Export Project Content Definition

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06/23/2023

Page describes the output format and definition of JSON when using the ExportProjectContent tool.

Property name	Type	Description
/project	JSONObject	Project level values
/project/fields	JSONArray	Definition of project level properties
/project/assignments	JSONArray	List of assignments and their values
/project/assignments/fields	JSONArray	Definition of assignment properties
/project/attachments	JSONArray	List of attachments and their values
/project/attachments/fields	JSONArray	Definition of attachment properties
/project/buckets	JSONArray	List of buckets and their values
/project/buckets/fields	JSONArray	Definition of bucket properties
/project/calendars	JSONArray	List of calendar and their values
/project/calendars/fields	JSONArray	Definition of calendar properties
/project/checklistItems	JSONArray	List of checklist items and their values
/project/checklistItems/fields	JSONArray	Definition of checklist item properties
/project/conditionalColoringRules	JSONArray	List of conditional coloring rules and their values
/project/conditionalColoringRules/fields	JSONArray	Definition of conditional coloring rule properties
/project/conversations	JSONArray	List of conversation and their values
/project/conversations/fields	JSONArray	Definition of conversation properties
/project/goalAssociations	JSONArray	List of goal associations and their values
/project/goalAssociations/fields	JSONArray	Definition of goal associations
/project/goals	JSONArray	List of goals and their values
/project/goals/fields	JSONArray	Definition of goal properties
/project/labelassociations	JSONArray	List of label associations and their values
/project/labelassociations/fields	JSONArray	Definition of label association properties
/project/labels	JSONArray	List of labels and their values
/project/labels/fields	JSONArray	Definition of label properties
/project/links	JSONArray	List of links and their values
/project/links/fields	JSONArray	Definition of link properties
/project/resources	JSONArray	List of resources and their values
/project/resources/fields	JSONArray	Definition of resource properties
/project/sprints	JSONArray	List of sprints and their values
/project/sprints/fields	JSONArray	Definition of sprint properties
/project/tasks	JSONArray	List of tasks and their values
/project/tasks/fields	JSONArray	Definition of task properties
/project/views/grid	JSONArray	List of grid view properties
/project/views/grid/fields	JSONArray	Definition of grid view and their values

Project Level Properties

Reference /project/fields

Property name	Type	Description	Enumeration Values
projectStart	datetime	The start date of the project.
name	string	Name of the project.
calendarId	guid	Dataverse Calendar ID used for the project.
durationInDays	double	The duration of the project (days).
projectManagerId	guid	Dataverse Project Team Member ID of the project manager.
workTemplateId	guid	Dataverse Work Template ID used to create the project calendar.
timezoneOffset	timezoneOffset	Project's timezone offset in +/-HH:MM:SS format.
timezoneName	string	Project's timezone name.
projectManagerResourceId	guid	Dataverse Bookable Resource ID of the project manager.
officeGroupId	guid	Microsoft Entra Microsoft 365 Group ID linked to the project.
projectState	enum	State of the project.	Active, Inactive
projectManagerAadId	guid	Microsoft Entra user ID of the project manager.
hasCustomCalendar	bool	Indicates if the project has a custom calendar.
defaultSprintCreated	bool	Has the default sprint been created.
ignoreResourceCalendars	bool	Scheduling uses the project calendar over resource calendars.
work	double	Total work for the project in seconds.
actualWork	double	Completed work for the project in seconds.
remainingWork	double	Remaining work for the project in seconds.
duration	duration	The duration of the project in seconds.
percentComplete	percent	The percentage of the project duration completed.
percentWorkComplete	percent	The percentage of the project work completed.
earliestTaskStart	datetime	Earliest task start date.
latestTaskFinish	datetime	Latest task finish date.

Assignment Properties

Reference /project/assignments/fields. They're part of a task record.

