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How To Export-import
Update Including
Baseline one Time
PREPARED BY: ENG.AHMED RAMADAN
AHMED.PLANNER1982@GMAIL.COM
Brief 2
 To Export Update With Baseline 3
Follow Steps :
1 – We Have schedule Time have Activity Updated (Have Baseline + Update)

Project Update Values

Important Note: 4

Last Data date at

25-Nov-2011
2– Open Export and Choose (Primavera P6-(XML) As Shown
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Press
Press Next

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3– Select Project to Export and press Select Baseline(As Shown)
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This Column to choose

Baseline of Project

a-Mark (√ )
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b-Press select

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4– Put Mark at Export Column then press OK (As Shown)
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Press OK

1 Mark (√ )
5– Now Found Baseline Name Press Next (As Shown)
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Project ID Project
Name Baseline Name

Press Next
6– Choose Place To save file(As Shown)
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Press Here to select
Place to save file Press
Finish
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Press Save

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Choose Extension As you like (xml or zip file) – No difference
7– Export Finished and Result (As Shown)
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File After Export

Press
Close
7– How To Import Project with Baseline (XML file)
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Our Project that Exported And I

will Be Delete To Import Again

Project last
Update Values
8– Delete Project and will Import
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Project have been

Deleted from EPS

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8– Open File Menu then Select Import (As Shown)
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Choose (XML)

Click Next

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Click on tab

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Choose the File

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Click Next
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7 Click OK
Choose Select

Click Next

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Mark (√ )
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Click Finish

Click Next 12
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Click Close

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Note: May be find the Project after Import

Successful Imported 14 under another EPS (Take attention)

Right Click Choose

Open Project

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But Will find Schedule% complete = Zero
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Because the baseline Imported but had

not been assigned
 Click on Project then select
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Assign Baseline 19

Click OK
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Choose the Baseline
 From Tools Menu
Select Schedule 20
Select Schedule

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Select Schedule

Select 25-Nov-11 (Why

20 ?) Review slide (4)
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Select Schedule
Now We have Updated Schedule With
baseline Assigned 21

Now Schedule%
complete = 43.61%
 Error message 22
Some times Error Message Appear when Exporting To XML (As Shown)

Cause:
This error will be seen if your java
home directory has been moved or
renamed. Primavera P6 Professional
uses Java code for certain functions
including the processing of the XML
export feature. For example, you
upgraded your java version from Java
7-nn to Java 8-nn, and removed Java
7. Doing so removes the
\BIN\JAVA.exe file to a new home
directory on a different path to the
original java 7 home. Primavera P6
can no longer find the java.exe file
and generates the above error.
Solution: 23
Update your JAVA_HOME environment variable to describe the current full path to your
java installation. - Here’s how to do it.
Note: this is a windows 7 example, but the principle is the same with all windows operating systems.

1.Open the windows file explorer and locate your

current java home directory.
2. Highlight the java home directory and then click in field at the top (1) to select the full
path.
3. Right-click on the full path and select Copy from the menu (2).
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4. This copies the fully qualified path string to the clipboard. We will paste this path into
the Java_Home environment variable in a later step.
5. Open the windows Control Panel, go to System and Security and then select System
6.Select the Advanced system settings option. 25
OR Right-Click on My-Computer then select Properties
7. In the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog, click the Environment
Variables… button.

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8. In the Environment Variables dialog, select the Java_Home system variable and click
Edit…
9. In the Edit System Variable dialog, right-click to paste the new Java_Home path into
the Variable value: field.
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Click OK to close each of the System

dialogs to save your changes.

Close Primavera and Open Again for the

changes to take affect.
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Good Luck
Eng. Ahmed Ramadan
Ahmed.planner1982@Gmail.com