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PMSDK: Connecting via standalone VB script (Visual Studio)

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Hi all,I have looked at previous related topics and they have got me as far as the (hopefully last) hurdle. I get an error when my VB script tries to access the database through PMSDK. My setup is as follows;I am running a standalone install of P6 Pr...

Aug 24, 2015

How to schedule a resource to switch from a job to another

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Hello,I'm schedulling an engineering job, MEP.the plan for mechanical as follows:there are 3 desginers, each will take a division - pluming 1 engineer, HVAC 1 engineer, and FF 1 engineer.each have a drawing list with assigned hours for each drawing, ...

Aug 26, 2015

Group & Sort - WBS ???

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Hello.I am hoping there is a sorting solution that someone can help me with.Can the WBS be sorted by Start Date? I'm in the Planning Stage of a project that has 11 buildings. If I change sequencing, Building 8 might be the 1st one being worked on, bu...

Aug 26, 2015

Problem with Primavera P6 version 8.3.2

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Dear all,I am using P6 version 8.3.2. I loaded one non-labour unit as weight factor for activities. Activity types are fixed duration and unit. After a few updates, now I see in my schedule, all the non-labour units assignment has changed which means...

Aug 26, 2015

Help Required - How to actualise several activities at once

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Morning all,I wonder if somenoe can tell me a quick way to actualise several activities at once in P6?I am working on a programme that has several structures within it each with their own WBS section, however a couple of the structures have been remo...

Aug 27, 2015

PRA Cost Roll Up

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Hi,In the Risk Outputs tab of PRA, the P50 cost does not seem to roll up properly. For example the sum of the P50 costs of activities do not always equal the P50 cost of their WBS element, and the sum of the P50 costs of WBS elements does not always ...

Aug 27, 2015

Can you create codes in the Library Explorer to remain permanent?

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Hello everyone,At the moment when I create a programme I create codes so that I can apply it to the bars.However when I open a new project it seems that those codes dont come up in my "project view"They re appear when I open up the project that I cre...

Aug 27, 2015

MSP 2013 - Filters for 3wk and 12wk lookahead

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Morning All, I am trying to create  layout/filter in MSP 2013 for a 3wk and 12wk lookahead. I dont seem to be able to use the easy logic for creating the same rules that i use in P6 in MSP. Typically I would us CD (Current Day) +/- period of time (in...

Aug 28, 2015

It has been an interesting week for my family.

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Hi AllThis week has been interesting:My grandson has a job as a deck hand on a small drift trawler in the North sea. On Tuesday it sprung a leak and he had to keep bailing while the skipper rushed to the beach.On Thursday my grand daughter was accept...

Aug 29, 2015

Filter projects in EPS by milestone status

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I (as well as my company) am new to running P6, and have what should be a basic question.  I have searched the internet and have come up empty.  What I want to know is if I can filter projects in the EPS window based on milestone status.  Now I know ...

Aug 31, 2015

How to reschedule??

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Intially the project finish date was 30April 2016, Because of the Penalty milestone, dates have been prepon to Dec 2015..so how to fix this in p6???

Aug 31, 2015

Updating Problem

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Dear all, I want to be updating percentage comple so I rename the "Performance %Complete Colum" as , but when I try to enter a value, it only display 6%, no matter the value it will display 6%.Please help solve this problemThanks

Aug 31, 2015

total negative float

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Dear All,My name is faizi imam and i am working on revising a beseline schedule to claim for EOT.After revising the schedule i got the new project completion date in the summary but i am not getting total negative float,instead i am getting total flo...

Aug 31, 2015

Resource Max units / time

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I am using P6 Professional 8.3 and I'm having issues with the Resource - Max units / time allocation. I enter an effective date to start assigning 8 hours per day (Max units / time) for a activity, and then another effective date later on to start as...

Aug 31, 2015

Productivity for Building MEP services

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Hi Everyone,Please someone post the productivity of manpower for different services like, Water supply, Drainage, Chilled water supply, fire fighting, elctrical works etc for building construction project.

Sep 1, 2015

Primavera P6 Level Of Effort Activity Type

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Quite a few folks have been asking about how and when to use Level Of Effort activities in Primavera P6, so we though we would make a short movie explaining how they work. http://ow.ly/REuDC

Sep 1, 2015