Property name	Type	Description
units	double	The number of units for which a resource is assigned to a task, expressed as a percentage, assuming a resource's MaxUnits value is 100%.
work	double	The total amount of work scheduled to be performed by a resource on a task in seconds.
actualWork	double	Amount of work that has already been done by a resource on a task in seconds.
remainingWork	double	The amount of time required by a resource assigned to a task to complete an assignment in seconds.
start	datetime	The date and time that an assigned resource is scheduled to begin working on a task.
finish	datetime	The date and time this assignment is scheduled to be completed.
actualStart	datetime	Date and time that an assignment actually began.
actualFinish	datetime	Date and time when an assignment was actually completed.
resume	datetime	The date that the assignment was resumed.
delay	duration	The amount of time a resource is to wait after the task start date before starting work on an assignment in seconds.
percentWorkComplete	percent	Current status of an assignment, expressed as the percentage of the assignment's work that has been completed.
remainingWorkContour	contour	Indicates how remaining work is to be distributed across the duration of the assignment. Represented as a start date and arrays of offset, duration, and work for each segment. For more information, see for more information on Contour structure.
actualWorkContour	contour	Indicates how actual work is to be distributed across the duration of the assignment. Represented as a start date and arrays of offset, duration, and work for each segment. For more information, see for more information on Contour structure.
overallocated	bool	Indicates whether a resource is assigned to more work on a specific task than can be done within the resource's normal working capacity.
stop	datetime	The date the assignment was stopped.
taskId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID for this assignment.
resourceId	guid	Dataverse Project Team Member ID.
totalWorkContour	contour	Indicates how total work is to be distributed across the duration of the assignment. Represented as a start date and arrays of offset, duration, and work for each segment. For more information, see for more information on Contour structure.

Contour Structure

Property name	Type	Description
start	datetime	Start date of the contour.
offsets	JSONArray	The number of seconds to add to the start of the contour to indicate the start of the segment.
durations	JSONArray	Duration in seconds of each segment.
work	JSONArray	Work in seconds of each segment.

Example

        "remainingWorkContour": {
            "start": "2022-12-08T09:00:00Z",
            "offsets": [ 0, 54000 ],
            "durations": [ 54000, 3600 ],
            "work": [ 27000.0, 1800.0 ]
			}

Segment X

Start = "start" + X offset in seconds
Duration = duration of segment X in seconds
Work = work of segment X in seconds

The contour starts on 2023-02-13T09:00:00Z

Segment 1:
- Start = 2022-12-08T09:00:00Z + 0 seconds -> 2022-12-08T09:00:00Z
- Duration = 54000 seconds -> 900 Minutes -> 15 hours is the length of the segment
- Work = 27000 seconds -> 450 Minutes -> 7.5 hours of work in the segment
Segment 2:
- Start = 2023-02-13T18:00:00Z + 54000 seconds (15 hours) -> 2022-12-09T00:00:00Z
- Duration = 3600 seconds -> 60 Minutes -> 1 hours is the length of the segment
- Work = 1800 seconds -> 30 Minutes -> 0.5 hours of work in the segment

Attachment Properties

Reference /project/attachments/fields.

Property name	Type	Description	Enumeration Values
taskId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID.
name	string	Alias for the attachment.
uri	string	Location where attachment is stored.
type	enum	Type of the link.	Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Project, Visio, Pdf, ExternalLink, Other
showOnCard	bool	Indicates if the link is shown on the card in board view.

Bucket Properties

Reference /project/buckets/fields

Property name	Type	Description
order	integer	Display order of bucket in Project.
name	string	Name of the bucket.
color	integer	Color index assigned to the bucket.

Calendar Properties

Reference /project/calendar/fields

Property name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the calendar.
data	calendarData	Describes a calendar by defining the times when a resource can work. defaultWorkWeek has the default working times for each day of the week. overrideWorkWeeks is a collection of workweek definitions which override defaultWorkWeek along with when that override is effective. exceptions is an array of day level overrides along with when that exception is effective. exceptions take priority over overrideWorkWeeks, which take priority over defaultWorkWeek.
baseCalendarId	guid	Dataverse Calendar ID for the base calendar. Empty guid means there's no base calendar.
timezoneOffset	timezoneOffset	Offset of the timezone in +/-HH:MM:SS format.
timezoneName	string	Name of the timezone.

Checklist Properties

Reference /project/checklistItems/fields

Property name	Type	Description
taskId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID.
name	string	Name of the checklist item.
completed	bool	Indicates if the item is checked off.
order	double	Display order of the checklist item within the name task.

Conditional Coloring Rule Properties

Reference /project/conditionalColoringRules/fields

Property name	Type	Description
order	integer	Rule order.
expression	conditionalRules	A formal description of the rule used to color field cells.
color	integer	Color index set on this field on tasks gridColor property if this rule evaluates to true.
columnId	column	The column the color will be applied to when the expression is true.

