Importing all columns from MS Project

I have an MSP plan that contains financial information. When I import in to Smartsheet it does not import these columns. I have tried exporting to xml then importing but get the same issue. Is there a simple way to import all columns from an MSP file into Smartsheet? Am I missing something?

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  • Julio S.
    Julio S. Moderator

    Hi@RayB,

    As the article goes, certain features such as constraints aren't supported. We recently had asimilar postthat you may find helpful for some proven records of MS Project fields that can and can't be mapped with Smartsheet Columns.

    Similarly as what I advised to Whackersd, you may want to make a post with your feedback by signing in to the online Community (the Community uses your Smartsheet account to sign in) and create an Idea post in theSmartsheet Product Feedback and Ideas topicso that the documentation about this can be expanded.

    Posting your enhancement in the Community will allow other Smartsheet users to see and vote on your idea! The top-voted posts in this category are reviewed monthly by the Product team and you'll receive an email notification if a status changes for a post you've created or voted on.

    If you struggle to work with supported columns, you may also open a ticket with our Support team viathis formor accessing the newCustomer Support Portal.

    I hope that this information can be of help.

    Cheers!

    Julio

  • Hi Julio

    我跟着你的链接和阅读信息- it is not very clear. The information states 20,000 rows- 400 columns then gives specific constraints concerning Trello and Excel but nothing for MS Project. Why isn't there information on this 'page' concerning MS Project like there is for excel and trello? Simple to do yet has the potential to save so much wasted user time trying to get somethingyouknow doesn't work, to work.

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  • Julio S.
    Julio S. Moderator

    Hi@RayB,

    I do agree that the information about MS Projects importing is currently very limited and that is why I suggested creating an Idea post so that your feedback can be heard.

    Without looking at your particular case it's difficult to know for sure, but considering@Whackersdpost it could be a matter of which type of MS Project fields you are trying to import rather than the total amount of Rows and Columns. Note that, although there isn't a specific section as in the case of Excel or Trello, there is a tip note advising that "Microsoft Project has some features, such as constraints, that are not supported in Smartsheet" which could potentially also be a cause.

    Again, if you continue experiencing difficulties to import your data and can't figure out what might be going wrong, my best suggestion would be to open a Support ticket.

    Cheers!

    Julio

  • Appreciate your comments Julio but its the aspect that now I don't know what to trust in Smartsheet as it might not work as I would expect. The app has an import capability for MS Project and Smartsheet talk openly about it as abenefitso you would expect that as it is released it would work, or there would be clear information on the specific limitations. Not importing all columns from MS Project is pretty specific and limiting. When you find an application does not workas you would expect from the company literatureit destroys trust in the application and the company.

You will need to create some helper text\/number columns and use a basic cell reference to pull the name over.<\/p>

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Hey @Pamela Wagner<\/a> <\/p>

Based on your explanation it does sound like you're meeting the criteria Paul identified. As long as the owner of the original sheet is shared to your other sheet as an Admin, you should be able to select it in the workflow. <\/p>

It is possible that the \/ is affecting the search. What happens when you search just for the word \"Archive\"?<\/p>

Note that if you only JUST created the sheet, it can take around 5 minutes for the search to index and include it as an option. <\/p>

Cheers,<\/p>

Genevieve<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":108317,"type":"question","name":"Missing Attachment as Notification Trigger - Smartsheet Automations?","excerpt":"I have built out a multi-use form that, depending on the user, requires attachments to be added. Since I cannot conditionally require attachments in the form I am trying to build an automation that triggers a notification to the form submitter if they neglect to add an attachment when it is required... but I continue to…","snippet":"I have built out a multi-use form that, depending on the user, requires attachments to be added. Since I cannot conditionally require attachments in the form I am trying to build…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-07-31T18:49:01+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-07-31T21:45:08+00:00","insertUserID":150707,"insertUser":{"userID":150707,"name":"KT_H","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/KT_H","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AEdFTp7r65MnQG4KHfpM6sDg02QZH9cQedVQiNKhYciZ=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-07-31T21:43:52+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":150707,"lastUser":{"userID":150707,"name":"KT_H","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/KT_H","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AEdFTp7r65MnQG4KHfpM6sDg02QZH9cQedVQiNKhYciZ=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-07-31T21:43:52+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":7,"countViews":45,"score":null,"hot":3381673449,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108317\/missing-attachment-as-notification-trigger-smartsheet-automations","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108317\/missing-attachment-as-notification-trigger-smartsheet-automations","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[334],"lastPost":{"discussionID":108317,"commentID":388126,"name":"Re: Missing Attachment as Notification Trigger - Smartsheet Automations?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/388126#Comment_388126","dateInserted":"2023-07-31T21:45:08+00:00","insertUserID":150707,"insertUser":{"userID":150707,"name":"KT_H","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/KT_H","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AEdFTp7r65MnQG4KHfpM6sDg02QZH9cQedVQiNKhYciZ=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-07-31T21:43:52+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/UNL6146F51E4\/screen-shot-2023-07-31-at-11-47-52-am.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"Screen Shot 2023-07-31 at 11.47.52 AM.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-07-31T19:29:49+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-31T19:25:26+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":388094,"body":"

Ok, how about using a helper column with a 0 or 1 being input by your automation, and then use this as the trigger. So set the default on the column to 0, and if an attachment is there, leave it at 0. Then if an attachment is not there workflow will set it to 1, and that would trigger the automated workflow to run.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":334,"urlcode":"automations","name":"Automations"}]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=321&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":4899,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Smartsheet Basics","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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