21.1 Check In & Check Out

Check In & Check Out function is similar to the P3 and SureTrak function of the same name, which enables a project to be removed from a database, worked on in a remote location, and then be checked in to the original database at a later date.

One or more projects may be checked out in XER format and may not be opened with Primavera Version 4.1 in this format. The project may be checked into another installation of Primavera Version 4.1 irrespective of the database format, edited, checked out and then checked back into its original database at a later date.

A checked out project retains the relationships that it had in the original project database.

21.2 Project Import & Export

Projects may be imported and exported from and to the following formats:

• XER, which is a Primavera proprietary format, used to exchange projects between Primavera Version 4.1 databases regardless of the database type in which it was created.

• Project (*.mpp). This is the default file format that Microsoft Project 2000 and 2002 uses to create and save files.

• MPX (*.mpx). This is a text format data file created by Microsoft Project 98 and earlier versions. MPX is a format that may be imported and exported by many other project scheduling software packages.

• Primavera Project Planner P3 and SureTrak files saved in P3 format. A SureTrak project should be saved in Concentric (P3) format before importing.

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