To import a newer version XER file to an older version of Oracle Primavera P6 installed on your computer, follow this quick fix.
1) Open the XER file in any text editor like Windows Notepad.
2) On the very first line, you should see the version of Oracle Primavera P6 that this XER file was saved in. Edit the version in the file to match the version installed on your machine. You can check the Version of your install but going to the Help menu item, and choosing About Primavera P6.
3) Then save, and close, make sure that you are not changing file extension to .txt instead of .xer by mistake when saving.
4) Then import that file to Oracle Primavera P6 as usual.
It was found that in most cases this tip works between all Oracle Primavera P6 versions, but please note that in later versions of Primavera P6 there are additional fields, which may get dropped during import when you import to an older version. So please check your data carefully to make sure that everything is OK after the import, and that no vital data is missing.
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Can you please explain , does it works when taking an export from 15.1 and importing the same in eppm 16.1, means from lower to higher versions as well??
Always a newer version or higher of P6 opens xer files created on older versions of P6, this article was the opposite which is to open a xer file which was created by a newer version of P6, with an older version of P6.
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Can you confirm if you can if you are using P6 15.1, can you import a project file created from 16.2?
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I have query..i have installed 15.1 version and imported project version to 8.2 but my cost is not returned and also non labor and labor units did not return. Please explain..i have 15.1 version but i want to work on 8.2 version. Thank you
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I have a version 17.11 file created in Germany. I tried to modify using notepad to version 16.2 in the US. I keep getting “The Import file is invalid” error. Anyone has an idea as to why this is happening and what I can do? Thanks
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This also works when importing .XER files into Primavera Risk.