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What Is PLF File? And How To Open It In Primavera P6 || All About Layouts in Primavera P6





In this tutorial, let us see how we can open a .plf format file into Primavera P6.

A .plf file is a Primavera Layout File which stores information about screen layouts.

Kindly make a note that there are 5 types of layouts in primavera, viz., Activities layout, Projects, WBS, Resources, Tracking Layouts.

If you want to import any .plf file, first you need to be on the same screen on primavera matching with that of .plf layout.

So, if you are importing an activities .plf layout, you need to be on the activities screen in your primavera.

Now, let us see how to open a .plf file format. First be there on the activities screen on Primavera

1.Go to View tab, click on Layout submenu and click on Open layout.

2. Click on the Import button, browse the .plf file and click on open.

3. Give a name to your layout. I am keeping it as it is.

4. And choose to whom it will be available, whether to a current user/project or make it as global.

5. Click on Save button to save this layout into your database. The layout in now imported.

Now let us open the layout.

Simply select the layout and click on Open.
That's it, you can view your screen changing as per the imported layout.

So, friends in this way you can use .plf files to import and export your layouts in Primavera P6.

If you try importing an activities layout into WBS screen, you will get an error message saying '
" The file is not a valid WBS layout".

Let us try this, Go to WBS Screen and try importing the same Activities .plf file and you can see the error message popping up as said.

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