PeriodChange Element

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05/05/2014

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Specifies the field to change with a timephased status update and contains the new value for that field.

<PeriodChange
  PID = "Integer"
  Start = "dateTime"
  End = "dateTime">
    UpdateValue
</PeriodChange>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
PID	Required Integer. Specifies the Project identifier (PID) of the field to change.
Start	Required dateTime. The value for the beginning of the timephased period.
End	Required dateTime. The value for the end of the timephased period.

Child Elements

None

Parent Elements

Assn

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: Unbounded

Text Value

A text value is required. This text specifies the value to update the field to.

Note
The text value must match the data type required by the specified field.

Remarks

For information about updatable assignment fields, PIDs, and required data types, see Supported Project Fields and Field Information for Statusing ChangeXML.

Example

The following example specifies multiple timephased status updates for a single assignment. Three PeriodChange elements specify timephased updates to the Actual Work field. These updates use Project Time Unit values to add 4, 2, and 6 hours of actual work to the assignment with the timephasing specified by the Start and End attributes of the PeriodChange elements.

<Changes>
  <Proj ID="a47faeab-0f72-455a-b629-d62faf5fece6">
    <Assn ID="6c9888a8-a782-47ac-a905-e84ad1fe0fb2">
      <PeriodChange PID="251658250" Start="2006-10-27T08:00:10" End="2006-10-27T12:00:10">240000</PeriodChange>
      <PeriodChange PID="251658250" Start="2006-10-28T08:00:10" End="2006-10-28T12:00:10">120000</PeriodChange>
      <PeriodChange PID="251658250" Start="2006-10-29T08:00:10" End="2006-10-29T14:00:10">360000</PeriodChange>
    </Assn>
  </Proj>
</Changes>