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P3 technical glitch

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In a 3 month programme I prepared, I added additional detailed activities and after I F9’d I left it open on my PC while doing other task. When I returned to have a look some activities gradually disappeared from the screen. I’m not sure what I click...

Oct 21, 2010

Primavera P6

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When I export files from P6 to excel , the numbers are tranferred as TEXT. Can we get the numbers exported in number format

Oct 21, 2010

Problem in P5 basline defining

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hi ; i have a problem in P5 basline defining ,when i'm going to define a new baseline for my project , i face with bellow error and it terminate the pocess : SQL Server ERRO, the statement has been terminated. insert statement conflicted with COLUMN ...

Oct 21, 2010

P6 Roll-up (Performance % CompletE)

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Hi All, In p6, is there any way to roll-up % complete as based on Performance? In my schedule program, some activities are costed/resourced, however,  there is a Owner review period withtout respective costing.... Anayway P6 can roll progress based o...

Oct 21, 2010

Clarity Software

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Hi, Has anyone ever worked on Clarity before? My clients operation department is using Clarity, whereas, we are proposing P6? Any thoughts on this comparison will be appreciated. Cheers, Rav

Oct 21, 2010

Controlling the resource dictionary in P6

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Hello planners Can anyone tell me what is the current best practice for controlling the resource dictionary when managing a P6 database where many contractors will be supplying updates?  I will set up a complete resource dictionary of labour, plant a...

Oct 22, 2010

Article: An Overview of the Analysis of Construction Delays

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Hi, I work for Asta, one of the sponsors of Planning Planet.  But don't worry, I won't be bombarding you with sales messages.  Quite a number of our customers work in the area of forensic claims analysis and they have produced various articles and al...

Oct 22, 2010

without open p6 to connect p6 v7 database

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Hi, First of all, I thanks to administrators for this site .  And I saw an excel worksheet that can be connect to P6 database when p6 is closed. And you can change the resourse, wbs, etc. i dont remember all.. Have ever seen or used it? I want to try...

Oct 22, 2010

Hard Dollar Estimater / Equipment as a Resource

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Greeting all :) We have just implemented the new estimating software Hard Dollar - which downloads the estimate directly into Primavera P6 v7 (at least that's version we are using).  Has anyone had any experience with this software -- I am extremely ...

Oct 23, 2010

S-Curve

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Hai to all,            1) If interviewer asks " what is S-Curve? "                          What should be our answer.                I answered as weekly or monthly cash flow and he replies "it is cashflow !".              2) What is cum activity?  ...

Oct 23, 2010

change for better or worst???

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I have given good thought before writing this... Usually we change things for better... then why was the face & format of this beautiful site changed??This is my question to them who changed it.

Oct 23, 2010

Importing resource units for weekly updates

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I have an issue when importing labour units to my schedule on a weekly basis via excel, I have collected the hours against activity IDs in the schedule and each week create a pivot table in excel. I then use the vlookup function in excel to populate ...

Oct 23, 2010

Cost Control using P6

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Hi Guys is it possible to carry out detailed cost control/monitoring on a project using P6 software alone? simply we need to know the budgeted cost (as per our estimate/bid) Vs Actual cost spent at any instant of time. Actually i tried it in the foll...

Oct 23, 2010

NEC Option B Contract

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Hi Everyone, I've just had job come up involving building some flats, the problem I have come accross is that during earthworks we found a underground bunkers, due to us not knowing this and the project manager not informing me. The client is now ref...

Oct 24, 2010

Predessor and sucessor Finishes and Start Same date

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Dear All,I have a problem, The predessor completion date and sucessor start date are the same. For Example if predessor finishes on 25th Aug - 10 , the sucessor start on 25th Aug-10 instead of 26th Aug-10 with 0 days lag.I know this problem is becaus...

Oct 24, 2010

Resource Leveling – Units

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Resource Leveling – UnitsI am facing a problem in Primavera 6.7, in resource usage profile. I create a resource called steel and gave its unit as tones. But when I click for resource usage profile , I am getting units in “days” , can u suggest any so...

Oct 24, 2010