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Introduction info could be better

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I have just went through an unplanned shutdown where we did complete a lot of work for an upcoming planned shutdown but more could have been done. I just joined but there is no guidance for newcomers for either searching forums or posting questions (...

Mar 22, 2014

Resources

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Dear all, Currently been tasked with detailing the resources we require as the isolating department. Upcoming shutdown is a fairly varied work scope involving several different plant systems. We only have 3 technicians per shift. Our onshore focal po...

Mar 22, 2014

Spider Project Wikipedia article is created

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Dear all,I wanted to try to write a Wikipedia article for quite a while, and I decided to start with Spider Project.It took me 2 months to have it reviewed and approved, but now it is finally formally published.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Pr...

Mar 22, 2014

New, New, New

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It has been suggested that we create a new section for discussion on this huge sector / topic.We hope it helps.Keep on Planning...

Mar 22, 2014

PLEASE HELP...WBS activities won't show !!!

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I have created a new WBS with actives. But when I close up the entire project (log of from P6) and then re-open up the project id, the WBS i showing without it's actives on. Have gone to Group and Sort to un tick Hide if empty, but still didn't help ...

Mar 22, 2014

The right way to update as a sub contractor

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Dear AllI have one question here. we as a sub contrauctor, using a whole program along with main contractor and other sub contractors (Baseline issued to us is the program issued by Engineer for the whole project including main contractor and all sub...

Mar 22, 2014

Activity % Complete in Totals and Sub-totals do not appear

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Hi Planning Experts,Currently I am updating my programme in P6. My programme is resource loaded with manpower and material. In updating I am using Activity % complete in the column and physical % as the percent type. But after updating there I cannot...

Mar 24, 2014

Cost overrun

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Dear All I am working on a project which started 2012 & finish date is 2019, Mining project. I prepared the project & got all cost variance as per planned & actual with delay analysis. Now we need to find the [strong]cost overrun [/strong]compare wit...

Mar 24, 2014

BL Project Finish not matching BL Project Early Finish

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I am trying to show my baseline bars and it seems they are pulling from the BL Project Finish dates which are not correct and do not match the BL Project Early Finish Dates 1. How can I correct this so my BL Project Finish dates match the BL Project ...

Mar 24, 2014

Assigning Critical Path Manually !

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Hi everybody .. Is it OK to choose certain activities and make them critical instead of just relying on P6 critical path calculation using total float or longest path? Why we should do this? and finally what is the best teqnique to do so?  Thanks in ...

Mar 25, 2014

Budgeted units unable to edit

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I couldn't able to edit Budgeted units or Remaining units in Resource assignments window. However same can be done in Resource usage spreadsheet. Why? How to overcome this?I logged in with full rights (both admin superuser & project superuser). I use...

Mar 26, 2014

Showing activities that have slipped since last update

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I am just getting used to P6 & am still finding out lots of new thimngs that can be done. I have vague memories of using P3 so if someone could give me some help that would be great. I wanted to know if I could set a up a view which showed all activi...

Mar 26, 2014

Skills For Managing Risk

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Here's an article exploring the skills needed for managing risk http://ow.ly/v3fZE

Mar 27, 2014

Activity Code does not indent in Group and Sort

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Hello Planners,Is there any reason why a Project Activity Code would not indent in the Group & Sort dialog?I can check the Indent checkbox of all the Activity Codes but one in my project, and I cannot see any reason whyThanks for your help,Alexandre

Mar 27, 2014

PXRPT Tables details

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I am unable to find below tables from PMDB or ODS schema and Request to help from where the below primavera columns are picking up the data.  Primavera column namesPXRPT schema column namesPXRPT schema Table nameBL1 Start  BL1 Finish  Variance BL1 – ...

Mar 28, 2014

Using Global Change in P6 v8.2

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Hi everybody,  I'm trying to use the global change (P6 v8.2) to calculate the required manpower in terms of "Budgeted Nonlabor Units" for example: I want the total Budgeted Labor Units = Budgeted Nonlabor units / 2. But I am usually getting the below...

Mar 30, 2014