Primavera P6 R7.0.0 Duration Request (showing instead of Original working duration the real calendar duration)

there is always a way to do things you just have to think through the process 

Zoltan,

thanks for the smart trick, much helpful. I always just believed who said it was not possible to show it. 

glad I could help 

Thanks Zoltan Palffy .. nice illustration...!

Regards

 I have your solution it involves 3 udf's user defined fields a 1 global change. This works I tested it 

go to Enterprise User Defined Fields

make sure that actviites up top is showing 

selet new right hand side

create these 3 udfs

UDF_START  and make the type an integer

UDF_FINISH and make the type and integer

UDF_#DAY and make the  type an integer

close

next select tools global change

select add rigth hand side

Where Original duration is greater than 0

Then UDF_START = Start

And UDF_FINISH = Finish

And UDF_#DAY = UDF_FINISH - UDF_START

right hand side select change

select Yes

then lower right Committ Changes

then select no

done 

now instead of displaying the Original duration column just display the UDF_#DAY column and if you want to you can edit the column name 

this works what you are doing is straight math here by setting the UDF_START and UDF_FINISH to calendar day numbers obtained from the start and finish dates and then just subtracting the finsh calendar day number from the start calendar day number to give you the UDF_#DAY to use as your duration. 

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assign a 7 day calendar to each activities,

dear friend,

make a new 7day calendar & assign to all activities.

hope Your problem could be solved.

something is possible for activities but not for wbs levels.

Using global changes is not possible here, even if you want to add a User defined field and make it equal to finish date - start date it will take in to the account the calendars. 

For activities the only possible way is to create a user defined filed, export the file in to the excel, calculating the variances between dates in excel then import it back. but it doesnt work for WBS levels. 

Regards,

Manochehr 

Any one can help on this problem?

Maybe there is a solution using global change? Anyone ??

Dear Adnan,

In P6 Rel 7, the duration for the summary at WBS level is calculated in the following two ways:

1. If all the activities lying under a WBS follow the same calendar then the duration at the summary level is calculated based upon that calendar only.

2. If the activities lying under a WBS have different calendars assigned to them then the duration at the summary level is calculated based upon the Project's Default calendar (the one that is assigned under the Defaults tab of the Project window).

So, the only solution possible to your query is the same as suggested by Mr. Raymund before that is to create a dummy activity for every WBS and set its activity calendar as 7 days. Then mark the 7 days calendar as the Project's default calendar under the Defaults tab of the Project window.

Regards,

Kaif

Dear Adnan,

In P6 Rel 7, the duration for the summary at WBS level is calculated in the following two ways:

1. If all the activities lying under a WBS follow the same calendar then the duration at the summary level is calculated based upon that calendar only.

2. If the activities lying under a WBS have more than one calendar assigned to them then the duration at the summary level is calculated based upon the Project's Default calendar (the one that is assigned under the Defaults tab of the Project window).

So, the only solution possible to your query is the same as suggested by Mr. Raymund before that is to create a dummy activity for every WBS and set its activity calendar as 7 days. Then mark the 7 days calendar as the Project's default calendar under the Defaults tab of the Project window.

Regards,

Kaif

Adnan,

All Calendars are intact.... it will not be affected by making the 7 days calendar as default.

It will just show what's your requirement is.

Try creating a calendar with 7 days and make as the default calendar.... even witout adding a dummy activities...

Hi,

Create a dummy activity for every WBS and set its activity calendar as 7 days.

Then mark the 7 days calendar as the default calendar and you get what you requires.

try creating a 7 days per week calendar and use it; I guess this will solve your problem

Adnan,

Every one of us has wanted this for 10 years.  No one is listening