Conversations Properties

Reference /project/conversations/fields

Property name	Type	Description
teamsChannelId	string	Teams Channel ID containing the conversation.
teamsConversationId	string	Teams Conversation ID.

Goal Associations Properties

Reference /project/goalAssociations/fields

Property name	Type	Description
taskId	guid	Project Task ID.
goalId	guid	Project Goal ID.
taskOrder	string	Goal association order for ordering tasks

Goals Properties

Reference /project/goals/fields

Property name	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the project goal.
color	integer	Color index of the goal.
priority	integer	Priority of the goal.
status	integer	Status of the goal.
startDate	datetime	Start date of the goal.
finishDate	datetime	Finish date of the goal.
notes	HTML	Goal notes formatted in HTML.
unformattednotes	HTML	Goal notes with all HTML stripped out.
order	string	Goal order

Label Association Properties

Reference /project/labelassociations/fields

Property name	Type	Description
taskId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID.
labelId	guid	Dataverse Project Label ID.

Label Properties

Reference /project/labels/fields

Property name	Type	Description
text	string	The name of the project label.
index	integer	Color index of the label.

Links Properties

Reference /project/links/fields

Property name	Type	Description	Enumeration Values
linkType	enum	The type of the dependency.	FinishToFinish, FinishToStart, StartToFinish, StartToStart
delay	duration	How long before the task should start.
delayUnits	enum	The unit the delay is in.	Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months
predecessorId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID of the predecessor task.
successorId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID of the successor task.
driver	bool	Indicates if the link drives the critical path.

Resource Properties

Reference /project/resources/fields

Property name	Type	Description	Enumeration Values
name	string	Name of the team member.
overallocated	bool	If the team member is overallocated on this project.
userPrincipalName	string	Microsoft Entra user Principal Name for the user.
bookableResourceId	guid	Bookable Resource ID for this team member.
aadId	guid	Microsoft Entra user ID of the Bookable Resource.
generic	bool	Indicates that this is a generic resource.
type	enum	Bookable resource type.	XrmUser, XrmContact, XrmAccount, XrmEquipment, XrmGeneric, AadUser, AadUserTypeNull, AadUserTypeMember, XrmBookableResource
jobTitle	string	Job title of the bookable resource.
aadUserType	enum	If the bookable resource is a Microsoft Entra member or guest.	Member, Guest

Sprint Properties

Reference /project/sprints/fields

Property name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the sprint.
start	datetime	Date when sprint starts.
finish	datetime	Date when sprint ends.

