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Primavera Layout

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Hi,Is it possible to lock a layout/settings to one project so that everytime that project opens the layout opens? The reason being I have 2 projects one is a target and one is a Project program. If I were able to lock the colors of the WBS then peopl...

Sep 12, 2013

Group Totals not using Project Default Calendar

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Hi I am using Pimavea P6 Release 8.2  I would like to know how to change the calendar used at the Group Totals. (Summarised to Project Level) Initially it uses Project Default Calendar as shown in the Calenda.....But on changing the default calendar ...

Sep 12, 2013

Work Products and Documents

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While attaching documents to an activity or WBS, Maximum how much of GB file I can attach?

Sep 12, 2013

Application Event Error - How do you correct?

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PRM DBAccess Error: Database Server Error: ORA-12952: The request exceeds the maximum allowed database size of 4 GB ORA-06512: at "ADMPRM$PM.RT_UDFVALUE_DEL", line 3 ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger 'ADMPRM$PM.RT_UDFVALUE_DEL'

Sep 15, 2013

Cost accounts tree structure

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http://3d-wbs.blogspot.fr/2013/09/part-91-cost-accounts-tree-structure.html BR, Jean-Yves Moine.

Sep 16, 2013

Earned Value

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Hi all I've been asked to put amounts of money against various activities so the QSs can do earned Value Analysis.  At first I just used a user defined column and dropped them in like that, but the commercial manager wants me to put them in properly ...

Sep 16, 2013

P6 ver 7 Calendars

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Hi All, I've a curiousity for you and I hope you can answer for me.  I'm cleaning up an old database and reducing the number of global calendars to what is practical/needed.  When a calendar cannot be deleted because it is assigned but the Utilizatio...

Sep 17, 2013

commas in cost accounts

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HiI've allocated cost accounts to the resource allocation on an activity but, when organising in the activity layout to report on EV per cost account, it groups by 'mech labour' and mech labour,'  with a comma.It does this for some of the costs accou...

Sep 17, 2013

Bar Necking (out of sequence)

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 Dear guys,I am using P6 r8.2 and i am having some difficulties regarding the bar neck. In the working window, you can see the neck (out of sequence) but once i switch it to print preview, the neck was not there anymore, it is just simply a straight ...

Sep 17, 2013

% complete rol up

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Hi hope someone can advise - I am new to P6 ( from MS project  environment) and cannot get a %compete figure to roll up into the wbs top level in the activity view (as you can in project).I have tried it in the WBS layout but is not he same pictorial...

Sep 17, 2013

Task Relationships

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Hi there folks, This is my first ever post so go easy on me.  I am relatively new to Planning and to Primavera (as far as experience goes, 2 years in the planning world is not long at all and I have a lot to learn) however I am very keen to learn as ...

Sep 18, 2013

Time Sheet in p6

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Dear All,Please  anyone  could  inform me  how to update project  schedule through  time sheet in p6 specially, how prepare and  put the project time sheet  in p6 database to start update ?

Sep 18, 2013

Summary task disappears

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Hello Planners,One customer of mine is having hard time with his Tilos project: one of the project summary tasks is no longer visible and clickable in the Time Distance View, although it displays normally in the Gantt Chart and the subproject Tasks L...

Sep 18, 2013

100% of the cost at the beginning of the task

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Hello,I need to allocate a lump sum cost to some tasks of the project, and have 100 percent of the cost showing at the very beginning of the task. Can anybody help?Alexandre

Sep 18, 2013

Coal Handling & Preparation Plant Activities

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Hi Guys,I have to workout a schedule for construction of Coal Handling & Preparation Plant (CHPP) but i have no idea of level three construction activities & their logical relations. Can anybody help me in this regard?Thanks in advance.

Sep 19, 2013

Baseline and Layers

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Hello PPers,Is it possible to assign two different layers to the current task and its baseline?Thank you

Sep 19, 2013

Edit Columns in P6

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Hi All, Can someone please help me? I am trying to create a column titled Finish Variance CL14 and Finish Variance Last Period. I have successfully created these but don't know how to edit it or enter the formula to show me the variance/difference in...

Sep 19, 2013

Resource Loading - Equipment

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Has anyone resource loaded their schedule with 'Equipment'? What unit of measure is best used? What kind of output do you produce and how is it useful to the project team?

Sep 19, 2013