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GenerateCodes Element

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Indicates whether WBS codes are generated for new tasks.

<GenerateCodes>
  BooleanValue
</GenerateCodes>

Parent Elements

WBSMasks

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

Text Value

A text value of type boolean is required.

Value

Description

0

False

1

True

Example

In the following example, there are three levels in the WBS mask and a global prefix. Level one is of type uppercase characters, level two is numbers, and level three is unordered characters of any length. The table shows the WBS value for example tasks. The user typed the WBS level 3 value. Because GenerateCodes = 1, Project generated the other WBS values. Because a task was deleted and WBS codes must be unique, task T2 has the WBS value Test-AC. The WBS value of the deleted task was Test-AB.

Task

Task outline level

WBS value

T1

1

Test-AA

st1

2

Test-AA.001

st2

2

Test-AA.002

ss1

3

Test-AA.002.ThisIsATest

T2

1

Test-AC

 
<Project>
   . . .
   <WBSMasks>
      <VerifyUniqueCodes>4</VerifyUniqueCodes>
      <GenerateCodes>1</GenerateCodes>
      <Prefix>Test-</Prefix>
      <Masks>
         <WBSMask>
            <Level>1</Level>
            <Type>1</Type>
            <Length>2</Length>
            <Separator>.</Separator>
         </WBSMask>
      </Masks>
      <Masks>
         <WBSMask>
            <Level>2</Level>
            <Type>0</Type>
            <Length>3</Length>
            <Separator>.</Separator>
         </WBSMask>
      </Masks>
      <Masks>
         <WBSMask>
            <Level>3</Level>
            <Type>3</Type>
            <Length>0</Length>
            <Separator>.</Separator>
         </WBSMask>
      </Masks>
   </WBSMasks>
   . . .
   <Tasks>
      . . .
      <Task>
         <UID>1</UID>
         <ID>1</ID>
         <Name>T1</Name>
         <Type>1</Type>
         <IsNull>0</IsNull>
         <CreateDate>2007-11-13T13:34:00</CreateDate>
         <WBS>Test-AA</WBS>
         <WBSLevel>AA</WBSLevel>
         . . .
      </Task>
      . . .
   </Tasks>
   . . .
</Project>

See Also

Concepts

WBSMask Elements and XML Structure

XML Schema for the WBSMasks Element