exportToPrimaveraP6

exports data from the Gantt chart to Primavera P6

void exportToPrimaveraP6( [object export] );

export

object

optional, an object with export settings (see the details)

Example

gantt.exportToPrimaveraP6({
    name:'custom.xml'
});

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Details

This method is defined in the export extension, so you need to activate the export_api plugin. Read the details in the Export and Import from Primavera P6 article.

If you use the Gantt version older than 8.0, you need to include the https://export.dhtmlx.com/gantt/api.js on your page to enable the online export service, e.g.:

<script src="codebase/dhtmlxgantt.js"></script>
<script src="https://export.dhtmlx.com/gantt/api.js"></script>

The exportToPrimaveraP6() method takes as a parameter an object with a number of properties (all of the properties are optional):

name - (string) the name of the obtained file ('gantt.xml' by default).
auto_scheduling - (boolean) indicates the scheduling mode for tasks in the exported project. true will mark tasks as auto scheduled, false will mark tasks as manually scheduled (the default state).
skip_circular_links - (boolean) indicates whether the circular links will be removed or not (true - will be removed (the default mode), false - will not be removed).
project - (object) allows setting custom properties to the exported project entity.
tasks - (object) allows setting custom properties to the exported task items.
data - (object) allows setting a custom data source that will be presented in the output Gantt chart. It is expected that the start_date and end_date properties will be specified in the format which includes both the date and time (%d-%m-%Y %H:%i).
callback - (function) if you want to receive an url to download a generated XML, the callback property can be used. It receives a JSON object with the url property.
resources - (array) allows exporting the list of resources into a Primavera P6 file.
server - (string) the API endpoint for the request. Can be used with the local install of the export service. The default value is https://export.dhtmlx.com/gantt.

Response

The response will contain a JSON of the following structure:

{
   data: {},
   config: {},
   resources: [],
   worktime: {}
}

data - a gantt data object. Each task has the following properties: id, open, parent, progress, start_date, text, resource. Dates are stringified in the "%Y-%m-%d %H:%i" format.
config - a gantt configuration object with settings retrieved from the project file.
resources - an array of objects (each having the following properties: {id: string, name:string, type:string}) that represent the list of resources from the project file.
worktime - an object containing the working time settings from the project calendar.