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What is Api?
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Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of subprograms, protocols and tools required in software programming.
What is Product description?
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Product description is a view of a product that includes its benefits, form, price, purpose, etc.
What is Part number?
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A part number is a code that uniquely identifies an inventory item without reference to any list.
What is Partner?
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A partner is a member in a partnership, an entity in which both the profits or losses of a business or other venture are shared between all members.
What is Housatonic Software?
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Housatonic Software is a company that provides project management solutions that power collaboration and empower team members.
What is Housatonic?
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Housatonic is a company that provides project management solutions that power collaboration and empower team members.
What is Project plan 365 clients?
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Project Plan 365 clients represent companies or individuals that pay an amount of money for services and have an arrangement or a relationship with the seller.
What is Project reports?
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Project reports represent built-in layouts that select project information, displayed in a specific format and ready to be printed.
What is Ribbon?
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A ribbon is a feature that replaces the traditional Menu for a specified Tab.
What is Desktop icon?
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A Desktop Icon is a picture located on Desktop which stands for a computer program, computer file or folder.
What is Task constraints?
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Task constraints are a feature that alter when your tasks will appear on the schedule. Constraints offer you more choice when it comes to automated scheduling as you can tweak your task dates based on additional information.

What is Project finish date?
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Project finish date is a date that marks the point in time when the project ends and it is automatically computed and updated by the application.
How can I export the project to PDF?
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To export a project to PDF, click File – Import/Export – Export Project – Export to PDF.

How can I change the color for the sheet rows in Gantt Chart?
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To change the color for the sheet rows go to Format - Gridlines - Line to change - Sheet Rows then in the Normal section click on color and choose one from the given color palete.
I want to export the Resource Usage data into Excel (CSV). However, I can only export the total usage in hours. How can I export the breakdown of month?
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​Exporting the Resource Usage data into Excel will not include a monthly breakdown. For a better Resource Usage visualization, we suggest to export Resource Usage as PDF. This will result into a table view of the monthly breakdown. You can use in your presentations and reports.​
How do I upgrade to the latest version?
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To upgrade to the latest version go on our website. Click on Support - What's New. On the right side choose your Platform. Click on the latest version and the download for the latest version will begin.

How long is the trial period?
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The trial period is 30 days.
The trial offers the same functionalities like the purchased application?
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The trial offers the same functionalities like the purchased application.
Why am I not able to set the task type for a task?
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If the task type box is grayed out it means the task you have selected is a manual tasks . Task types apply only to automatically-scheduled tasks.
What role do task types have?
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Task types help to determine how duration, work and units will behave as Project Plan 365 schedules your project.
What happens when editing the units of a fixed units task?
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If you edit the units of a fixed units tasks, the duration will be recalculated.
What happens when editing the units of a fixed work task?
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If you edit the units of a fixed work task, the duration will be recalculated.
What happens when editing the units of a fixed duration task?
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If you edit the units of a fixed duration task, work will be recalculated.
What happens if I edit the duration of a fixed units task?
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If you edit the duration of a fixed units task, work will be recalculated.
What happens if I edit the duration of a fixed duration task?
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If you edit the duration of a fixed duration task, work will be recalculated.
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