{"id":7883,"date":"2019-04-15t01:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-15t05:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2019-10-18t14:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18t18:05:46","slug":"how-to-import-export-primavera-p6-layouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/how-to-import-export-primavera-p6-layouts\/","title":{"rendered":"how to import & export activity layouts in primavera p6"},"content":{"rendered":"
primavera p6’s activity layouts can be a super-feature for helping you to plan, analyze, and progress a schedule. but what about exporting activity layouts to other copies of primavera p6?<\/p>\n
in this post i’ll show you how to import and export those precious primavera p6 activity layouts.<\/p>\n
the activity screen is where we spend 95% of our time as primavera p6 users. having a facility to configure an activity layout just the way we like it and to save layouts for reuse is truly an invaluable feature.<\/p>\n
activity layouts that are created in primavera p6 as “global”<\/strong> can be accessed by others who work in the same primavera p6 database. but if you want to copy an activity layout to another primavera p6 database, you’ll have to follow these exporting & importing steps.<\/p>\n it’s not uncommon to create a few activity layouts for a specific project as well. so exporting primavera p6 activity layouts to share with colleagues, contractors, subs or even for use in an xer viewer like schedulereader<\/a> becomes pretty important.<\/p>\n to work with activity layouts, you’ll want to be familiar with primavera p6’s .plf file format<\/a>. this is the file format primavera p6 uses for importing & exporting activity layouts.<\/p>\n although importing or exporting a primavera p6 activity layout might be basic knowledge to some users, it’s definitely not obvious.<\/p>\n and i can’t tell you how many times p6 users contact me reporting that .plf files can’t be imported, because they haven’t followed these steps, and have simply tried to double-click the .plf file<\/strong> to open it. windows will usually try to open a .plf file in adobe reader or some other incorrect application.<\/p>\n don’t double-click the .plf file; rather follow the importing steps below.<\/p>\n from the primavera p6 activities screen, open the layouts dialog by navigating to the view menu -> layouts -> open.<\/p>\n if you get a pop-up asking you to save changes to the current layout, select no (unless you have unsaved changes you want to capture).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nhow to import an activity layout (.plf) in primavera p6<\/h2>\n