Parse a Primavera P6 XER file and return a TABLE SUMMARY
(not the full row-level data — XER row dumps explode the MCP
context window).
For each table in the XER, returns the table name, field list,
and record count. Per-row data is intentionally omitted — for
forensic / DCMA / windows analysis use the dedicated tools
(``forensic_windows_analysis``, ``critical_path_validator``, etc.)
which consume the parsed XER internally and return analytical
summaries, not raw rows.
Use this tool to confirm an XER is parseable, list its tables, see
the data date / project name from PROJECT, or count activities in
TASK before deciding which deeper tool to run.
Args:
xer_path: server-side filesystem path to the XER file.
xer_content: full text of the XER file (alternative for
hosted/remote use). Supply EXACTLY ONE of path/content.
Returns:
{
"filepath": absolute path,
"encoding_used": "utf-8" | "cp1252" | ...,
"ermhdr": file header dict (P6 version, export user, etc.),
"tables": [{"name", "fields", "record_count"}, ...],
"table_count": int,
"total_records": int,
"project_summary": {
"proj_id", "proj_short_name", "proj_long_name",
"data_date", "plan_end_date"
} (from first PROJECT row, if any)
}
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