Reference post #11. I think your suggestion works with the caveat that non-filtered resources may appear as overallocations, but if you see 'green' bars then you have your filtered resources, or so it appears.
In my case (P6 8.2), I wanted to see the Resource Usage for only the filtered activities (WBS code, but it could have been anything) to manually level. Before using your hint, I would see resource usage for the entire project, not just the filtered activities.
It works best for me when only looking at "Budgeted" hours. Using "Early" hours provided extraneous data.
It seems to be working, thanks.
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Submitted by James Bridges on Thu, 2005-09-22 08:59
What i wanted to do was to produce a resource profile for only the filtered activties.
I first filterd out the activties and then in the Display option of profile i unchecked the Show All Projectsand this was what that solved my problem.
Regards
Rashid
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Submitted by James Bridges on Wed, 2005-09-21 07:05
With release 5.0 you will also be able to see the over-allocated part of the resource profile, as part of the filtered profile, even when the load is below the threshold as a result of that filter; you should see it, because its really neat!
Cheers,
Niek.
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Submitted by Rashid Iqbal on Thu, 2005-08-18 18:04
There is no reason why the resource allocation profile should not work in combination with filters. In fact, the intersection between activities and resources (i.e. assignments) should be sliced from both angles and not just resources.
It does work properly if you deselect "Show Overallocation" and stick to "Remaining Early". It should however also work with over-allocations and Primavera is currently investigating that problem.
Ill keep you posted.
Niek.
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Submitted by Kevin Button on Thu, 2005-08-11 20:43
You will not get histograms in the Resource Usage Profile based on filtered activities because this profile does not do that. Some alternatives are using Activity Usage Profile, Resource Assignment view (and copying usage spreadsheet data to Excel for graphing) or you could write a report and output to a text file then import this into Excel for graphing.
However, if you do manage to find a way to get what you are after I think a lot of people would be interested.
Regards
KB
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Submitted by Rashid Iqbal on Thu, 2005-08-11 12:06
Ill be happy to take a look Rashid but I would also recommend you to call the Primavera help desk. They may have a simple solution for what we are both overlooking.
Cheers,
Niek.
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Submitted by Rashid Iqbal on Thu, 2005-08-11 10:41
I am in the process of leveling the project manually. In P3, my rotuine for such task was to first filter say excavation activties and then by seeing peaks in histogram i did adjustment to start dates.
I have tried all the options of ’open projects’, closed project etc but still not getting the histogram for the filtered activties.
Neik i’ll be sending you a private message to get your email address and would mail you an xer as i am unable to solve the issue. I would really appreiciate if you could sequeeze sometime to solve this problem.
Regards
Rashid
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Submitted by Niek Zonneveld on Thu, 2005-08-11 04:34
It took me a while to figure this one out, and I hope I’ll be able to explain the problem.
If you go to the Resource Usage Profile, it will show "Open Projects Only". This is the "Resource Analysis" setting under "User Preferences" and not necessarily meaning that you have selected to view the open projects only. (Yes, I agree, this is very confusing.)
If you click on "Open Projects Only" it will probably show that "Show All Projects" is still active. Deselect this option and you will get what you want.
Regards,
Niek.
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Submitted by Kevin Button on Thu, 2005-08-11 02:29
Instead of viewing the Resource Usage Profile, can you see what you want using the Activity Usage Profile? This will show a histogram (or curves) based on the filtered activities regardless of the resources used.
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KB
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Submitted by Rashid Iqbal on Wed, 2005-08-10 19:22
I have the option "open projects" marked and i ran a filter which brings out no activity. Even in this case when Gantt chart have not even a single activtiy, the resource histogram is showing the remaining quantites of resources.
Please advise.
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Rashid
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Submitted by Niek Zonneveld on Wed, 2005-08-10 18:48
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Niek;
Reference post #11. I think your suggestion works with the caveat that non-filtered resources may appear as overallocations, but if you see 'green' bars then you have your filtered resources, or so it appears.
