This table is useful to identify the validations SmartPM performs on each schedule based on schedule file type.
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Validation Type |
Validation Name |
Critical for Import Success? |
Allow Customer to Bypass? |
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XER Validations |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Might not apply since project rebuild functionality. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes, possible corrupt file if ignored. |
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No |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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No |
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MPP Validations |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Might not apply since project rebuild functionality. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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PPX Validations |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Might not apply since project rebuild functionality. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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XML Validations |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Might not apply since project rebuild functionality. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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PowerProject Validations |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
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No, might impact DA performance. |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Might not apply since project rebuild functionality. |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes |
Validation Descriptions
High Activity Duration
Activities have too high a duration. Duration limit is 20 years.
Calendar Day Record Corruption
Schedule file contains corrupted calendars, please try re-exporting the file from P6 and try uploading again.
Calendar In Project
Activities reference calendars that are not assigned to the current project.
Calendars With No Workdays
Schedule contains calendars with no work days.
Circular Reference
Circular reference found for activities.
Duplicate Activity Code Types
Schedule contains duplicate activity code types.
Duplicate Activity Codes
Schedule contains duplicate activity codes.
Duplicate Activities IDs
Schedule contains duplicate activity ids.
Duplicate Calendars
Schedule contains duplicate calendars.
Earlier Data Date
The data date must be greater than the current data date for the project.
Elapsed Time Units For Activities
Schedule contains activities that contain elapsed type units, convert these to working units in order to use SmartPM.
Elapsed Time Units For Links
Schedule contains links that contain elapsed type units, convert these to working units in order to use SmartPM.
Future Data Date Limit
The project's data date is too far in the future. SmartPM only supports up to 10 years in the future.
Incorrect WBS References
Schedule contains at least one activity which references a WBS level not contained in this project. Please correct the WBS associations in your preferred platform, re-export this schedule, and retry your upload into SmartPM.
Missing Base Calendars
Activities reference calendars that have missing base calendars.
Missing Data Date
The data date for the project must be specified.
Missing Default Calendars
The project default calendar does not exist in the file.
Missing External Calendars
The project is missing calendars for external activities which are required to calculate lag.
Missing External Relationships
An externally linked activity has been omitted from the file. Please review the file for the missing activity to ensure SmartPM can schedule correctly.
Missing Project
No project found in the file.
Missing Start Date
Schedule contains at least one activity with no valid start date. Please re-schedule it in your preferred platform, export it, and retry your upload into SmartPM.
Missing Target Or Remaining Durations
The project contains activities that are missing target or remaining durations, please try re-exporting this project.
Missing Unique IDs
Schedule contains activities with no Unique ID assigned, set up unique task ID's in order to use SmartPM.
Multiple Projects
Multiple projects found in the file, please separate the projects into individual files.
Rolled Up Activities
This schedule contains bars with rolled up activities, this is not supported in SmartPM.
Unsupported File Version
SmartPM does not support this file version.