • Defects fixed in 15.5
  • Defects fixed in 15.4.1
  • Defects fixed in 15.4

Defects fixed in 15.9.3

• New UX allows locked project to be opened Read-Write in MSP/OWB

Defects fixed in 15.9.2

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

Defects fixed in 15.9.1

• Unable to Open Projects in OWB/MSP Due to Large Number of Notes

Defects fixed in 15.9

• MSP: Status Date changes aren't saving back to As of Date in Clarity
• Task baselines not saving from Microsoft Project

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 15.7.1

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

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 15.5

• 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 15.4.1

• 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 15.4

• 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

Additional Information

• See Known Clarity issues: Tips in using Self Service
• See MSP Integration known issues - master KB