An alternate way is to use hammocks that span all project duration, use necking, and display them on your Gantt. Non-work days and holidays will show no work. In this way you will have a visual that moves with your Gantt.

Activity 1 displays Calendar 1, Activity 2 displays Calendar 2 and Activity 3 displays Calendar 3.

If the purpose of printing calendars is to be able to check on unreported calendar changes I suggest transferring the files to P3 and use the software to print your calendars as well as to make Digger file comparison that can look for calendar differences.

Another option available to look for Calendar changes is Update Checker from Ron Winter's Schedule Analyzer Enterprise.

I like the idea of being able to compare individual fields available in the new version of Digger embedded in P6 but still misses some of the functionality and ease of use of old Digger Software.

Tim

Thanks,It works fine.

Is it Possible to Show legend (Non Working Day,Eid) in PDF.

 

 

Regards

Anbin

Mike,

You said, "In Power Project you can make a print of the calendar dialog or as some one suggested do a Print Screen copy into PowerPoint and trim the picture.".

Maybe in Power Project you can select the text from the calendar dialog box and Copy-Paste into a text Editor or MS Word and in no time get the condensed report, better than what 90% of the available software can do.

Best regards,

Rafael

PS. Sorry if my response is kind of delayed but I was out of town during the dates of your postings.
 

Hi Kari

Don’t worry about Rafael Vladimir and I - we enjoy knocking a few lumps off each other now and then - when the dust settles there may even be a few visible specks of wisdom in the sand.

If you have only 3 or 4 calendars it should not be too difficult set up a spreadsheet with the holidays listed.

In PowerProject you can make a print of the calendar dialogue or as some one suggested do a Print Screen copy into powerpoint and trim the picture.

Best regards

Mike Testro

Mike,

P6 was developed not by Primavera but another developer and was geared for the IT industry, if you read my last posting you would read about calendars for named resources, not uncommon for IT jobs. I have seen similar concern for named resources by some subcontractors like those subcontracted for the programming of controls in water plants. Yes named resources are not common in construction jobs but at times they get into the picture.

Even for the few calendars that Vladimir says, similar to what I use, we still must consider the calendars particular of our subcontractors and suppliers. For hundreds of equipment and materials supplied by Continental US Suppliers we must consider their usual Christmas shutdown, each with a shutdown schedule of their own, same for our local suppliers. Not only resources but activities are assigned particular calendars as to take into account weather. We have some crews that because of religion do not work on Saturdays and this also must be considered.

Even when for a few calendars it is kind of ridiculous having to print whole calendars or its equivalent using resource histograms. How would you compare updates calendars to make sure scoundrels are not doing their thing?

Best regards,
Rafael

Hi Vladimir

Apart from Curing which is on a 24/7 calendar the others are not necessary on a normal building programme where an 8 or 9 hour day shift is normal.

If you are on and accelerated shift work contract then I agree more calendars and the associated work patterns are needed but this would be the exception.

You only need to put specific calendars on driving resources - staff resources etc are best added to summary bars or hammocks.

Best regards

Mike Testro

Hi Rafael

I think you are getting a bit beyond yourself.

Ali is in the Building sector where more than one calendar is unusual.

I use two occasionally - 1 for wet weather and another for inside work.

Hundreds of Calendars in Building? Never ever known it.

Best regards

Mike Testro

Hi Kari,

Create a labor resource and assign it to an activity "level of effort" that extends over the whole project. Assign the calendar you want to print to the resource and then print the resource profile of this labor showing timescale by day.

Mike,

I still believe the ORACLE guy who missed it is kind of incapable of understanding the needs of the users. At least show me some Excel print outs of the calendars from P6, got to be a piece of cake, such simple task should take you less than a couple of minutes. Same as a P6 installation you are expert with.

Because weeks ago you was into installing P6 I am assuming you already know P6 and figure it out P6 excellent report generator could not provide us with a report on calendar days. Please prove me wrong as the infatuation with ORACLE/Primavera products in this side of the Atlantic will eventually, at gun point, force me to use this software I have been able to avoid for approximately nine years when P3e was released, there has been no improvement since.

What if for an EOT claim I temporarily delete or create some holidays for a resource calendar as to make the difference into my favor and then I eliminate the changes. I can change holidays for an activity not connected by logic but using a resource that might drive the schedule under resource leveling, a very unsuspicious activity. How you can detect it on P6? I assume Digger got to be very good at it in the lack of a report on calendars. Then P6 Digger report on calendar changes must be exceptional. Can you post a P6 Digger report showing changes in work/non-work days, work hours and so on?

Best Regards,
Rafael

Mike,

It is easier if you give different months vacations to each of your 10 employees, add one month for plant shut down if a job at a plant and then merge all calendars into one, you will have to print only one month.

If I ask you what days you are off, are you going to send me a whole year print out, come on. Sorry but not being able to print only days off is kind of stupid.





You got from April 1 to Jan 2 of next year every 2 years, not bad, better than my Holly Week.

Best regards,
Rafael

You should be able to print normal work week and work hours, then calendar exceptions, printing calendars is inefficient, insane, and nuts.

Just imagine a P6 portfolio with 10 named resources each with its own vacations and days off.

Well here you can cheat as it will be difficult to find out.