<Project> Element

<Project> is the top level element of the document. It stores all data for each project, including calendars, assignments, tasks, resources, extended attributes, work breakdown structure (WBS codes), and custom outline codes.

Property	Value
Data Type	Complex Type
Minimum Occurrences	1
Maximum Occurrences	1
Default Value	N/A
Abstract	False
Nillable	False
Element Constraints	Sequence

List of Child Elements

Element	Required/Optional	Description
<UID>	Optional	The unique ID for the project.
<Name>	Optional	The name of the project.
<Title>	Optional	The title of the project.
<Subject>	Optional	The subject of the project.
<Category>	Optional	The category the project belongs to.
<Company>	Optional	The name of the company that created the project.
<Manager>	Optional	The manager of the project.
<Author>	Optional	The author of the project.
<CreationDate>	Optional	The date the project was created.
<Revision>	Optional	The number of times that the project has been saved.
<LastSaved>	Optional	The date the project was last saved.
<ScheduleFromStart>	Optional	Indicates whether the project is scheduled from its start date or finish date.
<StartDate>	Optional	The date and time that a project is scheduled to begin; required if ScheduleFromStart is True.
<FinishDate>	Optional	The date and time that a project is scheduled to end; required if ScheduleFromStart is False.
<FYStartDate>	Optional	The month the fiscal year begins.
<CriticalSlackLimit>	Optional	The number of days past its end date that a task can go before Microsoft Office Project 2003 marks that task as a critical task.
<CurrencyDigits>	Optional	The number of digits that appear after the decimal when currency values are shown in Project.
<CurrencySymbol>	Optional	The currency symbol used to represent the type of currency used in the project.
<CurrencySymbolPosition>	Optional	Indicates the placement of the currency symbol in relation to the currency value:
<CalendarUID>	Optional	The unique ID for the calendar used in the project.
<DefaultStartTime>	Optional	The default start time for all new tasks.
<DefaultFinishTime>	Optional	The default finish time for all new tasks.
<MinutesPerDay>	Optional	The default number of minutes per day.
<MinutesPerWeek>	Optional	The default number of minutes per week.
<DaysPerMonth>	Optional	The default number of working days per month.
<DefaultTaskType>	Optional	The default type for all new tasks in the project.
<DefaultFixedCostAccrual>	Optional	The default measuring point when fixed costs are accrued.
<DefaultStandardRate>	Optional	The default standard rate for new resources.
<DefaultOvertimeRate>	Optional	The default overtime rate for new resources.
<DurationFormat>	Optional	The default format for all durations in the project
<WorkFormat>	Optional	The default format for all work durations in the project.
<EditableActualCosts>	Optional	Indicates whether Project automatically calculates actual costs.
<HonorConstraints>	Optional	Indicates whether Project schedules tasks according to their constraint dates instead of any task dependencies.
<EarnedValueMethod>	Optional	The default method for calculating earned value.
<InsertedProjectsLikeSummary>	Optional	Indicates whether inserted projects are treated as summary tasks rather than as separate projects for schedule calculation.
<MultipleCriticalPaths>	Optional	Indicates whether Project calculates and displays a critical path for each independent network of tasks within a project.
<NewTasksEffortDriven>	Optional	Indicates whether new tasks are effort-driven.
<NewTasksEstimated>	Optional	Indicates whether new tasks have estimated durations.
<SplitsInProgressTasks>	Optional	Indicates whether in-progress tasks may be split.
<SpreadActualCost>	Optional	Indicates whether actual costs are spread to the status date.
<SpreadPercentComplete>	Optional	Indicates whether percent complete is spread to the status date.
<TaskUpdatesResource>	Optional	Indicates whether updates to tasks update resources.
<FiscalYearStart>	Optional	Indicates whether fiscal year numbering is used.
<WeekStartDay>	Optional	The start day of the week.
<MoveCompletedEndsBack>	Optional	Indicates whether the end of completed portions of tasks scheduled to begin after the status date, but begun early, should be moved back to the status date.
<MoveRemainingStartsBack>	Optional	Indicates whether the beginning of remaining portions of tasks scheduled to begin after the status date, but begun early, should be moved back to the status date.
<MoveRemainingStartsForward>	Optional	Indicates whether the beginning of remaining portions of tasks scheduled to have begun late should be moved up to the status date.
<MoveCompletedEndsForward>	Optional	Indicates whether the end of completed portions of tasks scheduled to have been completed before the status date, but begun late, should be moved up to the status date.
<BaselineForEarnedValue>	Optional	The specific baseline used to calculate Variance values.
<AutoAddNewResourcesAndTasks>	Optional	Indicates whether to automatically add new resources to the resource pool.
<StatusDate>	Optional	Date used for calculation and reporting.
<CurrentDate>	Optional	The system date that the XML was generated.
<MicrosoftProjectServerURL>	Optional	Indicates whether the project was created by a Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 user or a Microsoft Windows NT user.
<Autolink>	Optional	Indicates whether to autolink inserted or moved tasks.
<NewTaskStartDate>	Optional	The default start date for a new task.
<DefaultTaskEVMethod>	Optional	The default earned value method for tasks.
<ProjectExternallyEdited>	Optional	Indicates whether the project was edited externally.
<ExtendedCreationDate>	Optional	Date used for calculation and reporting.
<ActualsInSync>	Optional	Indicates whether all actual work has been synchronized with the project.
<RemoveFileProperties>	Optional	Indicates whether to remove all file properties on save.
<AdminProject>	Optional	Indicates whether the project is an administrative project.
<OutlineCodes>	Optional	The collection of outline code definitions associated with the project; these codes may be associated with any number of projects.
<WBSMasks>	Optional	The table of entries that define an outline code mask.
<ExtendedAttributes>	Optional	The collection of extended attribute (custom field) definitions associated with a project.
<Calendars>	Optional	The collection of calendars associated with the project.
<Tasks>	Optional	The collection of tasks that make up the project.
<Resources>	Optional	The collection of resources that make up the project.
<Assignments>	Optional	The collection of assignments that make up the project.

XML Schema for the <Project> Element
XML Structure for the <Project> Element

Remarks

Note You will experience a rounding error with the <MoveCompletedEndsBack>, <MoveRemainingStartsBack>, <MoveRemainingStartsForward>, and <MoveCompletedEndsForward> elements. The internal work values for these elements have eight digits; they will lose .001 seconds for every minute, causing a rounding error.