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Operations
Click on the box to the left of Get Plan [ScheduleKey] from AMS
REALTIME Resources in the Operation section of the dialog. The
contents of the ScheduleKey in the AMS REALTIME Projects
Schedule Extension Labels must match with the contents of the
AMS REALTIME Resources Filename field, (or the field that has
the TaskFile attribute). The contents of this field in the AMS
REALTIME Resources dataset determine the AMS REALTIME
Projects schedule to which the activity belongs. Clicking on the
arrow to the right of this box will provide a picklist of all the
different Filename contents in the Activity dataset. Selecting a
ScheduleKey match from the list is the method used to select the
data you will load into the schedule.
Options for Data Exchange
The Options section of the dialog controls several aspects of Plan
and Actuals communications between the two systems. Multiple
options can be concurrently selected.
Post Progress will bring calculated Progress from the AMS
REALTIME Resources dataset into the schedule. A Progress field
can be defined as the percentage of the actual hours completed
compared to the estimated hours to complete. A calculated Progress
field and other related field definitions are provided in the Sample
dataset (sample.dst) that is distributed with AMS REALTIME
Resources.
If Adjust Requirement Level is selected, AMS REALTIME
Resources will modify existing Level type requirements in the
project schedule. The resource increment will be used to spread out
the new requirement between the planned start and planned
complete dates.
If Replace Requirements is selected, the current project
requirements in the schedule will be completely replaced with the
current AMS REALTIME Resources plan.
If Level of Effort is selected, new plan requirements from AMS
REALTIME Resources will become Level type requirements in
AMS REALTIME Projects. Existing Effort-driven requirements
will be updated with the Planned Level-of-Effort, as well as Actual
and Total Hours. This allows the remaining work to recalculate the
duration of the activities in AMS REALTIME Projects.
Activity Date Options
The Activity Dates section of the dialog controls how activity start
and complete dates are stored in the project schedule when the dates
differ. Only one option can be selected.
If Calculated is selected, the planned start and complete dates from
AMS REALTIME Resources are used to update the activity start
and complete dates. Before the operation, a baseline revision called
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