Updating project plans

you choose what do to during the update while importing 

Open the project in P6 then select file import then select xer and then find the file to import 

during the import options under the Import Action you can choose to Create New Project, Add Into Existing Project, Replace Existing Project or Update Existing Project 

You can select Update Existing Project 

Then under Update Project Options select Modify 

You will now be at the Modify Import Configuration screen

then you can choose what and how you want to import the information

There are 3 different categories 

Data Type: Activity 

Data Type: Global

Data Type: Project 

In each of these categories under the Action column you can choose to Update Existing, Do Not Import, Insert New or Update Existing.

for Activities you can just select Update Existing and the activities will be updated this this will also update the Activity Relationships and the Activity Resource Assignments

Under the Gllobal category thsi deals with Resources and can choose if you want to import them or update then you have the same actions available here.

Under the Project category you can update or add Activity codes, Activity code values, calendars and wbs

There is a lot of flexibility of how and what you want to import

Thanks for the info.   Big help I was thinking that this would work but wondered if there was easier methods.   I will be doing this weekly as the contractors submit their updates.  Again thanks for the help.

this is the easiest way to do this. I would suggest that you keep updating the same project id but BEFORE you update it copy it so you have a historical record for that update period and add the date into the project name.

for example if the project id is named CAR and is statused as of Feb 1 then prior to updating it copy CAR and name it to

CAR1-020119

Now you can add the next months (FEBRUARY) progress to CAR

Next Month copy CAR to CAR2-030119

This way all ofyour layouys wont go to wates and can be used over and over again

This tells you the update # and the date of the update. Its simple but effective

Thanks again for the help