Getting started

This page walks you through your first ten minutes with LogicReader: open the early-access toolkit, load a schedule, and find your way around. No prior LogicReader experience assumed.

Before you start

  • You need an early-access invitation. If you don’t have one, join the early-access list.
  • You need a schedule file: an XER exported from Primavera P6, or a CSV that follows the column shape we describe in the import guide.
  • If you only want to look at the platform, the live demo runs at logicreader.io behind a basic-auth gate — we’ll send you the credentials with the invitation.

Step 1 — open the application

Open https://logicreader.io in any modern browser. The browser will prompt you for your basic-auth username and password — these are the credentials we sent in your invitation email. After you sign in once, the browser will remember them for the session.

You’ll land on an empty canvas. The toolbar across the top is your main way of doing things; the canvas below it is where the schedule will appear once loaded.

Step 2 — load a schedule

  • Click Load XER if your file ends in .xer.
  • Click Load CSV if you have an exported CSV. (See the import guide for the column shape we expect.)
  • If you want to try LogicReader without your own data, the live demo ships with an example called Example 014 already loaded.

LogicReader rebuilds the schedule as a graph — activities become nodes, dependencies become arrows. WBS structure becomes nested groups. The first time you load a non-trivial schedule (a few thousand activities), the layout takes a couple of seconds to compute.

Step 3 — navigate

  • Pan — click and drag on empty canvas, or use the arrow keys.
  • Zoom — mouse wheel, or the + / - keys.
  • Fit to screen — the Fit button in the toolbar (or press F).
  • Select an activity — click it. Hold Ctrl and click to add to the selection.

As you zoom out, the renderer automatically simplifies what it draws so the canvas stays interactive even on schedules of 25,000 activities. As you zoom back in, detail returns. This switch is automatic and you do not need to configure it.

Step 4 — ask one useful question

Pick one of these to try first — they are the questions LogicReader is best at answering today:

  • What is the critical path? — click Critical Path. The longest chain through the schedule highlights in red.
  • Where do these two revisions differ? — load a second version with Add Project, then click Compare. Green marks added work, red removed work, amber changed logic. (See Compare two revisions.)
  • I only want to discuss this one area in the meeting. — select the activities, then click Isolate. Everything else disappears from the canvas. (See Isolate mode.)

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