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Original duration change during Import.

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Dear All, Why original duration changed when I import XER file and be not matching the start and finish date? I mean start and finish date show only five days but the original duration show 1 day. Thank you, HANSON 

Jun 20, 2012

P6 Progress Drop-Line

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Hi All i am wondering if its possible to create progress dropline on Release: 6.2.1. Thanks

Jun 20, 2012

New Primavera P6 video tutorial covering Claim Digger

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Hey everyone! Here is a link to our latest Primavera P6 video tutorial covering Claim Digger. It can be found in our website's Primavera software training blog or by following the link : http://mssprojectsanalytics.com/blog/bid/172152/Primavera-P6-Tr...

Jun 20, 2012

remaining / at completion duration

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Dear all, please help me with the questions below, thank you. 1. When i status my schedule, i notice that sometimes when i check the status of an newly started work as "start", the duration in "at completion" row will change to a duration longer than...

Jun 20, 2012

How to see (explore) the source of linked field.

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 I am just playing around with Linked fields in Ms project (Paste Special => Paste Link). This seems to be quite a powerful feature especially taking into account, that one can link both within file as well as even to outside file (e.g. even to Excel...

Jun 20, 2012

Claim Digger problem

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Hi All,I want to use claim digger but failed so far. When i open it and click the "select revised project" then at that moment only few projects appear in the dorp down list and i cannot see the full list. why is it so?. How to get the pop in of full...

Jun 21, 2012

Claim Digger problem

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Hi All,I want to use claim digger but failed so far. When i open it and click the "select revised project" then at that moment only few projects appear in the dorp down list and i cannot see the full list. why is it so?. How to get the pop in of full...

Jun 21, 2012

When copying WBS element the Activities are not copying?

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Hi Forum,   I have opened up two projects together in P6 and have been copying WBS elements in the WBS window from one project and pasting them into the other. This pasted WBS levels and activities into the second project. All the sudden when I copy ...

Jun 21, 2012

Man Power Histogram from actuals

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Dear all I prepared a man power histogram from actual dates ( actual start and expected date to finish ). there are activities alredy started and compleated 50% and consumed 50 % of man power, but the generated man power histogram  not showing any  r...

Jun 21, 2012

Re-schedule

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After I press F9 to re-schedule a box appears on the screen, asking what date to straighten the progress line to. I turned that box off, and now I want to turn it on again. How do I do this ?? Thanks  Ronan

Jun 21, 2012

Suretrak downloading

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Hello Everybody,i have got native files of Suretrak, but cant open it. i tried to download it from internet, but cant do that. Could anybody help me with that? Thanks beforehandIsmayil

Jun 21, 2012

Planned % Complete vs. Actual % complete

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Is there a way in P6 to show in column fields the Planned % complete of an activity versus the actual % complete of the activity?  I have a baseline of the schedule, but I do not see a column in the Percent field listing to use for Planned % Complete...

Jun 21, 2012

Early planned and late planned

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Dear All, Anybody pls explain the concept of early planned cumulative and lateplanned cumulative.How these projections can guide us for the future planning..? Regards. Sunil.

Jun 21, 2012

Gantt Bars for non-continuous activities

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Dear planners,I wondering if it is posible to represent Gantt Bars for non-continuous activities using Primavera.Gantt Bars represent durations, start dates and finish dates of activities in a graphic form, but this is a unique bar per line (per acti...

Jun 22, 2012

Exporting P6 to Microsoft Excel

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Dear Planners,I tried to Export P6 to Microsoft Excel, the export wizard guides me throug the steps but at the end it will come an error. It appears like this"An application event has been intercepted. Please note the event code for reference. Event ...

Jun 22, 2012

Constraints in P6

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I'd like to ask the experienced guys using constraints in their schedules / programmes as to what is the difference by using the different constraint types. Start Constraints - As Late As Possible - Mandatory Start - Start On - Start On or Before - S...

Jun 23, 2012

Resource usage profile

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Why does the resource usgae profile not show the correct whole numbers for assigned resources. Also, why does the scale go 1d,3d,4d,5d and there is no 2d

Jun 23, 2012

Resource Usage profile

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Why does the resource usage profile not show whole numbers as if should. Why does the scale show 1d,3d,4d,5d and not 2d.

Jun 23, 2012

P6 Planning Software

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Is it only me or does anyone else feel frustration and intrepidation using this software.  I dont want to become a database guru, I am a planner and I am finding this software unpredictable difficult to use and understand.  I have been a construction...

Jun 24, 2012

Procurment Weight Factor problems..

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Dear All, As we know Each discipline is divided into several procurement packages and the weighted value of each procurement package is the ratio of the estimated cost required for each procurement package to the cost required for each discipline.Div...

Jun 24, 2012