Convert and Upload Desktop Projects

If you used Quality Companion to create projects before you signed up for a Companion subscription, your projects are converted when you upload them to your subscription.

1. In the Companion desktop app, choose File > Account and sign in to your Companion subscription.
2. Choose File > Open > Computer.
3. Click Upload Projects and choose the Quality Companion 3 project to open.
4. Wait while Companion converts the Quality Companion 3 project, and then click Done.
5. Choose File > Open > Project Repository.
6. Click Browse and open the converted project and review the changes. For details, open the Conversion Information form in the Roadmap.

Global and local data fields

When you have a Companion subscription, data is managed "globally" in the design center. In Quality Companion 3, data is managed "locally" within the project. During the conversion, any local data field that matches both the name and the properties of a global data field is mapped and instantly available to the dashboard. Any local data field that does not map to a global data field is preserved as a local data field in the converted project. To manage and include a local data field in dashboard reports, a data architect must recreate it as a global data field in the design center.

If you used Quality Companion 3 to create projects before you purchased the Companion desktop, you can convert them to Companion projects.

1. Open the Companion desktop app.
2. Choose File > Open.
3. Find the Quality Companion 3 project to open and click Open.
4. Click Browse, open the converted project, and review the changes. For details, open the Conversion Information form in the Roadmap.

During the conversion, Companion maps any user-entered data to its equivalent data field in the new project. Any data that you entered in the management section of your Quality Companion 3 project is preserved in the Legacy Data, Custom Categories Data, and Y Metrics folders in the Roadmap.

If you used the Companion desktop app before signing up for a subscription, you can upload your desktop projects to your subscription.

1. In the desktop app, choose File > Account and sign in to your Companion subscription.
2. Choose File > Open > Computer.
3. Click Upload Projects and choose the Companion desktop project to open.
4. Wait while Companion upgrades the desktop project, and then click Done.
5. Choose File > Open > Project Repository.
6. Click Browse, open the converted project, and review the changes. For details, open the Conversion Information form in the Roadmap.

Global and local data fields

When you have a Companion subscription, data is managed "globally" in the design center. In the Companion desktop app, data is managed "locally" within the project. During the conversion, any local data field that matches both the name and the properties of a global data field is mapped and instantly available to the dashboard. Any local data field that does not map to a global data field is preserved as a local data field in the converted project. To manage and include a local data field in dashboard reports, a data architect must recreate it as a global data field in the design center.