CA Clarity™ Schedule Connect
Connecting CA Clarity to Open Workbench and Microsoft Project
Although CA Clarity provides extensive project management functionality through the Web browser interface, often your project managers will want to harness the power of their desktop computers for detailed planning and scheduling. CA Clarity fully supports this through Schedule Connect, the client-server connection to Open Workbench and Microsoft Project.
Schedule Connect provides you with the industry's most comprehensive and efficient connection between desktop and server. Full bidirectional integration between CA Clarity and both Open Workbench and Microsoft Project means that users simply check out a project from the repository, edit it locally, then save it back without the need for time consuming file conversion steps. Changes made in CA Clarity or on the desktop are automatically synchronized, so users are always working with the most up-to-date information.
When users are spread across the country or across the globe, they need fast access to their project information. Rather than using transaction-heavy RPC protocols, Schedule Connect communicates via standard HTTP, just like the connection to your user's Web browser. As a result, bandwidth is reduced, no additional firewall ports need to be opened, and proxy servers and SSL are fully supported with no additional configuration. Like the CA Clarity interface itself, Schedule Connect delivers low bandwidth, easy configuration and high end-user satisfaction.
Schedule Connect provides seamless bidirectional integration with both Microsoft Project and Open Workbench.
