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Multiplying Resource rate with some factor

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Hii am new to Primavera .My boss said to me that in our project our all resoureces rate has been increased to 1.5 of the original.I am not finding any clue in GLOBAL CHANGES how to apply this factor under which category.As we have thousands of resour...

Jun 29, 2011

planning to a resource line in your hostograms

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Hi, We have a bit of a debate going on, we work a 36.5 hour week and plan to the that limit at the moment... The debate is that we should lower the limit to 30 hours per week per individual to allow time for meetings, liaison, toilet breaks etc.... i...

Jun 29, 2011

How to calculate Actual Cost from price/unit2?

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The default formula for computing actual cost is (actual units)*(price/unit). Is there a way to change/tweak the formula of actual cost so that it should be (actual units)*(price/unit2)?In my project, the budgetary unit cost is different from the act...

Jun 29, 2011

how to copy same asctivities

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   guys i have 5 identical schools and i want to copy the activities and assign new WBs for each but i had no filter for no activities such as P3 which i copy and paste with the same time change the activity IDs, how to do this in P6.           thank...

Jun 29, 2011

Mouse driver that scrolls in P3 using Windows 7

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Years ago I found a mouse driver that allowed me to scroll in P3 using XP. I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and that mouse driver does not allow me to scroll anymore. Is there a mouse driver I can download that will again allow me to scroll in P3 usi...

Jun 29, 2011

Excel file to generate S curve.

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dear planners. i uploaded an Excel template for how to generate. Dynamic S curve.( planned and earned) Dynamic Summary Progress report. Dynamic Detailed Progress report. http://www.box.com/s/ryfxdtnnyhz7qpufgp5l for the planned value either you impor...

Jun 29, 2011

Deletion of Work

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Under NEC it is my understnading that the PM cannot delete work from the contract only to tender it to another contractor after your works are complete.   if this is correct where is the text to back this up?   Thanks   Tony

Jun 30, 2011

Summary Bars

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I rolled up all summary bars to level 3 and tried to move and adjust these summary bars but these summary bars dont move from their position. Why?How to move these summary bars to the required position?Please advise urgently.Thanks

Jun 30, 2011

Multiple Calendar

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Guys, Extra hands please! I have used 2 calendars, 10hrs(7am-6pm, 1hr break) and 8hrs(8am-5pm,1hr break) in my schedule. 10hrs calendar is assigned to construction activities while 8hrs calendar is for consultant/client related activities. When I lin...

Jun 30, 2011

Formatting Text In Gantt Chart Activities

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Have a Project Manager who wants certain activities high-lighted or different colors/bold in the Gantt Chart view.  No one has ever asked this of me so don't know how and searching around in Help hasn't done me much good.

Jun 30, 2011

Using resources instead of expenses to track payments

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Hello eveyone, I need help figuring out how to set up a resource to track an expense that is paid out in installments. Currently I have to create four different activities in a WBS and assign the corresponding expense for that timeline. I want to be ...

Jun 30, 2011

Overlap / Multi-task acitivity

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Hi everyone, Can anyone please explain how to overlap activities to create a multi task effect using asta powerproject v11? Thanks for any help.

Jun 30, 2011

Why won't P3 calculate my activity duration?

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Hello. I'm a novice working with P3.  I have an existing project with many activities with assigned durations and logic.  I want to add a resource, specifically cubic yards of material, and assign it to the activities with a budgeted quantity of cubi...

Jul 1, 2011

Queen's riddle

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Barack Obama met with the Queen of England. He asked her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?""Well," said the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent pe...

Jul 1, 2011

Not transparent behavior of scheduler

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 I have set two tasks in automatic mode: one task after another using predecessors link as defined below. Task A is completed in 100%. Id |Task Name |Predecessors|Start|Finish265|Task A|264|Fri 24/06/11|Mon 27/06/11266|Task B|265|Fri 29/07/11|Thu 04/...

Jul 1, 2011

Critical Path Quiz

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Rafael Davila's riddle on the joke-and-trivia page gave me an idea.  How about a simple little CPM exercise?Below is a critical path network logic diagram consisting of just 18 activities. The critical path is the bottom path (outlined in red). All r...

Jul 1, 2011

Global Change for Calendars

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What criteria need to set up in Global Change to change the Calendar from 7 weeks to 5 weeks which may change calendar of all actvities?Thanks

Jul 1, 2011