MSP Integration known issues - master KB
Article ID: 71385
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Products
Clarity PPM On Premise
Clarity PPM SaaS
Issue/Introduction
This article contains a list of knowledge documents related to the Clarity and Microsoft Project (MSP) integration. Scroll through the appropriate section based on your issue (and/or do a Control + F on your keyboard, in case the issue may be listed in a different section.)
Resolution
Contents
- Frequently Reported Issues
- Upgrade / Install / Addin Errors
- Save Issues
- Project Open Issues
- Best Practices
- Compatibility
- Questions
- How To / Tips and Tricks
- Assignment Units
- Date / Duration Issues
- Baselines
- Milestones
- General Task Issues
- % Complete
- Target Errors
- ETC / Remaining Work
- Configuration / Views
- Legacy Driver Specific
Frequently Reported Issues
- MSP: Project Save Failed Errors - Master KB
- MSP opening projects issues - master KB
- CA Clarity Addin tab missing in MSP - Master KB of Known Issues
- MSP Integration Known Defects - Master KB
- Run-time error '53' File not found: caMspXml.dll' in MSP Due to wrong bit level installed
- MSP: Start Dates change to the Project Start Date when exported to MSP
- Getting Started with the MSP New Driver with Clarity
Upgrade / Install / Add-in Errors
- CA Clarity Addin tab missing in MSP - Master KB of Known Issues
- When upgrading the MSP Interface, receive an error message that the CAClarityAddin is already installed
- MSP Interface Install error: Specified Argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: entryValue
- When opening projects in MSP, receive a Compile Error after upgrading the PPM MSP Interface
- When I try to open my PPM project in MSP, nothing happens, it appears the addin is inactive in MSP
- CA PPM Addin Disabled in MSP - Addin reinstall required
- MSP CA PPM integration/Interface tab is not available/disabled when using a Silent Installation package
- Run-time error '53' File not found: caMspXml.dll' in MSP Due to wrong bit level installed
- MSP Run-time Error '53' or Run-Time Error '28' when trying to open projects
- MSP Run-time error '53' File not found: caMspXml.dll
- MSP VB run time error 53 due to Microsoft .NET Framework Version
Save Issues
- MSP: Project Save Failed Errors - Master KB
- When Saving a Project from MSP to Clarity, Project Remains Locked and you may see Target Error
- MSP Project Save Failed after Clarity Timeout
- When Uploading a project from MSP to Clarity, changes do not always save back to Clarity
- MSP Save Error: Invalid value for field prName
- MSP 'Project Save Failed' error due to task Start or Finish Date issues in MSP
- MSP "Save Failed" error referencing a Unique Constraint Violation in the logs
- MSP: Unable to Save changes to the Project Calendar
- MSP Project won't save back for one user to Clarity
- MSP: Project Save failed even if Assignment is removed from Summary Task
Project Open Issues / Errors
- MSP opening projects issues - master KB
- MSP: "The last time you opened 'ProjectID' it caused a serious error" when attempting to open a project from Clarity
- Why does a new blank project1 file open along with the Clarity Project in MSP?
- MSP: 'Actual Finish Date is Before some of the Previously Entered Timephased Actual Work values'
- Project Does not Open in MSP - There is a circular relationship in task error due to Duplicate Text3 Content
- Opening MSP stops at 'Connecting to PPM' step / unable to log in to MSP Interface
- In MSP, Project Opens incorrectly with a new file name such as Project1 or Project2
- In the MSP New Driver, Unable to open a project in MSP if a Calendar associated with the project has more than 51 characters
- MSP New Driver: Projects do not open if there are Project Server Enterprise Fields associated with the project
- Why am I getting an import error upon launching a project to MSP?
- MSP Project hangs on opening to XML for a project recently baselined in Clarity
- MSP Project crashing/performance issues on one project due to tasks with start/finish dates far out in past or future
- MSP Import Error on extended attribute if the related text field in Clarity has a second line manually created
- MSP Interface stopped opening projects from Browser
- Clarity Project will not open in MSP - Project dialog box pops up due to MSP Update not being installed
Best Practices
- MSP Performance Issues - Best Practices to Prevent
- Copying and pasting tasks in MSP - Clarity Supported Method
- Auto Scheduled versus Manually Scheduled tasks in MSP)
- MSP Interface: Best practices on updating MSP with an OFFLINE copy of a Clarity schedule
- MSP Interface - What are best practices for testing/upgrading?
Compatibility
- Does Clarity work with MSP "365" / Click to Run / Project Online versions?
