Steelray’s Project Analyzer Now Supports Primavera P6 XER Files
Forum TopicHi Guys, Good news! Steelray’s Project Analyzer now supports Oracle Primavera P6 XER files http://ow.ly/gbT9Q Emily
Dec 18, 2012
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Export ressources distribution from Ms project to Excel
Forum TopicHi All !I want to export the ressources distribution , from MS Projet into excel in aim to plot the S curve .Can any one tell me the differents steps to configure the Projectexport-Assistant for this ?ThanksKAmel
Dec 18, 2012
Managing resources (people) absence in Spider
Forum TopicDear all,I am looking at resources in Spider and have a question how to simulate resources absence.As I can see, every resource needs to have a calendar, which, in turn, depends on a Week object and exceptions.I am now considering the situation of na...
Dec 18, 2012
P6 Resource assigments as gantt chart?
Forum TopicHi all, I remember being able to view the resource assigments in P5 in form of bars on a gantt chart pretty easily. Now, I cannot seem to find any way to do this in P6. The oracle help files refer to Resource, then clicking 'Resource assigment tab' o...
Dec 18, 2012
3D Time-Location diagram
Forum TopicThe 3D Gantt, resulting of the 3D WBS, allows first of all to identify graphically the importance of the project interfaces by evaluating the distance between the tasks, but it allows also to display a 3D time-location diagram, as shown below, in the...
Dec 19, 2012
How to update the new revised baseline to Actual?
Forum TopicEveryone,I have just revised my baseline. so the next step from my supervisor is to update the copy of the new baseline up to the data date(new Actual). since i already have an (old) Actual schedule updated on a weekly basis. so what i presume is up...
Dec 19, 2012
PM5 SP5
Forum Topicmorning Anyone know of a way to complete the physical percent complete from 0 to 100 on a finish (or start) milestone? I have feeling you cant, but perhaps I'm wrong. The percent complete type is physical. Thanks Glen
Dec 19, 2012
duration % comp doesnt update
Forum Topic(first sorry for my english) i m entering a new value in the duration % comp field then i schedule but p6 doesnt update my new value.p6 hold my old value how can i solve this problem thnx
Dec 19, 2012
P6 Summary Bar Display
Forum TopicHi, I've got a problem that hopefully someone can help me with. I have created a programme that has several activity codes allocated to each of the tasks, to enable me to group them in different ways (rather than just using a WBS). Most of the time...
Dec 19, 2012
Can a baseline programme have actual progress data ?
Forum TopicDeal all: I'd like to know if a baseline programme can have actual progress data ? because sometimes with a complicated ongoing project,we need to update the baseline programme,i.e adding some milestones/activities ,adjusting or revising some...
Dec 20, 2012
lessons from the Titanic disaster
Forum TopicOne hundred years ago ,Titanic sank after striking an iceberg. More than fifteen hundred people died in that disaster. Here are seven lessons that relate to the sinking itself and three that involve the recovery of the victims.1: You need to know wh...
Dec 20, 2012
Changing the Format of Summary Bars in P6
Forum TopicHi, I've got a problem that hopefully someone can help me with. I have created a programme that has several activity codes allocated to each of the tasks, to enable me to group them in different ways (rather than just using a WBS). Most of the time...
Dec 20, 2012
Fixed duration, fixed units, fixed work, effort driven. How and why and when use all of it?
Forum TopicDear all,If I look at it, Microsoft Project effectively has 5 types of tasks (fixed duration, fixed units, fixed work. Plus each of them can be either effort driven or not effort driven, except fixed work, which is always efforts driven)I am using M...
Dec 20, 2012
Primavera P6 V7 adding user for specific period only
Forum TopicHello planners!!Need help releated to adding user in primavera P6 v7is that possible to add an user for specific period only for e.g.I want to add one user form suppose 10th Dec 2012 to 31st Dec 2012is this is possible to do if yes! how?Thank you wel...
Dec 20, 2012
Display Calender days
Forum TopicGday A simple question which has already been answered in previous posts however i thought I might ask again. Can I display a calender days column. Activity #1 has 90 working days, which is how many calender days.......... Without using global change...
Dec 21, 2012
LOE activity updating resource units
Forum TopicHi,I am using P6 v7.I have a Level of Effort activity with pred and successors.When I update the pred the LOE not taking the actual values.The resource labor units not updating.I am using Duration % complete.Regards,kp
Dec 23, 2012
Phone interview
Forum Topicif u have technical interview in phone as a Plannig Engineer , what kind of quis. may u faced ??
Dec 23, 2012
Activity code gets reused, when last activities are deleted
Forum TopicHi,I was looking at comparison of different versions of schedule and found one issue, which I would consider a bug, unless I miss something.Every task in Spider has a code field, which Spider later used to uniquely identify task, when comparing diffe...
Dec 24, 2012
Steps from A to Z to Identify, Analyze, Apply and Submit a Claim in your Project
Forum TopicHi all, I'd like to know the steps that one should take in a construction project he is working on to win over claim, starting from identifying the possible claims he can win over, analyze them, apply them to your schedule and how to report them to t...
Dec 24, 2012
The possibility to rise a claim based on an approved schedule even though its a future event
Forum TopicGreetings to all, Is it possible to rise a claim against the clinet or his representative for actions, events or any thing related based on an approved submitted schedule ( Under the assumption that the representative missed to notice them), knowing ...
Dec 24, 2012