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Newbie question- sorry

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Hi,I'm looking to move on from MSP into P6 and looking for a reliable trail version to download from a reputable source. Does this exist and if so could someone share a link. The sites I see on google dont look secure to me.

Dec 27, 2015

Replace projects

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Dear All,I have a 2 projects and I want to dissolve one of them into the other (i.e) I dont want to delete one and rename the other one to take over , I want to copy one project and past it into the other project. how can this happen?

Dec 27, 2015

How to calculate Manhours per resource per month for costing purposes

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I have made this program where i wanna calculate the manhours per month for various resources, now i look at the group total for budgeted labor hours column and i was able to see that it was showing 113191h but when i tried to input individual manhou...

Dec 28, 2015

Work progress at status date

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Hello Planners and MSP specialists,How could it be possible to make MS Project compute the percentage between actual work and theoritical work at the status date?One 5 day task starting MondayTwo resources assigned to this task: R1 is working 10 hour...

Dec 28, 2015

Remaining Late Cost earlier than data date

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My issues is that my remaining late cost is showing up earlier than my data date. I've gone through and removed all my Finish Constraints and the Must Finish By date so there is no negative float in my schedule. Scheduled the project and it still sho...

Dec 29, 2015

Combination (copy paste) of the updated files.

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Hi,I have a programme to get an impact of two events from an Employer (I am the contractor side). The history is1-      Just before three months of the contractual finish date the contractor receives a package of site instructions.2-      The contrac...

Dec 30, 2015

Oracle support - less than it was

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HiI have my own licence as an independent contractor, I was really miffed today to find that Oracle now no longer support an upgrade to P6 8.3.1 like they used to. All they do is point you to the files to download. They used to log on to your compute...

Dec 30, 2015

Working on a Letter of Award - When do you sign the Contract?

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It happens regularly that a Contractor starts work on a letter of award and some time later he signs the contract.It also happens that in the mean time things have changed in respect of changes to both time and money.The Top Man signing has not been ...

Jan 1, 2016

beginner as a planner

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I am a new planner , i'l like to ask expert planner how I start my carrer as a planner , thanks in advence 

Jan 3, 2016

Is Construction Stuck in the 1960s?

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This article was put up on reddit and brought up a really neat debate (all mature points from both sides). Thought I would post it on here since people have insightful thoughts as I've seen and get people's perspective on it. http://www.fieldwire.com...

Jan 3, 2016

Different Working Hours

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I have a schedule in which I am using 2 different calendars. One for Design activity which is 6DX8hrs working and the other is construction whihc is 7X22hrs working. Since, construction activities domiated design, I have considered default working hr...

Jan 4, 2016

Junior Primavera P6 Planner looking to get started in the industry

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Hello,I am a junior planner with very little experience on site but I am very well versed in the Oracle Primavera P6 software. I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on getting into the industry as I am aware that many positions are...

Jan 4, 2016

MS project - converting from P6 and opening in MS project.

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Hi all,I've hit a brick wall with this one and just want to check with you to see if there's a solutionto it.I'm currently using Primavera P6 v8.3.2 and want to export a file into a MS Project format.The options are '.MPX, XML' formats, both of which...

Jan 4, 2016

Original Duration

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Good evening everybody,I want to filter only those activities having EVEN (Multiple of 2) original duration throughout the schedule. Can someone give me the trick for that kind of filter or grouping?

Jan 5, 2016

Claims for Design and Approval Issues

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Hi All!We are trying to prepare a claim for Design Issues. Our Project is a government project wherein we as a Consultant are preparing the Infrastructure Design and submit to the Government for Approval. Below Details is our scenario.StartFinishActi...

Jan 6, 2016

Trouble MSP XML import to 8.3.2

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Hi all! Me and my team are running into some trouble when trying to import a XML file from MSP 2010, into P6 8.3.2 professional. Somehow, it looks like primavera is doing it's job, but when ready, the schedule is nowhere to be found in the EPS overvi...

Jan 6, 2016

Primavera P6 Reports edit/format

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Hi,I can produce a report I need as a CSV file using the Reports in P6 but I am looking to edit/format it further. I produce the report every month but I am wondering if I can implement these edits within P6.My report contains 10 columns of data each...

Jan 6, 2016