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# Using Collaboration projects

This chapter explains how PlantReporter must be used when using collaboration projects (Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or BIM360).

All other features of PlantReporter are described under [PlantReporter](/plant-tools/plantreporter/how-to-use/plantreporter.md).

For details about **PlantDataManager** ACC click [here](/plant-tools/plantdatamanager/how-to-use/using-collaboration-projects.md).

### <mark style="color:blue;">Data Cache Files</mark>

PlantReporter check if there are pending changes which haven't been imported by PlantDataManager Plugin. This allows you to postpone the creation of a report in such a case.

### <mark style="color:blue;">Prerequisites</mark>

In order to let PlantDataManager work with collaboration projects AutoCAD Plant 3D 2023 must be installed and activated on your machine.

If PlantReporter should be able to open a collaboration project, the project must have previously been opened at some point (this will change shortly with a new release). It is not important, that the local copy in your collaboration folder is up-to-date. PlantReporter will take care of it.

### <mark style="color:blue;">Opening a collaboration project</mark>

When you open a collaboration project you will see "Refreshing from Project" which executes the 'Refresh from Project' command to ensure your local data are up-to-date before creating a report.

![](https://2994090777-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZH2AGHzvPfBW7YdaaGc0%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a0ee78f0aa1c79ba20df41b9b73c38112b7c6088%2Fhmfile_hash_a7f09996.png?alt=media)

### <mark style="color:blue;">Refresh/Reload</mark>

If you click on the 'Refresh' button right of the selected project, your collaboration project will be loaded again. This may be important in case you are aware, that changes have been made while you are in PlantReporter with the project open.

![](https://2994090777-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZH2AGHzvPfBW7YdaaGc0%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-061074ca5c15e5eeace4ce3d4826fc329bef68e2%2Fhmfile_hash_a5024e5f.png?alt=media)

### <mark style="color:blue;">Print/Export</mark>

When clicking on 'Print/Export' PlantReporter will download any existing data cache files to check if there are pending changes.

![](https://2994090777-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZH2AGHzvPfBW7YdaaGc0%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-432bc15080918dc1b5d7b92f9e00928cdac0507e%2Fhmfile_hash_b3326f78.png?alt=media)

If this is the case you will see the dialog where you can either continue or cancel.