LiveProject User Manual
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1. 10 Bugzilla Viewers 10 1 Adding a new Bugzilla Viewer In order to add a new Bugzilla Viewer you must select a Bugzilla Account and a Bugzilla Filter If none is available click on the Manage accounts or Manage Filters buttons to set them up Add new Bugzilla Viewer Select Bugzilla account http bugzilla mozilla org U x Select Bugzilla fiter Modified bugs since midnight v Figure 18 Setting up a new Bugzilla viewer 10 2 Using a Bugzilla Viewer LiveProject anders liveproject net File Project Bugzla Tools Window 2 Project Viewers Bugaila Viewers Explore Server Manage Project Changes Manage Users I Nie puasa mozila org Modied bugs since midragh ID Seven Priory Assigned to Status Short description a normal 5 nobody mozila NEW XULRunner stub doesn t properly pass foreground option app n 39 and E nobodyEmozila NEW XULRunner debug is broken on mac unless you find the badh lr 39 normal Ie ryanGrpanfint com ASSIGNED XPCOMUtilty Feedwiter 38 normal le vev mozGsdbloc ASSIGNED XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies ES minor E lengishus evan UNCONFIRMED lun ohveyelowesticom ven eunitek com misleading eror me 39 trivial E AleshigGthund UNCONFIRMED wrong old path description in the account assistant in the get 16 enhancement aaun Wey Wagener UI 39 normal e wublzap gmail ASSIGN2. http www kadonk com download You have two options for the installation e Using an MSI installer or e Using Microsoft ClickOnce technology 4 1 MSI Installer For some users or for IT managers that wish to roll out LiveProject to a group of people the MSI installer is a better solution In a few cases some users have experienced problems with ClickOnce but been able to install using MSI without any problems 4 1 1 Command Line Options for MSI Installer In addition to the standard MSI command options this installer has a number of custom parameters to help you out e DISABLEUPDATEUI 1 will remove the update checks from LiveProject allowing you to control updates manually e PERMACHINE 1 will make the file associations to be added for all the users on the given machine instead of just for the current user e DISABLELOGINPROMPT 1 will disable the initial login prompt shown to the user the first time LiveProject is started 4 2 Microsoft ClickOnce For most users the first option is the easiest ClickOnce will install everything needed to run LiveProject using a standard installation procedure 4 3 Uninstalling LiveProject To uninstall LiveProject from your computer follow these steps e Open Windows Control panel e Select add or Remove Programs KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject Us
3. Figure 11 Project Overview Bar The bar shows the timeline which will auto scale to best fit the duration lt may show days weeks months or years depending on the space available e The Blue triangle represents current time now e Green parts of the bar represents completed work e Yellow parts of the bar represents not completed work e The black rectangles represents milestones on the project e To get more information on the bars and or milestones simply right click on a bar or milestone and the drop down box will tell you the name s of milestones and various other information On Figure 11 you can quickly see that the project is significantly delayed The green bar does not extend all the way to the blue marker Tip To quickly hide or show the Project Overview click on the Hide Show at the top right corner of the viewer KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 25 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 94 Task Details Task Details shows the tasks in detail for the selected project subproject or task and optionally filtered by the selected resource see below You can also sort tasks by clicking on the desired column header e Double click on a task to show the Task Edit window e Tasks are color coded to provide a quick overview of their status Select menu Project gt Show legend to
4. Bugzila Viewers Explore Server Manage Project Suggestions Manage Users u EE managerEkadork com S participant Skadonk com participant2 amp kadonk com Smoke adonk com Figure 27 Manage Users Tab 13 1 User Status A user can be in either of these two states e PENDING e PERMANENT A user is in PENDING state after first being invited by a manager and does not reach PERMANENT state until he has successfully logged into LiveProject the first time If you invite a user and he remains in PENDING state it could be because the e mail address was wrong and he never got the invitation or perhaps the e mail was being caught by a SPAM filter As a manager you can always delete PENDING users and re invite them 13 2 Actions 13 2 1 Apply Changes Apply the changes made to the users KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 43 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 13 2 2 Reset Password Clicking Reset password will reset the currently selected user s password 1 The password is reset on the LiveProject Server to a random one 2 Anew e mail with a new temporary password is sent to the e mail address of the user 3 The user s status is set back to PENDING 4 The user will be prompted to change his password on his next login attempt These steps are similar to what happens if the u
5. Documents and Settings Pope D Acme Corporation Demonstration Pr Project No Project currently loaded ID Task Name Show all Show current Reject all Accept No conflicts Show only changes Show suggested Clear all Show Legend OK Update Project Figure 25 Manage Project Suggestions Tab In this example am a project manager Project Acme mpp This project has 1 pending new task and 2 suggestions to existing tasks that need to review Click in the project you wish to manage to review the suggestions The bottom part of the window as shown below will become populated KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 41 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc LiveProject manager kadonk com Fie Project Bugzilla Tools Window Help 3 Project Viewers Bugzita Viewers Explore Server Manage Project Suggestions Manage Users List of all projects with suggested changes Project New Tasks Pending Suggestions Project Acme mop 1 2 1 23 2008 2 4 View Values v Manage Suggestions O Sowat were ia la Rmn Osme ea rr Ready Figure 26 Manage Project Suggestions View suggestions 12 1 Reviewing suggestions At the bottom of this dialog you can control what to view and whether to show existing project values or suggested project values The Ma
