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IMPORT P3 PROJECT TO P6 IS PAIN....BIG ISSUE

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Mon, 2008-05-12 12:45
Suresh Sankaranku...
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HI Dear Friends,
I am facing a big problem of importing the p3 (project planner 3.1) project to p6 6.1 version. The problem is the original budgeted units are getting huge difference in p6.
I tried to import a proj into p6 from p3. In p3 the budgeted unit was 90hrs and but when i imported it into p6 its give 800hours... I been ......f....d in the meeting ...I just thought p6 is reliable and wont make me wrong..............

Pls if you have any clue pls share....
Thx
Suresh
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Mon, 2008-05-12 14:19
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Dieter Wambach
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Suresh
If you walk through the import you see a window "Update Project Options". Select "Advanced" in the bottom of this window. Then try "units as hours".
Sorry, one of your sentences I don’t understand: "... in p3 is 4 duration is 10 days". What do you mean by this 4 = 10 ???
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Dieter
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Mon, 2008-05-12 13:48
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Suresh Sankaranku...
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Diater,
The units are same in p3 and p6. What i found is.. Unit per time in p3 is getting wrongly calculated in the p6

Eg: 8hrs per day calender
unit per day is specified in p3 is 4 duration is 10 days

In p6 it converts like this

4*10=40*8 = 800h i dont knnow how its come.. but i think this is the funda... bullshit p6..

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Mon, 2008-05-12 13:23
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Dieter Wambach
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Suresh
Just two ideas:
1. Parameter Planning Units: Hours or Days: May be you selected days but planned in hours.
2. Resource curves: Sometimes not really compatible - e.g. "curve A" bell shaped in P3, triangle in P6.
May be others have more ideas.
Regards
Dieter
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