Due to a few variances between Celoxis and Microsoft Project, 2-way synchronization can at times throw a few surprises. In order to achieve seamless integration between Celoxis and Microsoft Project it is important to understand these differences.
In Celoxis | In Microsoft Project |
|---|---|
| You can enter start and finish dates for a task without entering a constraint. | When start or finish dates are entered for a task, they are converted to constraints. Besides, you can only have one constraint at a time. So you cannot enter both, start and end. |
| Resource allocation can be entered in hours(h) or as a percentage (%). | Allocations can be entered only in percentage. |
| As Late as Possible (ALAP) constraint is supported. | As Late as Possible (ALAP) constraint is not supported. |
| Custom fields created in MSP are not imported to Celoxis. | Custom fields created in Celoxis are not imported to MSP. |
- When tasks are exported to Microsoft project, allocation in hours is converted into % (percent).
- When exporting a project with baseline from Celoxis, it is imported as Baseline in MS Project