6. no sorting or to the sorting defined by the current active filter 9 12 Open with MS Project Selecting this menu will attempt to launch the Project file in Microsoft Project If you do not have Microsoft Project installed this will fail e IF you are the Manager of the project LiveProject will launch the original project file from the location it was published from If the file cannot be found you will be asked to re map it to a local file e Ifyou are not a manager LiveProject will prompt you for the file to open Assuming you don t have access to the original project at the exact same location as your manager 9 13 Project Details Open the Project Details window with more information about the Project KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 28 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 9 14 Show legend Open a window with the Legend of the project color codes and Gantt chart information 9 15 Configure LiveProject Colors Products LPFPV LPTV LPPC You can configure the LiveProject colors and even make them dependent on task information To get started select Tools gt Customize LiveProject Colors from the main menu Customize LiveProject Colors Click on bars to configure the colors used by LiveProject Task Resource Colors Project Edit Rule Indicator Colors Task is on time
7. or download them Figure 2 shows an overview of the architecture i f j External Partners OW Y SY s LiveProject Participant LiveProject Participant e 4 lt amp 5 P I K r Ma LiveProject Participant LiveProject Participant LiveProject Participant nager Microsoft Project Your Organization Figure 2 How LiveProject works In the corner a manager uploads a project plan he has been working with locally His team which can include external partners or remote offices use LiveProject to see the shared project They can not only view it but using LiveProject Project Collaboration they can also make suggested changes to the project These changes are also stored on the LiveProject server and instantly become visible to all the LiveProject Participants KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 14 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc When the Manager is ready to review the changes he uses LiveProject to accept or reject them Upon completion LiveProject updates his local project plan with all the accepted changes and then uploads the file to the LiveProject Server When that is complete the entire team can see the changes to the project plan including highlights of accepted and rejected changes Manager creates or selects a local Microsoft Project file gt A
8. Develop preliminary budge Analysis Software Feier 14 days Conduct needs analysis 5 days 23 24 25 26 7 28 Review Incorporate feedba Develop delivery ti Obtain 5 1 m v 4 U r Ready Would you like to share your projects with your team Figure 16 Project Calendar View You can re size columns and rows to fit the task lists Clicking on the two arrow buttons at the top right will scroll the calendar back and forth a month at a time 9 16 1 Fit to window Selecting Fit to Window will automatically re scale the calendar view to fit to the current window size Because it is possible to drag and resize columns and rows this is a handy function to quickly get back to default 9 16 2 Task list Show a full task list for the date selected KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 31 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 9 16 3 Go to Jump to a specific task or a specific date 9 16 4 Timescale Configure headings week preferences overflow indicators patterns and colors for the top and bottom rows and shading options for the calendars An overflow is when there are too many tasks on any given date to be fully shown 9 16 5 Text styles Change the text styles font styles on various types of tasks such as e Non critical and critical tasks e Milestone tasks e External
9. Resource has work to be done Rule Validate Task is delayed Resource is overallocated Rule Cannot edt Task is complete Resource has completed all work Rule Not empty Rule If changed Must edit Achange was just made to this task field E Bugzilla Colors Bug is RESOLVED LATER Bug is RESOLVED FIXED Bugis RESOLVED DUPLICATE Bug is NEW Bug is RESOLVED WONTFIX Bug is RESOLVED INVALID Bugis ASSIGNED Bugis RESOLVED WORKSFORME Custom Color Rules Add new custom color rule al Critical tasks Completed milestone tasks Figure 14 Edit custom colors In this window you can click on each color to change it At the bottom you can create custom rules to color your projects Here are shown two rules One colors critical tasks and one completed milestones KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 29 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 9 15 1 Edit Custom Color Rules Select the add new custom color rule to add a new rule Edit Custom Color Rule Figure 15 Edit Custom Colors Rules Here you can specify which fields and what values that trigger a color On Figure 15 the Completed Milestone task will color tasks green when the milestone fiel
10. d Sun Mon Qtr 1 AAA TS WF STS TTS OTIS Weg Ya Zen Smith EE m Figure 9 LiveProject Free Viewer 9 1 Using a Project Viewer A Project viewer is comprised of three panes Project Tree on the left side Project Overview on the top right Task Details on the bottom and Gantt chart on the right side Furthermore it has three tabs Tasks Calendar and Resources 92 Project Tree The Project Tree can be used to select the part of the project plan that is shown in the Project Overview and the Task Details Selecting the top task will show the entire project while selecting a subproject or a single task will show the details and the status of that subproject task Tip To quickly hide or show the Project Tree click on the Hide Show to the right of the Project Tree at the top of the viewer Figure 10 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 24 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc Figure 10 Show Hide Project Tree 9 3 Project Overview Bar The Project Overview shows a view of the selected project subproject or task This bar is a quick way to get an overview of an entire project at a glance gt Show New Product All Default no filtering Hea 1 e 11 13 2009 ee 8 92
11. make suggestions 3 Accept and reject changes LiveProject automatically shares the suggestions highlights changes shows notifications uploads and checks for new versions of the project plan and shows new versions of the plan for the team without any prompting Using LiveProject provides instant communication for your project eliminates the need for Microsoft Project installations for your team and keeps everyone informed organized and on schedule KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 16 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 7 Getting Started Using LiveProject Now While we recommend that you read the entire manual we know that you are busy and just want to get started This section is for you and will have you up and running in a few minutes JI View When you are first viewing your projects you will notice that all tasks have been color coded To get a complete explanation of each color you see right click on the project viewer and select Show legend Project Edit Rule Indicators Figure 4 Colors and symbols used in LiveProject Note Since version 3 1 you can configure these colors and even make colors conditional on task information See section 9 15 7 1 1 Viewing local files Products LPFV LPPV LPTV LPPC KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Te
