Copying schedules in P6 -same EPS node

Peter

In general layouts are created for reporting. In the printouts in general you have to add project id, customer’s name and/or logo. As printout is part of a layout in these cases you’ll need a project specific layout anyhow.

Filters: You have general codes which are valid for each project - e.g. phases - and others which may be project specific. A big advantage of P6 is to have those global settings and by this global layouts and reports. Of course this doesn’t work in any case.



Regards

Dieter

So I am right - global / user layouts don’t work across projects for anything project specific.



I hope this helps.



regards,

Peter.

Pete

Yes they are.

Regards

Dieter

The only this might work is if the layout is saved to the project (thats a new option in P6 - never tested it though yet).



Let me guess Dieter.... you save your layouts at a project level ?



- Pete.

This is how it works on some and doesn’t work on my, carmen or on pete’s computer and may not be working on few more peoples computer.



Thing is, there is no setting mentioned anywhere for copying of filters.

Carmen, Peter, Ravi

I just tested with my pc: Everything is ok - project activity codes and layouts with filters are copied.

The filter I "Mark(ed) as Layout", during paste I marked activity codes.



Regards

Dieter

Hi Raviraj,



I have the same issue when i copy a project myself. This also impacts Reports - anything that uses filters doesn’t work anymore.



I think "Primavera" have tied the project codes to the project ID which means that every copy of the original is treated as a new project in the P6 system (different ID). this means quite simply that the project activity codes are different for each project no matter that they contain the same activity codes. This is why i use EPS level codes for the situation where I have multiple interconnected schedules for the 1 project. (only use global for the general company activity codes - such as discipline, EPC, trade codes etc..)



As I stated it’s a feature of P6 (this was different in P5) Of interest, if you think about it, this makes more sense for EPS level codes (but they do bring other issues themselves - in particular importing / exporting when using EPS codes :P ) Why have EPS codes if you can project level codes to do the same thing ?



- jajang

Hi pete,



i was having similar problem, and i hav asked in another thread but to of no use.



even, in my case filters are not getting copied with the program? But, on my consultants computer (stand alone) filters does get copied along with the program.



There must be some settings which me and carmen are missing.... and its not written anywhere, neither in P6 manual nor in paul harris book (also i had gone thro pm.ini file, but there is no setting for copy of filters)



Do u hav any clue, wat v r missing?



Help plz



Rav

They are.. but remember filters, groupings within layouts aren’t saved with the project - they are seperate - you can open any project in any layout (that you have rights to open). This means when you copy a project primavera treats this as a completely new project. so any layouts referring to the original’s project activity codes etc will not work even if they are the same name. (Yet another "Feature" :P) Of course EPS level & Global level codes aren’t impacted by this.



- Pete.

I assume project codes are copied too!

take a look at your group and sort, is it the project level codes used.

I think you are doing something wrong...

i tried it and i still have all the layouts with the filters and group&sort def..