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Some of you may have noted that Oracle/Primavera has not released one single update or upgrade for P6 client/server users for the entire year of 2012. Of course, that does not mean that there haven't been lots of bugs reported or even a few of them f...

Feb 28, 2013

Budgeted units greater than Earned units

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In general the budgeted labor units is derived by multiplying Budgeted qtyXunit norm. This would be entered in budgeted units and baselined. Now during the course project execution, practically we may come across change in quantity.  This is because ...

Mar 1, 2013

Can someone help me Pls...

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Hi, As I am new to this Project Planning. I want to know in detail about the following topicsRemaining Early UnitsRemaining Late UnitsOverallocated Remaining Early UnitsOverallocated Remaining Late UnitsOver Allocated Early UnitsOver Allocated Late U...

Mar 1, 2013

Cliams

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is the phrase" Scehdule dose not supporting Claims' is a right statement or not?

Mar 2, 2013

MS Excel Functions and Formulas you need to use regularly

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List of MS Excel Functions and Formulas you need to use regularly with photos and detailed explanation how to use each Microsoft Excel formula. 1- Date and time functions: DATE(year,month,day):Returns the sequential serial number that represents a pa...

Mar 2, 2013

I need resources to learn MS project 2010

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Hi:   I'm new to this forums.    I would like to have your help in learning this software, i need a good resourses to learn it.   there is too much books & resources but i don't know which is the best one.   Also, i need exercieses (if you don't mind...

Mar 3, 2013

WBS for building tower

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Dear Planners,I will work in building towers, what are the major WBS for towers including the design and procurement?Regards,Moutaz

Mar 3, 2013

Primavera P6 - Version 8.1 - Calendar Assignment Issue

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Good Day All,In Primavera P6 Version 8.1 I have developed a construction calendar that uses 10 hours work shifts. When I allocate this calendar to an activity with original duration of 5 days it changes the finish date of this activity to show comple...

Mar 3, 2013

3D WBS's definitions

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http://3d-wbs.blogspot.fr/2013/03/part-71-3d-wbss-definitions.html

Mar 4, 2013

Planner required in Kolkata - India for 2 months

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Dear planners, We are currently looking for a planner for one of our project in Kolkata - India.The project is a high end luxury residential twin tower in Kolkata. The two towers of about 140 mt. high are connected with a life style sky bridge at the...

Mar 4, 2013

Progress Line

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Hello, I was just wondering if somebody would be so kind as to provide information on progress lines? e.g purpose, how to read them etc. Many thanks in advance, David

Mar 4, 2013

Export dates form P6 to Excel

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Hi, I m facing a problem when I exporting the  start and the finish dates from P6 to excel.It comes out with the output as text "mm/dd/yyyy" (column A)I have use the format Value (column A) to get the date with "dd/mm/yyyy" as d new column (column B)...

Mar 5, 2013

Eot

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Hi all,I have the following questions?1. Can an increase in quantities entitle contractor to EOT?2. Can a contractor lose his right if there is a delay in design drawings wnen he decided to start construction on his risk?3. Which is the best time imp...

Mar 5, 2013

Primavera P6 Database Connection Configuration Details

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Hi Guys, When Primavera P6 Professional is installed as a standalone application, it installs a copy of Oracle XE for use as its database. If for some reason you are unable to login to Primavera P6, you need to know the steps to reconfigure the conne...

Mar 5, 2013

Rebaseline issues

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All,My project has approached to 87.86%. at this point, there are some not-started activities (equipment relocation) have been decided by the End user and the management to be put out of the scope. that means I have to remove these activities from my...

Mar 6, 2013

scheduling based on resource availability

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i would like to schedule activity based on the resource activity ex, ( i have 10 activities and i have 2 crew to execute the 10 activities  so what i want is the Primavera to schedule the activities that 2 activities in parallel then another 2.

Mar 6, 2013

Print Schedul

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hello friends,i am working in a big project, so i have a big schedule.the problem now is, i need to take print of selected areas alone hiding other WBS levels.in filter i cannot extract my specific categories.is there option to hide unwanted WBS leve...

Mar 6, 2013

Portfolios and Costs

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Vladimir,how does spider handle different costs of the same material/resource in portfolios. Let's take a concrete of class 8/10 (C8/10). If for one project the cost of pouring the concrete are 53.8 euro/m3 and for another the cost is 68.99 euro/m3, ...

Mar 6, 2013