intermittent activities

1. Using the same resource multiple times in an activity.

This is possible even without cost accounts. Just use a Resource Curve Designator from G to Z.



2. You may want to use the Log Form as a sort of Checklist, and define up to 99 subtasks there. Once you finish a subtask, you can just tick the Mask box. This is also useful if you display the logs in the bar chart. Subtasks that have the Mask box ticked off are not printed in the bars anymore.



In P3e, a feature called Steps is provided and each carries a percent weight. Everytime you fulfill a step, then the activity PCT is automatically updated.



Jorge

Crown Systems (Philippines)

Both Ali and Sihabudin,



Hereby my e-mail adress for your info.



Also to be found by looking at "Members" phrase "Tak" and clicking my ID number 1345.



Awaiting your reply,



Ed van der Tak

Manager Operations

ARAM Planning Consultants

The Netherlands

e.vandertak @aramplan.com

Dear Sihabudin,



You can send me an E-mail to the following address:

avessali@ellisdon.com



Regards,

Ali Vessali

Dear Ali,



Sorry, but assigning more of the same resources to one activity can only be done when you apply different cost accounts. Even then trying to draw seperate (more than one) resource bars will not work. P3 sums them up and draws one bar.



But wait .....



Drawing each bar might then be possible by organizing at cost account (resource bar only or with the activity bar as a kind of overall summary or hammock bar).



Ive tested it and it works! Great!



Dont continue the search (or come up with other alternatives!)



All the best,



Ed van der Tak

ARAM Planning Consultants

The Netherlands

Dear Sihabudin,



As far as I understand, you can use one resource assigned to this activity by using Res. Lag and Res. Duration. In this case you can assign one resource concentrated in one or two portion of activity duration.

But in order to show three activities in one row (one activity), you can define a new calendar for this activity with holidays defined for the activities gap duration.

Hope it will work.



Regards,

Ali Vessali

Dear Sihabudin,



As far as I understand, you can use one resource assigned to this activity by using Res. Lag and Res. Duration. In this case you can assign one resource concentrated in one or two portion of activity duration.

But in order to show three activities in one row (one activity), you can define a new calendar for this activity with holidays defined for the activities gap duration.

Hope it will work.



Regards,

Ali Vessali

Dear Irpan (or should i say dear Sihabudin?),



Your explanation is clear and recognizable. Using more (3) resources on one activity in your case will not be possible because the resource is the same all out the activity. I still wonder why you stick to one activity, is it because of the deliverable ID (or number/reference)? Instead of three bars an option i used was to put markers (via CDIs) on the bar representing the submission dates. In many cases the total (overall) duration of such activities will be "strecht" especially due to the finalizing of the document.



Back to your question the answer is no unless you can work with a) different resources (or man1,man2,man3 etc) b) work with CIDs which will become difficult when progressing and/or rescheduling.



My advice is to create more than one activty (if you have a lot of acts fastest via export/import) or work with markers via CIDs.



Succes,



Ed van der Tak

Aram Planning Consultants

The Netherlands

Dear Irpan,



Can you give a little bit more info about your need for these seperate bars on 1 activity. Will there never be relationships to the second or third bar? Will this option limit you in identifing your total float/critical path?

Is there any specific reason that you can only use 1 activity ID? Is a connection to a database present etc.?



Succes,



Ed van der Tak

Aram Planning Consultants

The Netherlands

Dear Sir,

I think that you can olny show what do you want not for caculation only for presentation

1- specify CDI for each step

for example: CDI1 for first step

CDI2 for second step...

you can show only 4 steps for each activities because you can define only 8 CDI in P3.

than go to format bar and define new activity bar for each step!

good luck

hi,

I think you can use hamock activity type

1st you create 3 activity due to your requirement

2nd you create 1 activity with hamock type

when you need to enter activities information you can work with 3 actitivities and other times you can show only hamock activities

regards

Sorry for all the gramatical errors. But its already 8 min past 11 (not 17:08 as the date in the reply shows)



Good luck!

Dear Irpan,



If yoour activity consists of multiple different resources just add mor resources to your activity. Then youy can even draw seperate resource bars (select resource start and finish dates). If not please reply and well think further!



Regards,



Ed van der Tak

Aram Planning Consultants

The Netherlands