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Updating With Resource-Costs for Corps

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Fri, 2011-03-11 16:23
Emily Grover
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I have a P6v7 schedule created with the cost for each activity as a resource (rather than Expense, so that it can be used to create an SDEF for QCS input). The 'calculate costs' and 'auto compute' ticky-boxes are ticked. When I update the activity percentage (physical), both simply in-progress or complete, it clears the dollars out of the budgeted cost in the resource (setting it to $0).

 

I understand that P6 is unequated (dollars and durations will not run off the same entered percentage) so I already know I'll need to enter each update twice. But I'd really like to have the budgeted total stick around so I know how much it is without flipping back and forth to a previous schedule. How do I keep the resource-loaded budget from clearing when I update?

 

- ES

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Fri, 2011-03-11 18:43
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Raymund de Laza
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Emily,

I'm sorry was not able to get a solution for the prob. It's rare.

I doubt there might be mistakes while assigning the resources. Try removing the resource and reload, recalculate.

Or maybe try having a new sample project and do the exercise.

 

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Fri, 2011-03-11 17:55
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Emily Grover
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Raymund:

Here it is before:

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p6-before.jpg

After I mark the activity 'completed' in the drop-down box for Activity Status, the following is the result. No other changes were made to the activity. Note the 'Budgeted Nonlabor Cost'.

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p6-after.jpg

Hopefully that helps clear it up!

- EG

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Fri, 2011-03-11 17:39
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Raymund de Laza
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Hi Emily,

I can't figure out what exactly the problem happens with your Project.

APMU Budgeted Cost shall be intact even the project is updated.

Can you share a screen shot of your project?

 

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Fri, 2011-03-11 17:15
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Emily Grover
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Raymund, thanks for the suggestion!

I've looked through those options and I'm not seeing what ought to be different. Just in case, I tried all three options down in the bottom-most area and the budgets continued to clear. Is there somewhere else I should be looking / changing?

Thanks again!

- EG

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Fri, 2011-03-11 17:08
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Raymund de Laza
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Hi,

Please check the settings of your Earned Value Calculation on the Admin Preferences.

Hope this will help.

 

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