{"id":212,"date":"2017-04-28T06:59:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T06:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2018-05-25T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T14:14:15","slug":"comparing-xer-files-with-change-inspector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/comparing-xer-files-with-change-inspector\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing XER Files with Change Inspector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Change Inspector\u00a0improves the schedule review process and reduces the review time. It also highlights the problem areas, like the activities that were supposed to start in the update period but didn\u2019t.Change Inspector provides the schedule comparison results in a series of comprehensive and organized reports.<\/p>\n<p>With Change Inspector, in 3 easy steps, a detailed schedule comparison report can be created.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Step 1 &#8211; Load and Compare two Primavera P6 XER files<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Loading up 2 Primavera P6 XER files is the first step in generating comparison reports. First, simply browse and select your base and revised XER files, then click the \u201cImport Schedules\u201d button.<a href=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-Import-xer.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-217\" src=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-Import-xer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-Import-xer.png 915w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-Import-xer-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-Import-xer-768x165.png 768w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1-Import-xer-500x107.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Step 2 &#8211; Create Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose the report you want to see from the list on the left of the screen, then click the Create Reports button.<a href=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-216\" src=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1158\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports.png 1158w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports-1024x371.png 1024w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2-CreateReports-500x181.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1158px) 100vw, 1158px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Change Inspector\u2019s output is simple.\u00a0 The reports are shown in different tabs where the user can switch from one report to\u00a0another.\u00a0 \u00a0You can even set filters on each column to help your analysis.<a href=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1353\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports.png 1353w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3-ViewReports-500x147.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1353px) 100vw, 1353px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Step 3 &#8211; Export to Excel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can\u00a0use the \u201cExport to Excel\u201d or \u201cPrint to HTML\u201d features. Change Inspector allows you to quickly get your data in Excel for more massaging or formatting. It also generates a very nice HTML report of your data, complete with a table of contents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-213\" src=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1162\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel.png 1162w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel-1024x420.png 1024w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4-ExporttoExcel-500x205.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1162px) 100vw, 1162px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1458\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport.png 1458w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/5-ExcelReport-433x300.png 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1458px) 100vw, 1458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Change Inspector will help reduce the time for reviewing schedule updates saving you time and money.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-212-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"311\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ComparingXerFiles.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ComparingXerFiles.mp4\">http:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ComparingXerFiles.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change Inspector\u00a0improves the schedule review process and reduces the review time. It also highlights the problem areas, like the activities that were supposed to start in the update period but didn\u2019t.Change Inspector provides the schedule comparison results in a series &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/comparing-xer-files-with-change-inspector\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/changeinspector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}