SDEF

Standard Data Exchange Format

Microsoft Project Expertise:

Project is used to schedule tasks for management and reporting purposes.  The US Army Corp of Engineers USACE has their contractors use a Quality Control System QCS that requires an input of the Network Analysis System NAS from a text file commonly known as the Standard Data Exchange Format SDEF which we can support:

A nice tutorial with examples is posted at ->  (MS-Project tutorial link)   

An example process of importing my SDEF into QCS is posted at ->  (QCS import emample)

Our software converts MS-Project format into USACE SDEF format.

Click link to download SDEFmpp.exe software ( link ) then Register for immediate password sent to your e-mail.  No e-mail addresses will appear online, and never distributed or posted. 

Registration is now required for the software to work in full, plus a valid USACE QCS contract number is also required.  All registered users are allowed to use a contract number of 123456 this year, so we can provide the software for free during this trial period.

In Microsoft Project, use File->Properties to put your registration e-mail into Comments, and your contract number into Keywords.  Contact Iverson@GeoComputer.com to register (for free) additional contract numbers.

Software last updated February 2012.

Following are not defined in MS-Project, so done via the existing MS-Project "Text" fields for each Task:
WorkersPerDay     Text1    3 leftmost characters converted to SDEF file
RespCode          Text2    4 characters maximum
WorkArea          Text3    4     "
ModNum            Text4    6     "
BidItem (CLIN)    Text5    6     "    <---******* THIS IS IMPORTANT TO USE FOR QCS
Phase             Text6    2     "
Category          Text7    1     "
Feature of Work   Text8    30    "
And for the .mpp file properties, in File->Properties use the following:
SDEF spec:                               Will be taken from MS-Project: 
Project Name (48 characters)             Title
Contract Name (36 characters)            Subject
Project Identifier (4 characters)        Manager
Contract Number (6 or 7 digits)          Keywords  <---***** THIS IS NEEDED FOR QCS
E-mail address (site registration)       Comments
(SDEF specifies 6 digits, but I was given a 7 digit Contract, so I make this work too.)

contact Bill Iverson for more information:  Iverson@GeoComputer.com

 

 

Other specifications and information can be found at many of the Corp web sites:

http://www.usace.army.mil

http://140.194.76.129/publications/eng-regs/er1-1-11/entire.pdf

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