12. type Fed units lt Effort diven C Milestone manager kadonk com 12 17 2007 3 25 38 PM We need to make sure we analyze the risks for this Project Add Comment i Done 2 days of work but looks like there will still be 5 5 days of work remaining Undo new suggestions Show pending suggestions OK 3 changes 7 Figure 8 Task Information Window Edited fields are highlighted in yellow as shown above When you have completed your edits the suggested changes are sent to the LiveProject Server They are also highlighted for other users to see Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA KaDonk Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 22 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 8 Viewers in General 8 1 Common features for Project and Bugzilla viewers A viewer is a window that contains information you want to view Currently the following types of viewer exist e Project Viewers Page 23 e Bugzilla Viewers Page 33 Viewers have the following things in common e Right Click anywhere in the viewer to show the drop down context menu e Each viewer has a menu item called Configure Viewer It will contain several tabs depending on the type of viewer e Viewers all show a status bar in the top right corner indicating the current state of the viewer e You can create a new viewer the Main Window by using the menu File
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14. 2 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 44 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 14 Index Bugzilla Viewers Gommon Functional ioanen acess a 22 File Formats Gaten 23 27 Getting Started Collaboration ukm idilio ect 17 ETER EEE SEENEN 18 Suggest Changes to oa prole acond 19 UA oo A ET 18 Help Emelie eegene 6 le TEE 6 SUPPOM FORUMS qa di hares 6 Login Internet Time SEVE ees eege aiii 11 Microsoft NT ainia 17 25 27 Project EE 23 24 Project RE ap eaea eeoa sayeesedushoucensaneesadviennne one 23 Project Viewers Common union a 22 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 45 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc Suggestions Completed Suggestions it dd 26 Pending SUGGESTIONS didas 17 26 38 Project uegesttong miii seuss EEEE EREET a ra de 18 38 Task Dela ida 23 24 User Management User Status PENDING iesen teen eben lll cad 19 41 Viewer erleedegt 33 Project LENE EE 23 2008 KaDonk inc All rights reserved Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of KaDonk inc KaDonk products and materials are subject to the copyright and other intellectual property protection of the United States and foreign countries Unauthorized use or reproduction without KaDonk s
15. 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 27 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 9 10 Suggestions Suggestions are changes to a project made by team members We call them suggestions because they are not actual changes to a project plan but rather suggestions that are visible to the team while pending manager approval The project plan will never be updates without the manager reviewing pending suggestions and accepting them explicitly While suggestions are pending they will be show in the project viewer in one color See the legend for a color chart Once they are accepted or rejects by the manager they will become part of the project plan but continue to be highlighted for a period of time to indicate they have changed status The following menus provide a way for users to clear these suggestions in various ways e Cancel pending suggestions for task name This menu item is only visible if the task has any pending changes In that case selecting this menu will cancel them if the user has the rights to do so e Clear all completed suggestions Clear the coloring for completed suggestions in the task table e Clear completed suggestions for task name Clear the coloring for completed suggestions for this task only Tip The length of time a suggestion is highlighted can be changed via the Context Menu Configure Viewer gt Suggestions 9 11 Reset Sort Resets the sorting to
16. Cost columns Task Columns Resource Columns dl Task Name Y Actual Cost F Actual Overtime Cost Y Actual Finish Actual Start Y Actual Work Baseline Cost Y Baseline Duration Baseline Finish Y Baseline Start Figure 24 Secure project settings KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 40 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 12 Manage Project Suggestions To manage project suggestions you can e Use the System Tray Icons e Use the Manage Project Suggestions tab from the Main Window You will see a window listing the projects you are a manager for with pending suggestions Note Projects with no suggestions and projects you are not managing are not listed You also need to be logged in to review suggestions LiveProject manager kadonk com List of all projects with suggested changes Project New Tasks Pendng Suggestions Modfied Local path Ful Path Project Acme mpp 1 2 1 23 2008 24 C
17. ED With the Dusk skin text enclosed in lt a name gt lt a gt is display Figure 19 Bugzilla Viewer With a Bugzilla Viewer you may e Double Check on any entry to launch a detailed view of all fields e Right Click on any bug to show the Context Sensitive menu with these specific Bugzilla menu items o Create new bug Edit Bug Launch Bugzilla Configure Viewer Edit Account 0000 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 34 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc o Select Account o Edit Filter o Select Filter A subset of these menu items also can be found on the Bugzilla Menu 10 3 Create new bug Launches Bugzilla in your browser at the Enter Bug page 10 4 Edit Bug XYZ Launches Bugzilla in your browser at the bug on which you clicked 10 5 Launch Bugzilla Launches Bugzilla in your browser at the Bugzilla account homepage you have specified 10 6 Configure Viewer Configure Viewer 10 7 Edit Account Allows you to edit the Bugzilla account currently used in the viewer 10 8 Select Account Shows a drop down list of your configured Bugzilla accounts By selecting an account the viewer will reload its data using the same filter from the new account 10 9 Edit Filter Allows you to edit the Bugzilla filter currently used in the viewer 10 10 Select Filter Shows a drop down