- Can MSP2013 MSI and OS365 MSP versions be installed on same workstation if using the Clarity MSP Addin?
- Can the MSP Integration be deployed using Citrix?
- Is it required to upgrade the MSP Interface when upgrading Clarity?
- Microsoft Project monthly patches impact with Clarity
Questions
- What are the various types of logging available in the MSP New Driver?
- Does the Clarity PPM / MSP Integration tool prevent users from updating a project currently in use by another user?
- Is there any Impact turning off Calculation in MSP?
- MSP Integration: New Update Actuals button impact
How to / Tips and Tricks
- Automatically Open Projects In A Scheduler (OWB, MSP) When Using Firefox Or Chrome
- Clean Uninstall of the MSP Interface
- Disabled/Inactive CA PPM Addin in Microsoft Project - For one time occurrence
- How to use MSP without using PPM timesheets in order to update the tasks completion % and automatically update Actuals
- Mapping Task Priority between PPM and MSP
- XML, MPP and MSP Logs for Troubleshooting MSP Issues
- MS Project (MSP) new driver features
- How Pending Estimates work in MSP and Clarity
- MSP: Troubleshooting for one project on one Machine
- Temporarily remove a project's MSP mpp file from the prdocument table
- Getting Started with the MSP New Driver with Clarity
- Baselines with Clarity and MSP - Getting Started
Assignment Units
- Would like contoured assignment to remain as contoured when reopened from PPM into MSP
- MSP Assignment Units changes not Saving
- In MSP, Units are not exporting from the Resource Allocation on the Team tab of the Project
- MSP "resource is assigned outside the original dates of a task" warning
Date / Duration Issues
- MSP: Task Finish Dates are being pushed out
- MSP: Start Dates change to the Project Start Date when exported to MSP
- In MSP, Tasks are Changing to 0 day Duration / Milestones
- Finish date changes for some Team members after saving a project back from MSP
- MSP Last saved date in the 'Set Baseline' section is Missing
- MSP Project crashing/performance issues on one project due to tasks with start/finish dates far out in past or future
- MSP Task Start / Finish Date changes not saving back to Clarity PPM
- MSP Ignores Predecessors and changes Task Dates to Past Dates
- MSP: "The resource is assigned outside the original dates for task"
Baselines
- Creating Baselines in MSP versus Clarity
- External Dependencies Baseline data is not Displayed when opening a project in MSP
Milestones
- Summary tasks that are Milestones do not Export as Milestones in MSP
- MSP allows tasks with assignments to be saved as milestones
- MSP: Task is incorrectly marked as a Milestone in Clarity
General Task Issues
- MSP: Some tasks move out of order when exporting a project to MSP
- Duplicate summary task and child tasks in MSP that don't exist in Clarity
- Tasks on my project are updating on their own from 'Completed' to 'Not Started' when exporting from Clarity
- MSP: Intermittently Unable to edit data in Text Fields
- MSP: Tasks changed from Fixed Work to Fixed Units
- In MSP, Not All Task Dependencies are Exported from Clarity to MSP
- MSP: All Predecessors and Successors deleted in project even though language used is English
- MSP not recognizing tasks as Late when they are Past Due
- MSP Completed Bars vs Dotted Lines
% Complete
- MSP % Complete changes with tasks with no assignments if % Complete >0 and <100
- MSP Task % Complete mismatch: In Clarity it shows 100%, while in MSP it shows 99%
- Task % complete is 0 when exported from Clarity to MSP
Target Errors
- MSP Target Error Openfromdatabase when opening attempting to open a project in MSP
- MSP Target error due to corrupt Global.mpt file
- MSP Target Error Openfromdatabase due to Global.mpt name issue
ETC / Remaining Work
- MSP New Driver: For tasks with no assignee ETCs are being zeroed out
- MSP: ETC /Remaining Work missing for tasks with Assignments when opening a project from Clarity
- MSP Field Mapping for ETCs and Actuals in Clarity
- MSP: ETC /Remaining Work missing when opening a project from Clarity due to MSP Update not being installed
MSP Configuration / Views
- In the MSP New Driver, custom views are not Saved
- Can Custom Field Names in MSP be exported as column names for projects exported from PPM?
- In the MSP New driver, highlighting of tasks is no longer saved
- In the MSP New Driver, Graphical Indicators are not displayed for some Custom Fields in MSP
- MSP New Driver: Task Details form Disappears
- In the MSP New Driver, Tasks/Milestones added to Timeline view are not Preserved
MSP Legacy Driver Specific
Additional Information
This may not contain all known MSP KBs, if you can't find your issue in this KB, see also:
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