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Hi All,
I am having extreme difficulty trying to export a p6 file into ms project. I have tried exporting it as a MPP file straight into ms project and also into asta and then into ms project. Each time the logic and dates are different. It is a program with 1500 tasks some of which are in progress. It appears I may have to re-build the entire program in ms project if I cannot get a reliable import. Does anyone have any information or could point me in the right direction? Even if I could somehow grab a baseline of the dates in the p6 program and use these to populate a baseline column in ms project I could use this information to re-create the program.
Thanks for any help,
Cathal
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Thanks Jerome,
I gave this a try but unfortuantely I had similar results. I received various errors when opeing the file and the logic is different from the p6 version as well as all tasks being out of order due to the unique ID column in msp dictating the new order. I have also tried exporting it as a mpp file with similar results and also through asta. I know there is incorrect logic in the p6 program for instance task A would link FF to task B and also task A would link ss+6 days to task B. Therefore when ms project tries to sort out the logic it changes it completely. I believe this is one of the problems I am having. Any other ideas or help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Cathal
Thanks Jerome,
I gave this a try but unfortuantely I had similar results. I received various errors when opeing the file and the logic is different from the p6 version as well as all tasks being out of order due to the unique ID column in msp dictating the new order. I have also tried exporting it as a mpp file with similar results and also through asta. I know there is incorrect logic in the p6 program for instance task A would link FF to task B and also task A would link ss+6 days to task B. Therefore when ms project tries to sort out the logic it changes it completely. I believe this is one of the problems I am having. Any other ideas or help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Cathal
Thanks Jerome,
I gave this a try but unfortuantely I had similar results. I received various errors when opeing the file and the logic is different from the p6 version as well as all tasks being out of order due to the unique ID column in msp dictating the new order. I have also tried exporting it as a mpp file with similar results and also through asta. I know there is incorrect logic in the p6 program for instance task A would link FF to task B and also task A would link ss+6 days to task B. Therefore when ms project tries to sort out the logic it changes it completely. I believe this is one of the problems I am having. Any other ideas or help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Cathal
Thanks Jerome,
I gave this a try but unfortuantely I had similar results. I received various errors when opeing the file and the logic is different from the p6 version as well as all tasks being out of order due to the unique ID column in msp dictating the new order. I have also tried exporting it as a mpp file with similar results and also through asta. I know there is incorrect logic in the p6 program for instance task A would link FF to task B and also task A would link ss+6 days to task B. Therefore when ms project tries to sort out the logic it changes it completely. I believe this is one of the problems I am having. Any other ideas or help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Cathal
Hi Cathal,
Export from P6 as a Microsoft Project MPX file and in Microsoft Project ensure that you've got Legacy Format enabled in Trust Centre and then open the newly exported file.
Email: PPadmin@planningplanet.com
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