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Two Weeks Lookahead

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Hi all Please assist in creating a Two week Lookahead on MSP. Date range does not work properly.   Regards,   Sizwe 

Aug 18, 2012

P6 R8.2 Import Activity Code Values from xls

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I was wondering if there is a way to import activity code values from xls into p6 database rather than manually add them. I have a long list (around 200 items) of values to add. Apparantly in R8.2 there are no SDK excel files.

Aug 20, 2012

HOW TO ASSIGN 1 CALENDAR FOR THE SAME PROJECT

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Dear All,   I have kept the standard default calendar as 8hrs and 5 days wroking for the project.However for some activites i need to assign a calnedar of 24hrs working per day and 7 days a week.Can i do this and how to do it.I found it very easy in ...

Aug 21, 2012

MS Project 2007 prof file error.

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Just recently I have produced updated programmes with no problem. Now when I save the current programme with a different name (i.e. Rev 09, save as Rev 10). When I close MSP and try and open the Rev 10 it says there is an error and cannot open. I hav...

Aug 21, 2012

Working with Microsoft Windows 8

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Hi Guys,The Ten Six team has been running tests on the latest pre-release copy of Windows 8 specifically to see how well it supports our primary tools of specialization; namely Microsoft Project, Deltek Cobra and Primavera P6. http://ow.ly/d9GQqI hop...

Aug 22, 2012

EPC Shedule Duration Estimations and Productivity Basis

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Dear All, I have recently joined an Oil and Gas EPC Company as Planning Engineer.Since this is my new exp in EPC Field I have few doubts and your help.. 1) I wanted to know where i can find the Productivty data material for my understanding and inclu...

Aug 23, 2012

Filter activities according to the Resource Usage Profile

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Within the P6 resource usage view there is a function at the bottom left corner of the screen, the following is from P6 help: Filter activities according to the Resource Usage Profile When viewing the Resource Usage Profile for a specific project, yo...

Aug 23, 2012

Asta and Iphone?

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Hello Fellow devotees,Can anyone show me / webinar demo of an Iphone being used to update tasks in an Asta schedue.The web demo I have watched shows a couple of suits flicking through screens on an Ipad, please show me an Iphone can be used to update...

Aug 23, 2012

Help, % complete doesn't reflect reality

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Hi all, i have Project 2003, I'm not an expert and I generally get by (it isn't that important for my job however from time to time it is necessary). I have a problem that i have one project which has lots of installations, in the beginning requiring...

Aug 23, 2012

PROGLOC directory is invalid. Please Check your P3.INI file.

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Ive just had my hard drive re-formatted on my company laptop and had to reload P3. I keep getting the same message...................PROGLOC directory is invalid. Please check your P3.INI file.Ive tried to mess about with the P3.ini file but it still...

Aug 25, 2012

FIDIC Course in Mumbai

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Dear All,There is fidic course happening through another entity (not Fidic) in Mumbai, Will it be benficial for a planning person to go for it. Will it be recognisible by companies. Any other input will be highly appreciable.

Aug 25, 2012

Snapping time unit too big!

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Hello Fellow Astarnians,Anyone know how to make the snapping time unit default to 1 hour? Half day is the lowest I can see listed.Hoping to use Asta for shutdown planning and scheduling where tasks are planned down to 20 minutes!While I'm at it, sele...

Aug 26, 2012

Hide project costs when exporting

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Hello Planners,Using P6R7, I would like to hide the cost fields when exporting a project to XER file, or make sure that the other users who open my project in a multi-user config will not be able to read the Price/Unit, Budgeted Cost, ...Thanks for y...

Aug 27, 2012

Deltek Sold!

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Deltek has been acquired by Thoma Bravo for $1.1 Billion or $13 per share cash. Read more here http://ow.ly/dfK7T

Aug 27, 2012

Exporting to Excell

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Im trying to create a more visual appealing resource usage line graph in excel.  I have four projects open and resources (crews) working on various activities.  I want to be able to export all of the data to a spreadsheet then create a lin graph.  I ...

Aug 27, 2012

Moving EPS Nodes

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Hi all,We have a discussion here about who moved a specific EPS node in P6 from its original location to a wrong place... Company Admin refers to Audit table which shows an Update on the node by project superuser and his interpretation is that update...

Aug 28, 2012

Problem with Multiple Calendars and Float

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Study the following activity table and Gant chart, all the necessary information should be there. The calendar for activity A has continuous working days. The calendar for activities B and C is for a 10 days on 4 days off roster.[[wysiwyg_imageupload...

Aug 28, 2012