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Update Data date 1st time....

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Dear All....I have a little problem with updating my schedule data date,, I start load the actual start date to my current schedule for some activities and then update the data data to the current date I moved it 4 monthes, the problem now I got very...

Jan 26, 2012

Why Primavera?

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Hello all you P6 enthusiasts. Something has been puzzling me for a long time - why did they call software after the Italian word for "Spring Time"? Maybe Emily Foster can tell us. We are all pronouncing it wrong - we should be saying Preemavaira. I s...

Jan 27, 2012

Doing new P6 planning

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Good morning,I have a scope of work of one project ,-I extract activities,durations,relationships,I do the WBS,OBS-Now ,what type of progress I have to choice (physical or unit or or or...)          what type of duration to choice how to do the updat...

Jan 27, 2012

Conditional Formatting

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Hi, I was looking for some advise on Asta powerProject (v11). Is it possible to setup conditional formatting on the spreadsheet like you can within excel? I have had a good look and I can't find a simple solution, more than likely it is staring me in...

Jan 27, 2012

P6_V.7.0 - ACTUAL LABOR UNIT/ACTUAL COST

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Dear All, Why actual Labor Units & Actual Cost change in the previus month when I Schedule Data Date to next moths? Example : Data Date = 31 December 11 ; Actual Labor Units = 100h ; Actual Cost = 100k I Schedule the project with data date 31 Jannuar...

Jan 27, 2012

Sample CSV Files for Importing Data Into Deltek Cobra From P6

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Hi Guys, Here are some sample CVS files that load different types of data into Deltek Cobra from tools like Primavera P6  http://bit.ly/zZwb3c The majority of our Deltek Cobra customers use Primavera P6, so I thought they may be relevant here. I hope...

Jan 27, 2012

bmu sequence

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Dear all, I have a building with three roofs with different heights.Total height is 75 floors.Roofs at 23 floor,49 floor,and 75 floor. We have BMU and roof finishes.What is the sequence of these works.We will first do at roof 23then 49 and 75. or it ...

Jan 27, 2012

CTR Tool

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Hi All, I'm looking for a tool that allows entry of data in to a standardised CTR format. Stores all CTRs in a database that you can recover. Electronically linked to P6 would be great. Does any body know of a tool. Thank you

Jan 28, 2012

Critical Path Analysis Presentation in P6

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Dear Planners, Our client is requesting us to prepare a critical analysis report in 5 different project milestones. Is there any filter processto produce the report. Client have officially sent a letter identifying the critical path in my schedule. I...

Jan 28, 2012

Renumbering Activities

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Dear planners,how to change 5000 actvity id's using global change,can you help me? thank you..

Jan 29, 2012

Fragnet function/option in P6

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What is the equivalent of P3's Fragnet option in P6? I have a set of activities that I'd like to copy and then bring them back to make just some changes, just the way we used to do it in P3. Thank you in advance. 

Jan 29, 2012

What is the right predecessor for these activities?

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My predecessor for the activity "Prepare RFQ (Request for Quotation) of Equipment xxx" in mechanical engineering is the activity "Prepare Data Sheet of Equipment xxx" in process engineering. Basically all my RFQ preparation activities for mechanical ...

Jan 29, 2012

Baseline1 Vs Current, S-CURVE?

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With the risk of this being asked before, but as excuse that the search ain’t working I’m asking this (apparently) simple question. I’m working on a rail project at the moment and it’s in P6 6.2 Our schedule got approved by the client and I’ve create...

Jan 30, 2012

Moving Tasks from one Summary to another

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Hello, I have a requirement to move some completed tasks from the existing summary task to another new summary task. I am able to do copy-paste. But baseline hours at the new summary task does not show the correct hours. At the new summary task, I wo...

Jan 30, 2012

Can we show this table in MS Project or P6?

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Baseline Vs ActualActivity I.dAcvtivity NameDurationMonthBaseline % completion (or planned)Actual % completion1.1Initiation2Jan25%25%1.2Planning3Feb25%20%1.3Execution10Mar25%10%1.4Closing5Apr25%0%     Hi All,It is just an image of what is in my mind,...

Jan 30, 2012

%age on p6 is different

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Hi All,Just a small query, i convereted the progress from p6 to excel sheet, computed the weightage w.r.t duration of each activity and multiplied it to the current progress percentage, when added, it has given me an overall %age, but this overall %a...

Jan 31, 2012

Reminders for P6 Users

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Hi to All P6 users, I found discrepancies in Budgeted Total Cost on activity column VS the Cumulative Budgeted Total Cost at the end of the project on the activity usage spreadsheet. Please be reminded to review your schedule & reports. [[wysiwyg_ima...

Jan 31, 2012

Login Problem into P6

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I imported a schedule into my standalone P6.2.The xer file succesfully imported. But just after I imported the plf file it crashed. It started to give "Exception EConvertError in module PM.exe at 0000B2FA '[QT_Day=0]'is not a valid floating point val...

Jan 31, 2012

Login Problem into P6

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I imported a schedule into my standalone P6.2.The xer file succesfully imported. But just after I imported the plf file it crashed. It started to give "Exception EConvertError in module PM.exe at 0000B2FA '[QT_Day=0]'is not a valid floating point val...

Jan 31, 2012