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import P3 to P5

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Mon, 2007-06-04 02:11
Frank Neal
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We have recently imported a P3 schedule into P5.

We noticed the start and finish dates to be the same.
The calendars are exactly the same ( P3 & P5)
yet the orig dur in P5 is less than the Orig dur in P3
i.e one task P3 had 26 days ODU and now the same task in P5 has 21 days ODU..

any pointers!!

thks

Frank
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Sun, 2007-06-17 13:57
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Frank Neal
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All sorted, we had 10hrs / day, as soon as you change to 8hrs /day the odu returned back to its origianl value..

many thks

dinesh.!
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Thu, 2007-06-14 17:37
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Sadia Janjua
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I had the same problem. The solution to this is when you schedule your schedule make sure you select the progress overide. Your dates should match
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Tue, 2007-06-12 00:09
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Dinesh Kumar Dama...
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Hi Frank,

Try the following:

Go to Admin, Admin Preferences and look at the Time Periods tab. Make sure that the Hours/Day setting matches the setting from where the project came from.

In the case of importing from P3 projects, if the planning unit is Days, then set the Time Periods to 8 Hours/Day.


In P3, you are allowed to make the Original duration and Remaining duration different for Not Started activities. When they are imported into Project Management, it will set the Original duration to match the Remaining duration by design.

The P3 user must either update the remaining duration to match the original, or set an actual start on that activity in order for the durations to match what is in P3

Cheers..

Dinesh
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Mon, 2007-06-04 12:23
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Frank Neal
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many thanks, will take a look tomorrow..

I actualy created a barchart view in P5 ( daily) and couunted the bar periods, = 26 days, which was the original p3 odu, but now in P5 the odu = 21 days! How can the periods = 26 on the barchart, but the odu = 21?
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Mon, 2007-06-04 09:25
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Ronald Winter
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The answer is "Interruptible Activities." P3 supports this CPM calculation option while P5 does not. You have doubly-constrained activities that were stretching to meet both restraints in P3. In P5, the finish restraint always takes precedence. Good luck!
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Mon, 2007-06-04 05:40
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Frank Neal
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Not sure, I will re-check and see if that has any impact.

thks

Frank
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Mon, 2007-06-04 05:34
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Santosh Bhat
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I can’t really think about other things at this moment - but one common problem I’ve encountered is this- did you schedule the project in P3 immediately before importing it? Some problem have been overcome by shceduling in P3, then importing right after the scheduling is completed.

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Mon, 2007-06-04 05:31
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Frank Neal
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Yes, just checked we are using Release 5.0 SP3 ( 30000050)

Thks for all of your suggestions...keep going...
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Mon, 2007-06-04 04:56
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Santosh Bhat
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Are you using the latest service pack (SP3 at this time)
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Mon, 2007-06-04 04:48
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Frank Neal
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Have checked the calendars and both are the same calendar?

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Mon, 2007-06-04 04:36
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Santosh Bhat
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If start and finish dates are the same, yet durations are different - then its a calendar related problem.

1) check what the default calendar for the project now is
2) then manually check that the calendars beign used are in fact the same.

For 2) you can’t print calendars in P5, but i suggest you pick an activity that is showing the duration change, and compare the periods between the start and finish dates across both P5 and P3 calendars for any differences in the number of work days.

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Mon, 2007-06-04 04:33
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Frank Neal
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No they are marked as tasks
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Mon, 2007-06-04 04:28
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Santosh Bhat
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The task you’re referring to - was it a hammock in P3? and is now a "Level of Effort" activity?
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