I am using version 18.8 P6 version issue? Edit, User Pref., Application - why do only some versions show "Codes" value vs description choice? I have seen snapshots on Linkedin of the choice "Specify how to display code values" - I do not get the cho...
So to calc a completion date in excel that includes the NTP date itself is @sum((A1+A2)-1) because excel does not count the NTP date in that formula. With a A1 being the NTP date and A2 being that Calendar Days. Are there any other, or different fo...
Hi, I have seen a couple of spreashsheets created that estimated days /month or days/activity that a project is likley to lose from different weather conditions such as below.or Both of these do a job but I am wanting to create something that has a b...
Hi,I have imported a file without its baseline. But I see baseline start/finishes dates are different than project start/finish dates. I checked there is no assigned baseline. I expect if there is no baseline assigned to the project then baseline dat...
I am managing two different projects for different clients in P6 that require the schedules to be published every week. The clients require different column headers and so far I have had to keep changing the headers when I go to publish each project...
Hi everyone, I am hoping to further advance my career in PC, and was wondering if anyone taken the CCT (certified cost technician exam), and if it helped with their career? Was the exam difficult and heavily math oriented (one of the study text books...
Here is what I think it has to do with - the default setting for each project is "shared". I change it to exclusive it to exclusive and open it. But when I close and look at it again all the files default back to shared. My guess is that P6 is not...
Always been in scheduling. Been in and out of cost, getting back into cost. There have got to be better tools out there than just excel - what are better ones for cost? For example, I don't want a "whole" system like procore because already using ...
After a number of years working in Project Controls, and several organisations, I can get my head around Planning and Resources but what i see constant in-fighting, division and confusion around is just how Actual Costs and how actual costs are align...
Hello,I have a task under MSProject which corresponds to an action whose duration does not depend on the number of resources. I would like to integrate resources on this task gradually.On the first day, 2 resources are on the task, 3 more the next da...
Hello,I am trying to update a baseline using the "Update" button in the "Maintain Baselines" window. I am working on a project that will have multiple bid packages over the length of the project and the owner wants to use earned value management. I d...
Hi,I have been given a task of standardizing Contracts and Project Controls processes and procedures. We are a service company in oil and gas and management is looking to reestablish these procedures based on well-known standards in major oil compani...
Hello Everyone, I am using P6.18.8.0 version.When I export it in XER format, the baseline is not been exported.when I export in XML format again the baseline is not exported.Any solution to this.ThanksJithin
Hello Everyone, Is there a way by which the Activity Bar which didnt meet the Basline Date can be highlighted in a different colour Say like Orange. Red coloured bar is critical activity, but I would like to show activities which hasnt met the baseli...
Hi,I need to change my relationship from FS to SS. When I try to do this via excel P6 keeps the FS relation. How can I remove the FS relations when I import the excel file. I want only SS relations.Many thanks for your support.
Hello all, My site was shutdown on the 24-Mar-20 due to Corona virus. However, my subcontractors returned to site at different time. Some of them returned on 15-Jun-20, some returned on 29-Jun-20, some on 22-Jun-20 and some on 03-Aug-20. My comme...
Hi everyone,I tried copying the resource assignment from P6 to excel, when i do this the units dont get copied across and the date column dates back to 1990 and my projects starts in 2020.Not sure what am doing wrong.Please help.
I will be creating a video mini-course on using Time Location Charts (aka Linear Schedules) to make better decisions and improve scheduling communication on projects, based on my practical experience over the past 20yrs in the industry, But first, I'...
In a schedule with a structured WBS what is the best practice for the activity names - exampleWBS: Site1/Building5/Area3/Machine foundations/ Activity Name: Pour ConcreteOR: Activity Name: Pour Machine foundation concrete at Site1, Building5, Area3 ...
Is there a way to zoom (increase size) of primavera (other than change computer default font). Like to be able to hit cntl + and have it work or whatever the common commands are? There is a +/- but that only effects the timescale.