Export a project to an XML file

Follow the steps below to export projects to an XML file that can be imported by other P6 Professional users.

1. Open the project(s) you want to export.
2. Choose File, Export.
3. Choose Primavera P6 - (XML). Click Next.
4. Double click the Baselines to Export field.
5. In the Baselines to Export dialog box, mark the Export checkbox next to each baseline you want to export, then click OK.
6. Clear the option to "Export all project level layouts" if you do not need to include project level layouts with the export file.
7. Click Finish.
8. Click Close.

Notes

• When connected to a P6 EPPM database, if P6 Professional Applications are set to use remote mode, you can continue to work while your export process completes. To download the exported file, choose Tools, Job Status.
• When connected to a P6 EPPM database, your administrator must enter the URL of the content repository into the P6 URL field on the General page of Application Settings in P6.
• Unless you are working on a standalone system connecting to an SQLite database, you must use JRE 7 or higher to export XML files.
• You can export multiple projects to a single XML file.
• Global data that is assigned to the project is exported.
• If you are exporting a project that you previously imported; and, that project contains relationships to external projects that do not exist in your database; and, you scheduled the project; be sure that you scheduled the project with the Ignore Relationships To and From Other Projects option selected (in the Schedule Options dialog box). If you select this option when scheduling the project, the module will preserve the external activity dates.
• Manual future period buckets are exported when you export a project to an XML file.
• XML files exported from PM version 7.0 and later can not be imported into PM version 6.1 and earlier.
• You can export XML files without having access to all resources, but the following applies if you export XML files without having access to all resources:
• If you export projects with resources that are outside of your access hierarchy, data that is exported will be limited since not all resources in the project can be loaded from the dictionary.