did you ever finish it?

hi sean,
try searching for the following “next_data_date” in the xer file. you’ll find the data date on the next line. it’s not super-easy to spot mind you, but it’s in there.

hello hannes,

still working on that program… i remember back then early 2003 sitting in the next office in hdw and hearing from that. now i am a scheduler and interested in that program if it is available.
mfg
tia

hi hannes de bruyne,

could you please share the beta version of your programme ?

hello hannes, can you share also with me the beta version of p6 xml parser ?

sahil. you can connect to an eppm database from p6 professional. you just need to put in the right database connection information (on the login screen of p6 professional).

my client is using eppm and so they are stuck with its slow entry/screen refreshes.

i know that we cant import xer into eppm, is there a way to connect eppm to the database of p6 ppm? this way they can enter all project data in ppm and for viewing it then will use eppm.

thanks

nancy, that’s a bit of an unusual situation. since eppm doesn’t use the xer format, and the early versions of professional don’t export to xml, you’re sort of stuck.
my recommendation would be to set up a local install of a newer version of p6 professional (v8 or later) and then import your xers to that local install. you could then export them to xml. i’m not aware of any tool that will do the conversion for you other than p6 professional.

venkata – please google “primavera p6 schema” – and look for a pdf that oracle publishes with the information you’re looking for.

it’s very nice tutorial.

i am looking out for the exact table and fields to extract the data from primavera system for the below columns.

earned value for the changed budget for non-labor cost
revised budgeted non-labor cost
initial baseline budgeted non-labor cost
initial baseline start and end dates
revised baseline start and end dates

please provide the inputs for the above.

hi bill. p6 won’t allow you to control exporting at this level. the only suggestion would be to put their section in a separate project and link them together.

i promissed to send the specific sort order in a xer file:

look into shafferassoc.net for systables

the field table_id is the sort order in xer files

there was an error in calculating the percentage of ff and ss percentage in the project review sheet. i reported it to the developer and fix it in the code by removing the division by 2.
.cells(7, 8) = cdbl((ss + ff) / (2 * inlink))
should be
.cells(7, 8) = cdbl((ss + ff) / (inlink))

thanks hannes

thanks sure, yes please send it if it is open source 🙂

regards
mimoune

hi mimoune

there is a specific order. i.e. project must be before task and task & resource before resource assignment. i can send you a spec this week, as i am out of my office right now.
i am developing a program right now which reads and writes xer, mpp and xml for p6 – if you are interested, i can send you a beta version.
hannes

i have more than 100 files and want to open by one click

this is thiru, i’m preimavera-6 (8.1.0) stand alone. i am using oracle database 10g express edition for back end.

i had problem with my system hard disk and my os has been corrupted. dell service engineer replaced my hard disk and installed new hard disk. all my data base more then 20 projects in my old hard disk. now i installed p6 in my new hard disk & also i can able to access my old hard disk files using usb port including (p6 files). now i want to know how to transfer the whole primaver data base to my new hard disk. if there is any method please let me know.

thanks & regards,

m.thiru

my understanding is this information is not stored in the xer file, but kept in the database, check with admin preference, time period.

but because in general we use the assigned activity calender to convert from hours to days, you can always use the field clndr_id in the task table

some stuff in p6, like tf are pretty strange. instead of lf-ef, it appears to be total_float_hr_cnt / hours per day. for my routines, will use lf-ef, etc.

also intend to include progress curve creation by wbs, etc. directly from the data. i parse both the current and a target xer.

have done before in p3. semi-retired, so doing as a hobby.

it is target_drtn_hr_cnt in the task table.

you can download it from here

//www.deco-dalles.com/using-primaveras-xer-file-parser-import-wbs-from-excel-without-the-sdk/

regards
mimoune

can you send me the file for xer parser utility.

thanks,
taher

regards
mimoune

mimoune! do you have xer specification?

my task is make some automatic manipulation with data contained in xer files.
i already have file “ppmschema.html” with db specification.

how to get additional instructions related to xer file?

(?) which tables (%t) are required (what is a minimum set of tables)?

ex.:
ermhdr …
%t obs
%t udftype
%t project
%t calendar
%t projwbs
%t udfvalue
%e

(?) which order must have tables (%t) in xer file?

(?) typically records (%r) in xer file ordered by alphabet. it is necesery?

(?!) how to get full specification for primavera xer files?

thanks!

thanks really, it is my pleasure that you made a comment here.