18. LiveProject User Manual Page 1 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc LiveProject User Manual For all versions of LiveProject Version 3 1 by KaDonk Written for version 3 1 2 of LiveProject Page 1 45 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 2 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 1 Table of Contents E l Table oft Contents SE Ee tee 2 QD ET 6 3 KaDonkPr ducts ici ii 7 3 1 How to find your version of LiveProject c ccccccesscescessceesceeseeeseeeseeeseeeseeesseesseecseecsseeseesseenseetseeeeeessees 8 3 2 Upgrading BO tarado 8 3 3 More di O A E EA EEAS ERE E 8 eo O 9 Al Moselle ee enee 9 4 1 1 Command Line Options for MSI Installer see 9 4 2 Microsoft e sicario dra 9 4 3 Uninstalling LiveProjeet esis aiesesigetsidcciivediasncevensbaducessckceeaacedleseascadesiea de entneg harer irer adits 9 D Running LIVER FO SCH sie oirun ni E E aa E E Reana nea iana Enan AAEE ERENS 11 51 sername cand Passwordsiudisicaiand litio ei ena de abbey arenas 11 5 1 1 Running in Free Viewer Mode 12 6 Th Big dr cad 13 7 Getting Started Using LiveProject How 16 Ce VE 16 7 1 1 Viewing local Meson aia a piadosa 16 7 1 2 MS 17 7 1 3 Viewing a Bugzilla Database sse 17 TD Sie 17 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail
19. Project User Manual Page 12 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc If you have your e mail and password but LiveProject is refusing your login it may be due to your clock LiveProject server has strict rules to minimize the chance of spoofing hackers As an effect of this it will not accept requests from the future or requests that are too old Try setting your clock back a few minutes to ensure it is set exact and then try logging in again If you version of Windows supports it you can also choose to synchronize your clock with an Internet Time Server which should completely eliminate the problem Return to the KaDonk webpages for more information on project management and LiveProject in general 5 1 1 Running in Free Viewer Mode You can run LiveProject as a Free Viewer by clicking the Skip ogin Free Viewer button on the login dialog See Figure 1 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 13 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 6 The Big Picture Before we start explaining Team Features in detail it s worthwhile to provide a big picture on how LiveProject works When you share documents and projects through LiveProject they are in fact stored on a central LiveProject Server that is typically maintained by KaDonk This allows al users on your account to see the files that are uploaded and to view
20. S and uploads it to the Live Project Server pa Team Members open and Manager reviews the chan view the shared project ges from the team and plan using LiveProject LiveProject updates the Team Collaboration local project plan LiveProject Server N Team Members makes I suggestions to the project y plan while viewing it in y A LiveProject g amp S P amp z amp E vA A LiveProject Participant LiveProject Participant LiveProject Participant Figure 3 Project Collaboration Flow Figure 3 illustrates the cycle of updating the local project file publishing to the server and reviewing team members suggestions to the project plan In day to day work this is all automated by LiveProject LiveProject automatically asks the manager to update automatically updates viewers on the team members computers and automatically notify the KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 15 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc manager of pending changes It even loads and updates the Microsoft Project Plan with a single click before publishing the new file to the server for all to see While Figure 3 may initially look complicated there are really just a few steps to take from your perspective 1 Upload the original file 2 Open a viewer to see the project and
21. Tasks e Daily titles 9 16 6 Bar styles Change bar styles such as type of bar colors patterns shadow and fields on tasks types such as noncritical critical milestones summary and more 9 16 7 Zoom Zooms the calendar to show a specific interval such as a week month 4 weeks or custom 9 17 Resources The last tab on the project viewer shows the resource table Figure 17 On the resource table is shown a list of all the resources working on this project Over allocated resources are shown in red while resources with no work to be done are shown in green Other resources are shown in yellow KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 32 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc LiveProject Project Collaboration manager kadonk com File Project Bugzilla Tools Window Help 2 pending suggestions 1 new task 172 tasks GRIER x R 3 Detach Tasks User defined Resources User defined W Filter Default no filtering Alarms Active Ys Auto filter E Secure Project Viewers Figure 17 Resources KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 33 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc
22. Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 8 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 3 1 How to find your version of LiveProject After you start LiveProject select the menu Help gt About LiveProject 3 2 Upgrading LiveProject Any LiveProject installation with a version number of 3 0 or higher is capable of running as any of the LiveProject client solutions listed above You do not need to re install or download a new version of LiveProject Upgrades can be purchased on the KaDonk Website When upgrading you will receive an e mail with detailed information about your purchase LiveProject Free Viewer version 3 0 or later is free only for personal use students or non profit organizations For commercial use you must upgrade to Premium Viewer Team Viewer or Project Collaboration 3 3 More Help If you have any problems not addressed by this manual we recommend checking out the LiveProject online FAQ which always has the latest information available You can also browse our website or use the new help tab inside LiveProject requires an internet connections KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 9 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 4 Installation LiveProject is installed from this location
23. ary tasks The other fields are disabled on purpose to avoid sending illegal suggestions Note 3 Please be aware that LiveProject depends on Microsoft Project to accept your changes If the Project is configured in such a way that your suggestions are illegal contact your manager A good test is to perform your suggestions manually in the Microsoft Project directly and see if the suggestions are acceptable In case of a conflict please let us know 98 Delete Task When deleting a task you will be presented with the Delete task window You can add a comment along with your suggestion for deletion As with all suggestions delete task suggestion will go to the manager for approval before the project is modified Comments jariGliveproject neit 12 30 2007 3 50 31 PM Some comment Add Comment i E Please delete this task the new work is no longer needed to be done See Figure 13 Suggest a task for deletion 9 9 Secure Project LiveProject allows the creation and viewing of Secure Project Files Secure project files are encrypted and access to them is protected by a password Additionally the manager can configure which Project fields should be visible and which ones should be hidden For example the manager can choose to hide all cost columns Note Viewing and creating secure projects requires LiveProject Premium Viewer or above KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888
