At the very beginning of 2014 we published an article concerning some missing relationships with the Export to Microsoft Project XML feature in Primavera P6; at the time using P6 R8.3.0. With the October 2014 release of Primavera P6 R8.4 however, those shortfalls have been addressed
Microsoft Project XML
Exporting from Primavera P6 to Microsoft Project
The Import feature in Primavera P6 Professional that loads Microsoft Project schedules from an XML file works very well. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the Export to Microsoft Project feature for version R8.2 – R8.3.2. However the good news is that Oracle Primavera have evidently fixed this problem in the October 2014 release of P6 R8.4.
Primavera XML And Microsoft Project XML Import/Export Stuck In Running Status
In the past month, we’ve encountered a strange problem when importing or exporting XML files using Primavera P6 EPPM. If you’ve had a similar problem importing or exporting a Primavera XML or Microsoft Project XML file into Primavera P6 EPPM and it seems to get stuck, then the solution below may help. What seems to […]
Integrating with Large XML Files in Deltek Cobra
A standalone installation of Deltek Cobra can easily load the most immense of XML files in a few minutes without causing any changes to your blood pressure. However, if you’re using a Client/Server or N-Tier workstation, the story can be very different.
Deltek Cobra and Microsoft Project 2013
The latest announcement from Microsoft that all things ‘Office’ are about to change got me thinking about one thing: will the new Microsoft Project 2013 integrate with Deltek Cobra?
Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project 2013
The recent announcement from Microsoft (July 16th) that launched ‘The New Microsoft Office’ has certainly been generating a lot of interest, and a lot of questions. The question that we wanted to answer was whether or not the new Microsoft Project XML files would load into the current R8.2 version of Primavera P6.
Unable to invoke setName on business object Activity. Field “Name” in Activity may not be of zero length.
Have you encountered this Primavera P6 error? It occurs while attempting to load a Microsoft Project 2007 XML file into Primavera P6 Release 8.1 web client. When using the Import/Export XML feature, the following error was reported in the Import Log: Primavera P6 Error: Unable to invoke setName on business object Activity. Field “Name” in […]