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Working with Project and Configuration Files
 

SigmaPro creates two file types.  Project Files with the file extension OPJ and configuration files with the file extension OSC.  These are files that contain information created using SigmaPro and can be uploaded onto other web sites using SigmaPro or into SigmaEx to analyze project information for reporting.  Details on these file types are below.  In order to create or use these files your site must run in a Full Trust environment.  Some hosting providers will setup your site on a Medium Trust secured server by default, but if you would like to utilize this feature in SigmaPro, most hosting providers will move your site to a Full Trust environment.  The ability to create and use these files is not critical to use SigmaPro, but it does offer benefits.

OnyakTech Project Files: These are files that end with the .OPJ file extension. You can upload these in the Project List and create your own from the Project Detail page of your projects. These files contain 90% of the project data and can be used to re-create projects on another site or to backup your projects. Know that if the users from the Project File don’t exist in the portal you are uploading to, then all user settings will be set to the current user who uploaded the Project File. Otherwise, SigmaPro will correctly assign the appropriate users in comments, assigned, requester, etc. Also know that files are not re-created and attached to tasks when OPJ files are uploaded.

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SigmaEx and Everest can be used to analyze the activity of your projects using the project files while in Offline mode (SigmaEx also uses the SigmaPro Web Service to analyze data in real-time). This is a great tool when you need to look at snapshots of your projects from different time periods or when you need to share information with others while preventing them from having direct access to your system.  SigmaEx can also connect to your site using the SigmaPro Web Service to analyze current data.

In the image to the left, you will see a project loaded into SigmaEx.  See the article on SigmaEx on this web site for more details.  SigmaEx is included with SigmaPro.

OnyakTech SigmaPro Configuration Files: These are files that contain most of the configurations of your SigmaPro module. Use these files to save your configurations for restoring or setting up new instances of SigmaPro. The only settings not stored are those that interact with the DNN users and roles. Since every site has different users and roles, this information was left out SigmaPro Configuration files have the .OSC file extension. There are OSC files in the OnyakTech.com Repository you can download to quick setups of SigmaPro.

 


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