Task Properties

Reference /project/tasks/fields

Property name	Type	Description	Enumeration Values
work	double	The total amount of work scheduled to be performed on a task by all assigned resources.
actualWork	double	The amount of work that has already been done by the resources assigned to a task.
remainingWork	double	The total amount of non-overtime work scheduled to be performed by all resources assigned to a task.
name	string	Name of the task.
constraintType	enum	The constraint on the start or finish date of the task.	AsSoonAsPossible, AsLateAsPossible, MustStartOn, MustFinishOn, StartNoEarlierThan, StartNoLaterThan, FinishNoEarlierThan, FinishNoLaterThan
constraintDate	datetime	Indicates the constrained start or finish date as defined in the task ConstraintType. Required unless the constraint type is set to As late as possible or As soon as possible.
critical	bool	Indicates whether a task has room in the schedule to slip, or if it is on the critical path.
freeSlack	duration	The actual amount of time that a task can be delayed without delaying any successor tasks. If a task has zero successor tasks, free slack is the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the entire project.
totalSlack	duration	The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying a project's finish date.
index	integer	Integer order of the task.
milestone	bool	Indicates whether a task is a milestone.
actualDuration	duration	The span of actual working time for a task so far, based on the scheduled duration and current remaining work or percent complete. Actual duration can be calculated in two ways, either based on percent complete or remaining duration.
scheduledDuration	duration	The total span of active working time.
remainingDuration	duration	The amount of time required to complete the unfinished portion of a task.
percentComplete	percent	The percentage of the task duration completed.
scheduledStart	datetime	Start date and time as calculated by Project.
scheduledFinish	datetime	Finish date and time as calculated by Project.
earlyStart	datetime	The earliest date that a task can begin, based on the early start dates of predecessor and successor tasks and other constraints.
earlyFinish	datetime	The earliest date that a task can finish, based on early finish dates of predecessor and successor tasks, other constraints, and any leveling delay.
lateStart	datetime	The latest date that a task can start without delaying the finish of the project.
lateFinish	datetime	The latest date that a task can finish without delaying the finish of the project.
actualStart	datetime	The date and time that a task actually began.
actualFinish	datetime	The date and time that a task actually finished.
outlineLevel	integer	The number that indicates the level of a task in the project outline hierarchy.
cdsEffortCompleted	double	Amount of work done on this task as reported in Project Operations timesheets.
cdsEffortRemaining	double	Amount of work remaining on this task as reported in Project Operations timesheets.
cdsEffortEstimateAtComplete	double	Forecast of total effort to complete the task as reported in Project Operations timesheets.
cdsPercentComplete	double	Percentage of work completed as reported in Project Operations timesheets.
cdsScheduleVariance	double	Variance between the estimated work and the forecasted work based on the estimate at completion as reported in Project Operations timesheets.
summary	bool	Indicates whether the task is a summary task.
resume	datetime	The date the remaining portion of a task is scheduled to resume.
stop	datetime	The date that represents the end of the actual portion of a task.
outlineNumber	string	Indicates the exact position of a task in the outline. For example, "7.2" indicates that a task is the second subtask under the seventh top-level summary task.
completeThrough	datetime	The date and time for end of actual duration.
type	enum	Type of task.	FixedUnits, FixedDuration, FixedWork
durationDisplayFormat	enum	The display format the duration is displayed in.	Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months
collapsed	bool	Indicates whether the task is collapsed in the view.
deadline	datetime	The date entered as a deadline for the task.
startSlack	duration	Difference between earlyStart and lateStart dates.
finishSlack	duration	Difference between earlyFinish and lateFinish dates.
order	double	Order of the task represented as a double.
parentId	guid	Dataverse Project Task ID of the parent task.
scheduleDrivers	stringArray	Describes why a task is scheduled to start on its start date. Can contain any of Actual, LevelingDelay, Constraint, Predecessor, ProjectStart, Calendar, Child, Parent, Deadline, Link.
start	datetime	Date and time that a task is scheduled to begin.
finish	datetime	The date and time that a task is scheduled to be completed.
duration	duration	The total span of active working time.
bucketId	guid	Dataverse Project Bucket ID the task is part of.
bucketOrder	string	The order of the task within the bucket.
sprintOrder	string	The order of the task within the sprint.
notes	HTML	Notes entered about a task formatted in HTML.
unformattednotes	HTML	Notes with all HTML stripped out.
manual	bool	Whether this task is blank or has dates.
showNotesOnCard	bool	Indicates if the note will be shown on the card in the board view.
showChecklistOnCard	bool	Indicates if the checklist items will be shown on the card in the board view.
priority	integer	Indicates the level of importance assigned to a task, with 5 being standard priority; the lower the number, the more urgent the task.
sprintId	guid	Property name of the sprint the task is assigned to.
gridColor	gridColor	Color indexes for each field on this task where a conditionalColoringRule has evaluated to true. See for the color index mapping.
[guid]	enum	Task custom field definition. See Task Custom Field Properties for definition.	stringOption, datetime, double, bool, string

Task Custom Field Properties

Property name	Type	Description	Enumeration Values
id	guid	Unique ID for the task custom field.
type	enum	Type of Custom Field	stringOption, datetime, double, bool, string
custom	bool	true if it's a local custom field
name	string	name of the custom field
rollup	enum	Rollup type if type=double	max, min, sum, average
values	JSONArray	Values for options if type=stringOption. see Choice Type

Custom Field Types

Custom Field Type	Enum Type
Text	string
Date	datetime
Number	double
Yes/No	bool
Choice	stringOption

Choice Type

For Custom Fields of type 'stringOption'

Property name	Type	Description
ID	guid	Unique ID for choice
value	string	Display value of the choice
order	double	Display order of choices
color	integer	Color index assigned to the value.

View Properties

Reference /project/views/grid/fields

Property name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the grid view.
columns	columns	Array of columns shown in the view and their width.

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