24. cept the upgrade each time as it may contain important bug fixes or new features Note You can disable automatic update checks from Tools gt Options gt Updates 5 1 Username and Passwords LiveProject login Account Configure Activate Premium Viewer Login Please enter your Email and password Team and Collaboration versions only E mail Password E Auto login Forgot your password C in C ias Fee er Figure 1 Login LiveProject Free Viewer and LiveProject Premium Viewer do not require that you enter a username password LiveProject Team Viewer and Team Collaboration both require that you have an E mail and Password to use the extra features If you are unable to login to LiveProject first make sure you have a valid license e The person who first signed up for your LiveProject account is the Root Administrator The Root Administrator can invite more users through the Manager Users tab of LiveProject e Users that are invited by their manager will receive an e mail from support kadonk com with download instructions as well as their e mail and temporary password If your manager has invited you but you have not received this e mail please check your SPAM filter and make sure that e mails from support kadonk com are allowed through KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com Live
25. d is true and the complete field is true 916 Calendar View The second tab of the project viewer contains the calendar view Figure 16 The Calendar view shows how tasks are distributed over time and allows users to get an overview of the project in terms of concurrent work mapped to days Through the Context menu Mouse Right Click a number of options are available e P bo window e Task list es Goto e Timescale e Text styles s Bar styles e Zoom KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 30 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc These options will be explained in the following sections LiveProject Premium Viewer Not logged n te a File Project Bugzilla Tools Window Help Keep LiveProject Free Login te LiveProject Server local file 86 tasks QUIM x Fri E Detach Tasks User defined Resources User defined Y Filter Default no filtering 4 Alarms Inactive Ys Auto filter Project Viewers Bugaila Viewers Explore Server Manage Project Suggestions Help Software Development Analysis Software Requirements 14 days Conduct needs analysis 5 days 16 7 18 19 20 2 Draft preliminary software specifications 3 days
26. er Manual Page 10 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc e Find the entry named LiveProject and click the Change Remove button e Select the option Remove the application from this computer and click OK On some Windows installations LiveProject installed using ClickOnce will not show up in the program list In this case LiveProject can be uninstalled by running the following statement in the Windows Start Menu gt Run textbox for Vista this is the text box with the text Start Search rundll32 exe dfshim dll ShArpMaintain LiveProject application Culture en US PublicKeyToken dc96a37df9fbea78 processorArchitecture msil If you are still experiencing problems we have created a specific uninstaller that you can download http liveproject kadonk com download LiveProjectUninstaller exe If you decide that LiveProject is not right for you we would like to know why so we can improve Please let us know how we did by sending us an e mail at support kadonk com KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 11 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 5 Running LiveProject Once installed you can run LiveProject from the windows program menu where it is stored under the folder KaDonk Each time LiveProject launches it will check if there is a new version available and prompt you to upgrade We recommend that you ac
27. es 33 10 2 Using a Bugzilla Viewer 33 10 3 Create new budista lic 34 10 4 Edit Bug XYZ saa E RE E E EE ERTE E ol aad daaaudued ONERE ES Eeee 34 10 5 Launch Bugzilla ci ape 34 10 6 A EE 34 10 7 STT ii ds 34 10 8 K T O deeg Ee 34 10 9 Gr 34 UD e WE dE 34 11 Explore Severa airada 35 11 1 A 36 11 2 SEENEN 36 11 3 v NS 37 11 4 Secure Project Settings alicia 38 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 5 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 12 NET EE 40 12 1 REVIEWING EE 41 12 2 Update E E 41 13 Manage Usera ia 42 13 1 User StONUS cited tirate ii E E 42 13 2 TT A2 13 2 1 Apply Changes iii caben 42 13 22 Reset ES A sae seeaenesdesaueassneetbeasweces savas 43 18 23 Delete Vien ani iaa 43 13 3 KISS OPC O 43 UE GIE 43 EA TT 43 13 39 37 Delete other Users coil ltd 43 13 3 4 Edit own UE 43 18 35 Admis T T ene ee EA een ee ne cas ATA EE 43 14 Me 44 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 6 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 2 Support This user manual is written for LiveProject version 3 0 As new versions of LiveProject are released some of the functionality described in this manual may change and new functionality will be added Please refer t
28. gt Open e Viewers continuously monitor their source data either locally on the LiveProject server for changes and update themselves automatically e All viewers run in their own tabs windows If you exit LiveProject the location and content of its viewers will be stored and they will re appear in the same location next time you start LiveProject Detached viewers can be minimized and maximized The state of the window is remembered when LiveProject shuts down and maintained when LiveProject starts up again Whenever you start a viewer we recommend that you leave it open LiveProject will keep it up to date and load it each time LiveProject starts up KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 23 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 9 Project Viewers LiveProject Project Collaboration manager kadonk com Leal Ri 23 File Project Bugzilla Tools Window Help 0 pending suggestions 0 new tasks 9 tasks MI x Fr amp Detach Tasks User defined Resources User defined W Filter Default no filtering Ah Alarms Inactive W Auto filter Secure Project Viewers Bugzilla Viewers Explore Server Manage Project Suggestions Manage Users Help Project Acme Project Acme Design All Default no filtering Hide 4 11 28 2007 12 17 2007 We Thu Fri d
