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Logical relationships

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I just started recently in scheduling and I only have a basic skills in linking activities, please I need an advice to apply it in P6. "Relatioships" or "sequencing" of activities are based on experience and logic. Suggestion please, where/how can I ...

Sep 21, 2013

Primary Resource time sheet

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How the primary resource reflect time sheet , is this in primavera file and if in excel or any other format how to prepare to match with primavera to arrive for admin (P.M) to approveplease any one inform me how the primary resourse creat time sheet ...

Sep 22, 2013

Drive Activity Dates

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Hai Some of the activity Resource Original Duration is not Equal Activity original duration . This issue occur where single activity have Multiple resource .  Activity Type is task Dependent , Duration type is Fixed Duration & Units /Time, Percentage...

Sep 23, 2013

What to do with an activity that has huge float?

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Hi ALL, I am planning for installation of equipment for five buildings each. each building shoiuld be connected to a finish activity. One building is a priority and will finish early which will give me huge float as it should be connected to the fini...

Sep 23, 2013

Forecast for future time intervals

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Hi All, I have an easy beginner question. I have a resource-loaded schedule and put in the reamining durations and actuals in place. The data date is somewhere in the middle of the projet lifetime and I need to get the forcast for futre time interval...

Sep 24, 2013

Web Based vs Stand alone p6

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   Question:  Is the web based version of P6 Drastically different than the stand alone?   Details: I have started my new position and have learned the new firm i work for has no administrator for Primavera.  At this point the software is installed o...

Sep 24, 2013

Open Plan Professional 3.1

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I'm new to open plan and really don't know anything about it.I'm a Active Directory Adim, Systems admin.I've inherited this mess of Server Migration, which should have taken place years before I got here. All I have are these instructions below as to...

Sep 25, 2013

Administration in P6 ver 7: Forced log off of users

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Hi All, How do I force the log off of users who no longer require their initial session open?  How do look at the settings so I can see what P6 is automatically supposed to do? All help appreciated. Regards, Kylee.

Sep 26, 2013

Setting default layouts and filters per project

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Long time P3 user, was occassional now heavy P6 user.  3 things driving me crazy:  1). when I switch projects I always get the same default layout no what how I had left it, same with the filter.  I want it to look like the last time I was in that fi...

Sep 27, 2013

HELP pls. Event code AVAA0-2621, can not start P6

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[[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]My dear collegues, again, I would like to ask again for some guidance, I was trying to make an S-Curve to showprogress while in Resource Profile set up, then suddenly my P6.8.2 crashed, and when I load it up the followingshow...

Sep 28, 2013

Planned Monthly and Weekly Progress

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Greetings! Hi Planners, I extracted the Planned monthly and Weekly progress in P6, but the percentages does not match at every end of the month. Weekly percentage is beat higher compared to monthly. All settings have been applied accordingly,  e.g. u...

Sep 28, 2013

Spreadsheet error is normal!

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There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets – in numerous surveys Microsoft Excel is listed as the most common / popular project management tool.  And generally sp...

Sep 30, 2013

Spreadsheet error is normal!

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There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets – in numerous surveys Microsoft Excel is listed as the most common / popular project management tool.  And generally sp...

Sep 30, 2013

Overriding Duration field

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This problem is basic so I can't help but think I'm missing something really obvious.When I open a new Powerproject docuement, after I enter a start date for each task, the duration sets itself at a default of 1 week and then populates the finish dat...

Sep 30, 2013

Construction of villas

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Dear All,Currently I am working on a villa project of 483 villas, area around 500 sq.m each , I have to finish the project  in 24 months , I want to create a cost reducing planning schedule inorderto complete the project within time, your feedbacks f...

Sep 30, 2013

How to Check contractors schedule

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Hello Everyone,I am planner scheduler and I want to know how we will be checking contractors schedule? What will be next course of action after checking it? 

Sep 30, 2013