In my case (P6 8.2), I wanted to see the Resource Usage for only the filtered activities (WBS code, but it could have been anything) to manually level. Before using your hint, I would see resource usage for the entire project, not just the filtered activities.
It works best for me when only looking at "Budgeted" hours. Using "Early" hours provided extraneous data.
It seems to be working, thanks.
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Thanks Rashid,
Problem solved.
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James,
What i wanted to do was to produce a resource profile for only the filtered activties.
I first filterd out the activties and then in the Display option of profile i unchecked the Show All Projectsand this was what that solved my problem.
Regards
Rashid
Member for
21 yearsRE: Resource Profile
Rashid,
Can you please explain how you solved this problem.
I have spoken to the primavera help desk and they informed me that this couldnt be done.
Regards.
Member for
20 years 7 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Good to hear Rashid!
With release 5.0 you will also be able to see the over-allocated part of the resource profile, as part of the filtered profile, even when the load is below the threshold as a result of that filter; you should see it, because its really neat!
Cheers,
Niek.
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20 years 6 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Thanks for the help as now i am able to get the profile for the filtered activties.
Regards
Rashid Iqbal
Member for
20 years 7 monthsRE: Resource Profile
There is no reason why the resource allocation profile should not work in combination with filters. In fact, the intersection between activities and resources (i.e. assignments) should be sliced from both angles and not just resources.
It does work properly if you deselect "Show Overallocation" and stick to "Remaining Early". It should however also work with over-allocations and Primavera is currently investigating that problem.
Ill keep you posted.
Niek.
Member for
22 years 3 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Rashid
You will not get histograms in the Resource Usage Profile based on filtered activities because this profile does not do that. Some alternatives are using Activity Usage Profile, Resource Assignment view (and copying usage spreadsheet data to Excel for graphing) or you could write a report and output to a text file then import this into Excel for graphing.
However, if you do manage to find a way to get what you are after I think a lot of people would be interested.
Regards
KB
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20 years 6 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Thanks, i would certainly do that.
Regards
Rashid
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20 years 7 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Ill be happy to take a look Rashid but I would also recommend you to call the Primavera help desk. They may have a simple solution for what we are both overlooking.
Cheers,
Niek.
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20 years 6 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Thanks again
I am in the process of leveling the project manually. In P3, my rotuine for such task was to first filter say excavation activties and then by seeing peaks in histogram i did adjustment to start dates.
I have tried all the options of ’open projects’, closed project etc but still not getting the histogram for the filtered activties.
Neik i’ll be sending you a private message to get your email address and would mail you an xer as i am unable to solve the issue. I would really appreiciate if you could sequeeze sometime to solve this problem.
Regards
Rashid
Member for
20 years 7 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Rashid,
It took me a while to figure this one out, and I hope I’ll be able to explain the problem.
If you go to the Resource Usage Profile, it will show "Open Projects Only". This is the "Resource Analysis" setting under "User Preferences" and not necessarily meaning that you have selected to view the open projects only. (Yes, I agree, this is very confusing.)
If you click on "Open Projects Only" it will probably show that "Show All Projects" is still active. Deselect this option and you will get what you want.
Regards,
Niek.
Member for
22 years 3 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Instead of viewing the Resource Usage Profile, can you see what you want using the Activity Usage Profile? This will show a histogram (or curves) based on the filtered activities regardless of the resources used.
Regards
KB
Member for
20 years 6 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Neik,
Thanks for getting back.
I have the option "open projects" marked and i ran a filter which brings out no activity. Even in this case when Gantt chart have not even a single activtiy, the resource histogram is showing the remaining quantites of resources.
Please advise.
Regards
Rashid
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20 years 7 monthsRE: Resource Profile
Rashid,
The thing you want to take a look at is "stacked histogram" because that will allow to group resources and display them in one histogram.
If you want see histograms of the filtered activities only you should select "open projects only".
Hope this helps,
Niek.