29. iltering on columns to enable you to quickly find the information you need LiveProject Team Viewer In addition to the Premium Viewer features the Team Viewer allows users to login to a LiveProject Server account and open project files and document from shared folders For users that will not make changes to shared projects this solution is an affordable way to share information with external teams or management LiveProject Project Collaboration Fully featured this solution allows you to upload files and projects to the LiveProject Server account It also allows you to make suggestions to project plans Edit add and delete tasks which are accepted by the Project Manager This solution is our most powerful as each team member can see pending changes to project plans and update the plan live with the latest information It is available without complicated IT deployments just download LiveProject to the team member s computers and go Because of the different LiveProject client versions not all features are available in all versions To help you navigate this manual each feature will be marked with the abbreviation of each version in which the feature is available In addition to the LiveProject client above versions KaDonk also offers an in house server for mission critical customers e LiveProject Collaboration Server LPCS Please contact sales kadonk com to learn more about our LPCS Solution KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea
30. ject files to the LiveProject Server Adding projects to the server allows you and your team to start collaborating on the projects making suggestions to the plan To add a project file click on the Explore Server tab in the main window LiveProject manager kadonk com Explore Server Manage Project Changes Manage Users Acme Corporation Name Size Managers Type El O Accounts Jar Catcher mpp 231 KB manager kadonk com Microsoft Project Do 9 9 2007 1 50 27 PM GE em 2 Read Me bx 1KB adonk Text Document 10 22 2006 7 50 56 AM DEMO FOLDER zi manager kadonk com ccumel i amp C3 Demonstration Video Folder LiveProject Documentation Project Acme E Project RoadRunner Figure 6 LiveProject Explorer This view shows an account with many files and folders If you just started your explorer tab is blank To add a project file or any other type of file or folder you have two options 1 Drag and drop the file directly into the right side of the explorer window LiveProject will start uploading it to the server automatically KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 19 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 2 Right click in the right rise of the explorer window to show the context sensitive drop down menu Select New Resource gt Import File to add a file or folder LivePr
31. list of your configured Bugzilla filters By selecting a filter here the viewer will reload its data using the same account but applying the new filter KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 35 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 11 Explore Server LiveProject explorer can be started by e From the Main Window e Using the System Tray Icon Sometimes LiveProject will prompt you to select a file from the server For example it might prompt you when adding a project viewer in which case you also will see the LiveProject Explorer window When prompted the full functionality of Explorer may not be available LiveProject manager kadonk com Project Viewers Bugzilla Viewers Explore Server Manage Project Changes Manage Users o Acme Corporation Name Size Managers Type Date Modified Accounts RRt Catcher mpp 231 KB manager kadonk com Microsoft Project Do 9 9 2007 1 50 27 PM ane pr 28 E Read Met 1 ER manager kadonk com Text Document 10 22 2006 7 50 56 AM e E Demonstration Video Folder LiveProject Documentation OI Project Acme E Project RoadRunner Figure 20 Explorer Tab The LiveProject Explorer window shows a view of the files and folders stored in your company account on the LiveProject Server Note Some of the following functionality requires that you have s
32. nage Suggestions buttons allows you to make quick decisions that will affect a pending suggestions This is typically what you will do when approving or rejecting suggestions You can also click on each task individually to show extended information about each suggestion on each field Using this method is slower but you will be able to accept or reject each field individually 12 2 Update Project When you have done reviewing the suggestions click OK to update the project You must have Microsoft Project 2000 2003 or 2007 installed on your machine for this to work LiveProject will open the local project file make all the changes to the plan that you approved close the local project file and prompt you to upload it Publish it to the server Once the new project file is published your entire team will be able to see the new project plan automatically and each decision you made will be highlighted in the plan KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 42 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 13 Manage Users To open the Manage Users tab click the Manage Users tab from the main window Note You can only manage users if you have the rights to do so LiveProject manager kadonk com File Project Bugalla Tools Window Help Z lt invite users Reset password Delete user Apply changes Project Viewers
33. o the following locations for the latest help on your specific version of LiveProject 1 At any time in LiveProject press F1 for context sensitive help 2 The LiveProject Help files are published at http www kadonk com Help 3 KaDonk provides access to online support forums at http forum kadonk com 4 E mail support is provided at support kadonk com KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 7 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 3 KaDonk Products KaDonk s LiveProject client is available as several solutions e LiveProject Free Viewer LPFV e LiveProject Premium Viewer LPPV e LiveProject Team Viewer LPTV e LiveProject Project Collaboration LPPC Each LiveProject client solution starting at the top going down offers more features than the previous LiveProject Free Viewer This is our basic Project Viewer which allows you open and view Microsoft Project mpp project files It has no expiration and allows you to view task and resource information as well as Gantt Charts LiveProject Premium Viewer This solution offers additional features such as the ability to encrypt project files and restrict access to certain fields You can safely distribute your projects to external clients who can open them using LiveProject Among other features it also includes Calendar View and Auto F
