Oracle Primavera P6 has limits to the character count for various fields. When you export a project, we need to stay within that character limit for P6 XML/XER file to be compatible with other products.
Name Type | Character Limit |
Project Name | 120 |
Activity and Task | 120 |
Group Name (WBS) | 100 |
Milestone | 120 |
Name of a Custom Code | 40 |
Options in Custom Code | 60 |
Calendar | 255 |
Activity ID | 40 |
Note: All characters are counted as 1 character, except for the following 5 special characters, which are each counted as 5 characters each: < > & " '