Baseline Dates vs. "Initial" Start & Finish Dates
Forum Sponsor
Top Posters
Julian Pegg
1 posts
Peter Nagy
2 posts
Raymund de Laza
17 posts
Syed_Asad
0 posts
Tony Greyvenstein
0 posts
Ahmed Al-Jubouri
13 posts
Umar Alvi
3 posts
Sibusiso Mahlalela
0 posts
Michael Samanyayi
3 posts
Simon Gumede
0 posts
Thanks Dear
:-)
Hi Raviraj,
I tried your good solution and would like to propose the following modification in the global filter:
IF: AS is not equal to ""
THEN: Planned Start = Start, AND
Planned Finish = Finish
This will take care of in progress activities as well.
Hi,
hope to help you.
01- Make an export file from the file which has Actual data to XER Format.
02- Go to Methodology Manager and import the XER file. While you are importing the XER file to methodology Manager, you will be directed to a windows which has two options (Use Actual and Use Planned Value). Please see the attached file. You need to select ( Use Actual).
03- After Importing the project to methodology, you can create a project in Project Manager Module by using Project Architect. At this stage, you have a project with actual data, the only thing which you need to do is converting the same to baseline or target project.
cheers,
Maghsoud
Hi Ross,
When P6 will calculate from a baseline, it will use planned dates and not early dates. In ur case, early dates and planned dates might be same, as u may not have specifically entered planned dates. And so, in BL column u may find ES/EF dates rather than AS & AF dates.
To resolve ur issue, Go to Admin --> Admin Preferences and then click on earned value Tab. At the bottom, u will find Earned Value Calculation from a baseline:
There are three options:
- Planned Dates
- Current Dates
- .............
Choose second option to use current dates to display actual date, but then u need to check its implications on other values. I hav told my admin guys to change it, but they are dumb and deef to make any changes in teh settings.
So, the turnaround is to have global change.
If AS NE " ", then PS = AS
& AS NE " ", then PF = AF
This shud solve ur problem,
Cheers,
Rav
For activities that are either complete or in progress, the start and finish columns reflect actual and forecast dates. Is there any specific reason that you want to use the actual start and finish dates as the baseline start and finish dates?
From project control point of view, its history and there is no need to baseline history. This should have been done before updating the project.
There are ways however to do it.