34. oject will show a window with the upload progress Once all your file uploads have completed the explorer window will update to show your files You can now double click on an mpp project file to open a project viewer 7 3 2 Invite Users to Account Note You need to be an Administrator or have sufficient rights to invite other users Each user requires one license on the server and each account has a number of licenses that match their purchase LiveProject Project Collaboration makes it easy to invite more users to your account 1 Open the Manage Users tab in the main window 2 Click on nvite Users from the top left toolbar strip 3 Enter the e mail addresses of the users you with to invite You may separate the users by comma semicolon or newline 4 Click nvite LiveProject will send e mail invitations to the users you have invited Make sure that e mails from kadonk com are allowed through your SPAM filters Otherwise your team may not get invitations to join your account Each e mail contains the user s temporary password as well as download instructions for LiveProject Users can be listed as having the following status e PENDING The user has not yet accepted received or logged into LiveProject e PERMANENT Users have successfully logged into LiveProject at least once 7 3 3 Suggest Changes on Project Collaboration on projects only works on project plans stored on the server and requires LiveProject Project Collab
35. oration You cannot collaborate on local project files To setup collaboration everyone on your team must e Have LiveProject installed and invited to your account Inviting someone generates an e mail that also contains download instructions for LiveProject e Have access to your project file on the LiveProject Server By default all users has access e Have an open Project Viewer that shows your project plan To open a project viewer for a project plan stored on the LiveProject Server simply double click on the project file in the explorer tab KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 20 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 7 3 3 1 Making Suggestions To make suggestions to a project plan double click on a task The task will change color to white and you can edit the task information in what we call inline mode ID Task Name Complete Duration Stat Finish 44 Produce product for customer evaluation 100 125 days 10 16 2007 11 19 2007 45 Conduct preliminary manufacturing process revi 0 110 days 11 20 2007 12 3 2007 46 Conduct customer evaluations of prototype pro 0 20 days 11 20 2007 12 17 2007 47 Concept Evaluation 55 57 days 12 18 2007 3 5 2008 48 Conduct marketing Aechnical review 0 das 12 18 2007 12 19 2007 49 T Prepare preliminary manufacturing design 0 20 day
36. rrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 17 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc To view a Microsoft Project files that is stored on one of your local drives select from the menu File gt Open Project File gt Open Local Project File Then select your project file and LiveProject will open it up in a new project viewer tab El Open Project file from Server Open local Project fie 7 Secure Project Logout from LiveProject Server g Print Ctrl P Figure 5 File Menu 7 1 2 Viewing shared project files Products LPTV LPPC To view a Microsoft Project files that is shared on the LiveProject Server select from the menu File gt Open Project File gt Open Project tile from Server Then select your project file and LiveProject will open it up in a new project viewer tab 7 1 3 Viewing a Bugzilla Database Products LPFV LPPV LPTV LPPC To view a Bugzilla Database select from the menu File gt Open Bugzilla Viewer Then define your Bugzilla account and the filtering to use and LiveProject will open a viewer with the selected filter results in a new Bugzilla Viewer tab 7 2 Share Products LPTV LPPC To share documents including project plans on the LiveProject Server open the Explorer Server tab Here you can rightclick on a blank area to create folders and import files You can also see folde
37. rs and files your manager may have shared with you See also page 18 Double clicking on a project plan will open up a new project viewer tab showing the plan 7 3 Collaborate Products LPPC LiveProject Project Collaboration allows you to collaborate on Microsoft Project MPP Project plans The changes that are made we call suggestions because they won t enter into the project plan before the manager approved them explicitly Using LiveProject Project Collaboration you and your team can edit project tasks add new tasks and even delete tasks Again note that no changes will be made to the original project plan until the manager accepts the pending suggestions KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 18 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc To get started you need to perform these three steps 1 Upload one or more MPP Project Plans to LiveProject Explorer Page 18 2 Invite your team members to join your LiveProject Account Page 19 3 Start making suggestions to your project plans Page 19 Once your team has started making suggestion you as a manager will need to accept or reject the pending suggestions e Manage Project Suggestions page 40 7 3 1 Upload projects and files to LiveProject Server To use LiveProject Project Collaboration your must first add one or more project files mpp pro
38. s 12 20 2007 1 16 2008 Comments days 2 7 2008 2 20 2008 2 21 2008 2 22 2008 12 20 2007 12 26 2007 59 Conduct development stage review 0 2 days 3 6 2008 3 7 2008 60 Decision point go no go to pilot stage 0 O days 3 7 2008 3 7 2008 Figure 7 Making suggestions to a project plan in inline mode In this mode you can make changes to the task quickly and easily The comment field shown here is used for any comments that you with to discuss with the manager Click Done when you have completed your edits and added your comments Pressing the Task Information button brings up more detailed information where you can continue the task editing KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 21 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc Task Information General Resources Predecessors Successors Notes Custom Fields Other Fields Task History Duration 50 days Z Estimated Name Analyze risks for project Es Priority mm Actual work 20 days d Si Percent complete 10 S Dates Stat Hl Thursday November 15 2007 Finish 4 Thursday November 22 2007 lt Constrain task Deadine Du Constraint ype As soon as possible M Constraint Date D Monos Decente 17 2007 Task type Task
39. see what the colors mean e Right Click on any task to show the Context Sensitive menu 95 Context Menu Most of the actions available when viewing a Project file can be accessed from the context menu Add New Task Edit Evaluate the market Delete Evaluate the market Task History Secure Project Suggestions gt Filters K Alarms K Reset sort Manage Project Suggestions Open with MS Project Project Details and Settings Gantt Settings K Configure Viewer Export E Show Legend Figure 12 Project Viewer Context Menu A subset of this functionality can also be found from the Project Menu 96 Add new task Create a new task which will be sent to the manager for approval as a suggestion to the project KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 26 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 97 Edit Task name Opens the Task Information window which allows the user to edit the task information Another way to edit a task is to double click on it in the viewer itself That will turn on inline mode where you can instantly edit the visible fields Note 1 Some tasks are not editable in which case the OK button will be disabled The window will still open so you can see the details of the task Note 2 Some tasks can only have some fields edited Such as summ
