How can I edit budgeted cost/unit in excel and then import into P6?

Question

I would like to edit resource assignements (budgeted cost/unit) month by month in an excel file, and then import it into P6. Is this possible?
It seems that the resource assignments month by month cannot be exported to an excel file. Is there anyone who can help me find a solution to this problem?
Thanks a lot.
By the way, I foud I can use the reporting function to get the excel file with month by month resource assignment information and can edit the values, but I cannot then import the changes into P6.

Answer 1

not sure if this helps at all, but..
when you refer to importing units (or costs) by period, do you mean past financial period actual data or future bucket planning data ?
if it's the former, you can select corresponding financial period fields (period actual units and/or cost) for export to excell. unfortunately not sure why they are marked (*) which means they cannot be modified and reimported just as easily.
an update of the same fields in the P6 database can be performed through P6 Timesheets (or similar solutions) through SDK (and possibly API or Webservices).
if it's the latter, i don't see how *"future bucket planning" or any other non-linear distribution* (which can be a bit too much and quite time consuming in p6), can be made easier in excell.
i think predefined non-linear resource curves are a good compromise, but if that doesn't suit your needs, you can define *"custom resource curves"* of your own for resource assignments using the resource usage spreadsheet.
you would need to enter values for budgeted units for several future intervals (depending on the timescale)
e.g. for months 1 to 4, you manually set budgeted units to 1, 0, 2 and 4h respectively, resulting in a total of budgeted units for the assignment of 7h.
if you then modify the 7h to 70h, the sistem will adjust the period values proportionally to the initial values, resulting 10, 0, 20 and 40 h respectively.
best of luck