Once a third-party has modified the server project and sent it back to you, you can update a project on the server using the server project file that you received. To update your project, you need to import the received file to the Teamwork Cloud server as a new version of the project.

  • To update a server project from a server project file, you need the Administer Resources permission.
  • To update a main project and used projects with changes from the server project file, you must have read-write permission for all branches requiring updates.


The branch selected for update cannot contain any locks. Locks must be released before updating the project.


To update a server project with changes from a server project file


  1. Do one of the following:
  2. When the Update from Local Project dialog opens:

  3. Click Update when you are done. An updated version of the project with the contents of the local project is created in the selected branch.

The server project will not be updated if the tool recognizes that the local project is the same version as the server project. The same rule applies to used projects. 


Used projects

If the .szip version of the project contains used projects, their status can be reviewed in the Update from Local Project dialog when the project updates. To review updates, click More in the bottom-left corner of the dialog. 

Depending on the changes made in the used project, the following actions can be chosen automatically when the project updates: 

During a server project update from a local project, commits to branches being updated are not allowed, meaning other users working on the same project branch cannot commit the changes they have made.