40. ser resets his own password using his security question and answer 13 2 3 Delete User Clicking Delete user will permanently remove the user from LiveProject You can of course invite the user again if need be but internally in LiveProject that will be considered a new user Use with caution 13 3 Rights 13 3 1 Invite other users Users with rights to invite others can invite other users to join LiveProject This may affect your account as each registered user takes up one license Usually only managers should be allowed to do this 13 3 2 Edit other users User can edit other user s information such as name and e mail Usually only managers should be allowed to do this 13 3 3 Delete other users User can delete other user s accounts This will free up a license unless the account was pending in which case it does not occupy a license in the first place Usually only managers should be allowed to do this 13 3 4 Edit own E mail Allow the user to edit his or her e mail address This could be prevented for security reasons 13 3 5 Administrator User is an administrator and is given extended rights within LiveProject in addition to having the rights to invite edit and delete users For example an administrator can delete resources belonging to other managers Only administrators can assign other administrators Please vse with care KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 45
41. support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 3 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc 7 3 e lt Te e gevaepuncay pean end oucenad gaurd T tati 17 7 3 1 Upload projects and files to LiveProject Server 18 7 3 2 Invite Users to Account 19 7 3 3 Suggest Changes on Projects 19 8 Viewers in RN 22 8 1 Common features for Project and Bugzilla viewer 22 O Project VIEWETS cociente edd EE EE 23 SE Using a Project ViSWEF secas dere dag atril code idas 23 92 iProject reed And ad aletas 23 K Project Overview Bar tostada 24 94 Task Details are arien 25 Ta SOE EE O EE 25 96 Add new E E E E 25 97 A Maswdentivaueesanasdeees 26 98 A NNN 26 9 97 Secure T riinan rE a AE AAE AEE AEE E OE EE RAE AE T o ERGa 26 9 10 TT EE 27 9 11 a A 27 9 12 Open with MS Projectes bind 27 9 13 Project Details aviat deeger 27 9 14 Show legend acia 28 9 15 Configure LiveProject Colors see 28 215 1 Edit Gustom Color Rules oculista ia i uden ero its aa 29 9 16 Calendar Mi Wiimote a aia 29 KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 4 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc A dE 30 916 2 Task TE cid 30 E EN GE WE EE 31 9 165 Text styles iia dales 31 D166 Barsyles iden 31 OL Lom 31 9 17 RESOUNGES naked teken been 31 10 Bugzilla Viewers anga Senna samde ia id 33 10 1 Adding dinew Bugzilla Viewer ted ai hat
42. ufficient rights to perform the operation e You can drag and drop files into and within the LiveProject Explorer window directly from your local desktop or file system e You can download files and or folders by selecting them in the LiveProject Explorer window and then selecting Download from the rightclick context menu e You can rename files and folders e You can rightclick for a context sensitive menu which allows you to o View project files mpp project files only o Create a new folder via the menu New Resource gt Folder o Import files via the menu New Resource gt Import file o Delete and download files o View properties for the files o Show revision log See below o Secure Project allows you convert this resource into a secure project o Secure Project Settings See below KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 36 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc o Publish files See below o Copy to an existing shared file o Mangers only functionality Assign access rights to folder through the rightclick context menu on a folder gt Access Rights Select a new manager by right clicking on a file and selecting Properties then click the Change Manager button Shore a file by right clicking on a file and selecting Properties then check the check box Allow file to be edited b
43. upport kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 37 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc Commit Message ProjectAcme mpp Message Enter a log message for this change Recent messages Initial version of Project Acme Create resource ProjectAcme mpp Dont ask for commit message Figure 22 Commit message 11 3 Show log LiveProject provides automatic version control for files stored on the server You can see the revision history by clicking on the Show Log context menu tem for a given resource in the LiveProject Explorer From the revision history you can also choose to download old revision KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 38 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc Log Messages Sal jariniskala amp cox 9 23 2008 2 26 19 PM Initial version of Project Acme 9 23 2008 2 26 02 PM Figure 23 Revision history 11 4 Secure Project Settings If the selected resource is a secure project this option can be selected to modify the secure project settings KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4 KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail support kadonk com LiveProject User Manual Page 39 of 45 2008 KaDonk Inc r Secure File Setup 7 Hide
44. y others This will allow other users to overwrite and update the file 11 1 Shared files Sharing a file allows other users other than the manager to overwrite and update the file by right clicking on a file and selecting Copy to lt filename gt or by drag and dropping a file The users must still have write privileges for the given folder Only the manager of the file is allowed to change the name or delete the file You can easily spot a shared file by the icon Name R Rabbit Catcher mpp e E suara Figure 21 Allow file to be modified by other users 11 2 Publish files Publishing a file involves copying the original file from its original location to the LiveProject Server LiveProject is aware of each file s original location so in Explorer you may select the file and publish it via the contextsensitive right click menu Note LiveProject will monitor local files for changes If you are a manager of a file and you edit your local copy LiveProject will prompt you to publish it to the LiveProject Server If you do not publish no one will be able to see your changes You can publish at any time manually via the explorer window When publishing LiveProject will also ask you to provide a commit message for this change This message will be associated with this given change into the revision history KaDonk Address 12902 Dorathea Terrace Poway CA 92064 USA Phone 1 888 4KADONK 452 3665 WWW KADONK COM E mail s
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