How To: Deltek Open Plan BK3 files

Deltek Open Plan is a planning tool for Windows which can store schedule data in a variety of databases, and export schedules to BK3 files.

Reading Open Plan files

The simplest way to read an Open Plan file is to use the UniversalProjectReader:

JavaC#

package org.mpxj.howto.read;

import net.sf.mpxj.ProjectFile;
import net.sf.mpxj.reader.UniversalProjectReader;

public class OpenPlan
{
    public void read() throws Exception
    {
        UniversalProjectReader reader = new UniversalProjectReader();
        ProjectFile project = reader.read("my-sample.bk3");
    }
}

using MPXJ.Net;

namespace MPXJ.Samples.HowToRead;

public class OpenPlan
{
    public void Read()
    {
        var reader = new UniversalProjectReader();
        var project = reader.Read("my-sample.bk3");
    }
}

You can work directly with the OpenPlanReader by replacing UniversalProjectReader with OpenPlanReader, although this offers no particular advantage as there are no additional configuration settings available on the OpenPlanReader class.