Modify a baseline manually

As a project progresses and changes occur, you may want to modify one, or more, of the baselines associated with it. You cannot access and modify a baseline as you would a project. To modify a baseline manually, you must restore it to the project hierarchy, which makes it available again as a separate project in which you can update data.

To restore a baseline for the open project

1. Choose Project, Maintain Baselines.
2. Select the baseline you want to restore, click Restore, then click Yes.
   
   The restored project is placed in the same node as the project to which it was linked as a baseline.

Tips

• After you modify the restored baseline project, you can recreate it as a baseline for comparison against the current project.
• You can also automatically update a baseline with new and/or modified data from the current project without restoring the baseline. You should use this option when you want to globally update a type of project, activity, or resource/role assignment data, such as activity steps or project issues, and thresholds.

Note

• When a baseline contains relationships to non-baseline projects, these relationships are maintained and copied when a baseline is restored. This could result in duplicate relationships if both projects in the original relationship are non-baseline projects. If one side of the relationship is from a baseline, no copy can take place.

Related Topics

Update a baseline