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Imported XER showing as 4 separate items in the EPS

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Afternoon all,I've been sent an XER file of a single plan, yet once the import is complete it's showing as 4 separate items in the enterprise screen.  Open one and they all open, try to delete one and all go.  It's behaving as one but appearing as 4....

Jul 6, 2020

Hide Non-working days in P6

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 Hello, Can i know if there is a way to hide the non working days using P6? For example Working day = Monday to FridaySaturday and Sunday are not working day  Activity A F/S Link to Activity B. Activity A finish on Friday.Activity B start on Monday b...

Jul 7, 2020

Asta Version 15.0.01 - Did the "Save As" an XER get removed ?

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Up until late May ’20 I could utilize a “Save As” function to retain a copy of an Asta Project as an XER File (for translation to P6).I am now on Version 15.0.01 – The "Save/Save As" drop down does not offer the ability to Save As and XER (only varia...

Jul 7, 2020

Importing excel dates- changing the 00:00 to 17:00

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Importing excel dates- changing the 00:00 to 17:00 .  The odd thing is when you look at the excel "bar" it shows 5/16/2018 12:00:00.  I have had schedule effected by the "hours" so i want it 5pm or 17:00.  I tried replace but there was no excel optio...

Jul 8, 2020

Late dates showing for some completed activities but not others?

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Late dates showing for some completed activities but not others? Why would this be?  My assumption would be there is someting un-completed in the chain but that is not checking out.  Not the biggest problem, but makes me think something is wrong.

Jul 8, 2020

Get the WBS Magic Tool ( It’s free )

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The Magic Tools family presents the WBS Magic Tool ( It’s free )The fastest and the most accurate tool to design, present and export the WBS.WBS Magic Tool features:Design and create the WBS for any project by very simple and easy ways without any pr...

Jul 10, 2020

Time to Go Column & Hiding duration for the summary line

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Hi,How can I add the column to show the remaining days for an activity to start? I assume it should be a formula Today's date minus the activity's start date. Please see the photo below;[[wysiwyg_imageupload:7465:]]Also, how can I hide the start/fini...

Jul 10, 2020

Need Guidance on Schedule Risk analysis

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I have an updated schedule,3. some activites are completed.2. some have started but not completed3. some not yet started.I want to run a schedule risk analysis to no my probabilistic completion date. the schedule is not resource loaded. whats the bes...

Jul 13, 2020

(Ask) XERFileParserBuilder

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Does anyone has latest XERFileParserBuilder.xls for 64 bit Windows?I have tried looking for it in the PP forum, but it didn't work.

Jul 17, 2020

Slipped dates reset to baseline after "update progress"

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Hello All,I am a fairly new user to Primavera P6, I am running a couple of schedules by using start dates and duration. Percentage complete is set to physical as the time passed on a task doesn't always reflect the amount of work completed.  There is...

Jul 23, 2020

Export XER file with only some activities

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Dear all,  I want to export an XER file with only some activities not all of them (i want to use it in schedule analyzer after) any help? Thanks!Lyna

Jul 26, 2020

XER Viewers and Schedule Updates

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Hi Folks,Has anyone made use of XER viewers to provide the broader project team with more access to schedule details than would be generally practical with, for example, a PDF copy? These details may relate to a variety of dependencies, calendars, re...

Jul 29, 2020

Formatting Column Width of UTID

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Hi, I have aded the Unique Task ID to the spreadsheet section of my programme as I like to be able to talk about activities by number or WBS rather than lines as line numbers can change dependant on what bars are rolled up in summaries when you print...

Jul 29, 2020

Create Value: Map the Value Stream

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“If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.” W. Edwards DemingOur work and home lives our bounded by standard operating procedures and process—and too many of them stink.  We all have encountered Byzantin...

Jul 30, 2020

Hydrogen Plant Schedule

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Can anybody provide an example of a detail schedule for design, manufacturing, construction and commissioning of a hydrogen plant? Just been assigend to such aproject and have to provide some initial thought uickly. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Aug 4, 2020