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Project Updates Not Saving

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My users are informing me that schedule changes they are making are occasionally not showing up the next time they log into P6.  This includes status updates, activity code changes, and activity deletions.  This has been more prevalent since our upgr...

Apr 2, 2020

Project control systems and their impact on construction claims

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Hi Planning Planet members,I’m currently undertaking my MSc in Quantity surveying at UCEM. As part of the course, I’m conducting research into Project Control systems and their impact on construction claims. I kindly request your participation in a s...

Apr 6, 2020

Default Unit/Time for Material

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Hi,I am trying to add to add some material to be used only once in an each activity, regardless the duration of the activities.But i cannot seem to fix it.Can someone help me clear this issue?

Apr 6, 2020

Projecting 20 per cent Delay in Ms project

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Hi everyone, I have been asked to create a programme projeting 20% longer duration than original duration in Ms-project. I have to show finish date of all activities with longer duration in a new column. What would be the formula or any way to do thi...

Apr 6, 2020

COVID-19 IMPACT REGISTER

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I want to create a impact register to record COVID-19 Impact delay/distruption. Has anyone got any idea the best way to prepare weekly report to sent to client. Let me know please thanks

Apr 7, 2020

Best Practices to Manage a Schedule In COVID-19 Situation

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Hello Everyone,Let me begin by wishing you and your loved ones sustained good health above all else.I'm seeing a number of instances in which contractors are seeking to invoke force majeure due to the pandemic for projects that were already in a good...

Apr 8, 2020

S Curve Manhour- Baseline , Actual , Forecast

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Hello Everyone, I would like to make a S Curve in Primavera which shows Planned, Actual and Forecast S Curve.The basis of S Curve to be manhours / Week.Can S Curve in Primavera show % Planned per week as Lables like in Excel.I want to calculate the S...

Apr 9, 2020

Acumen FUSE help - snapshots

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Afternoon all, I hope everyone is safe and well. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to reorder the snapshots in acumen FUSE?  I've imported multiple snapshots from an XER sent to me and one of them is out of date order so I'd like to correct this. ...

Apr 9, 2020

Capturing Actual Costs into Sciforma PS8

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Hi all, So we are still using Sciforma's PS8 to do out detailed planning for manpower and expenses. We are also using SAP Business By design, but imo its a totally useless Tool to do Project Management. It cannot od material/expense forecasting, but ...

Apr 10, 2020

Resource assignment Importing

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Hello everyone,i have an issue when importing resource assignments, if i export an excel file with activities and resource assignment data and adjust the budgeted labour units  ln the TASKRSRC tab and then import the excel file the units in p6 will b...

Jun 29, 2019

Earned Value Advice

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Good eveningI am currently on an EPC project as a client-planner. The programme was baseline with the contract sum at the commencement of the project by the Turnkey  Contractor. The project is now into a year out of its 2yrs lifespan.The process I ha...

Jun 30, 2019

Levelling Resource Hours only on 1 Activity

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Hi thereI have an Engineering design schedule where one of my resources is 100% allocated to the project. We have loaded his hours on his design activities however when he is not busy on specific design deliverables the remainder of his time is dedic...

Jul 1, 2019

Problem on Updating

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Good morningPlease am having issues when reporting, when ever i have to update the percentage work progress in it changes the finished date assigned to it by reducing the actual date and if i try to bring it back to the actual date that is assigned t...

Jul 6, 2019

connecting Primavera database to PowerBI

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Hi Guys I am writing a blog series on how to connect PowerBI to Primavera database, hope you find it useful https://datamonkeysite.com/2019/07/05/connecting-powerbi-to-primavera-database-part-1/ cheersmim

Jul 8, 2019

Gantt online from Spider Project

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Hello everyone, did the script upload from Spider Project (version and revision does not matter) to the site (your internal portal or public site) here is a link to the youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X722tu2P1Tc (video without sound, ...

Jul 8, 2019

Changing of Original Duration in P6

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Hi guys,  I have a small clarification in P6 & Hope you guys can help me out. When i update my P6 Schedule original Duration is getting Revised accordingly to Expected Finish date given.May i know what is the reason behind to get Revised. Regardsvait...

Jul 8, 2019

Critical Path - Help Needed

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Good Morning, I'm having issues establishing the Critical Path on my programme. I have a summary section at the top of my programme with Key Dates i.e. contract award, mobilisation, construction period, handover etc. The Critical Path seems to bypass...

Jul 8, 2019

Activity duration changed

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Hi FriendsI Have a big issues, actually our activities' duration in the P6 under network is changed when we import our subcontractors updated time schedule.The funny point is that the file in the P6 stand alone doesn't have any problems and all durat...

Jul 9, 2019

Project status / % complete

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HiTrack my project progress;Status tabExample: Activity Original Duration 10 daysTracking: Remaining duration 4 daysSchedule past 10 daysAt complete 14 daysWhy the % complete is 60% (related to original duraton) instead of 71% (10/14 10 days worked i...

Jul 9, 2019

Regarding predessors & Sucessors

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the client wrote there are many activities thathave only ss succesors(s).this is not good scheduling practice and should preferably be avoided. Is there any criteria that we want to use FS,FF,SS or SF in these we have to use fs more?

Jul 10, 2019