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The Importance of the P6 Time Periods Dialog

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Whether you’re using Primavera P6 Professional or Primavera P6 EPPM the Web Based flavor of P6, you should be aware of the importance of the P6 Time Periods settings in the Calendars. Read more http://www.ow.ly/wJWxT

May 12, 2014

Sample P6 Programme with cost Loading

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Hi members,Can you please mail me a programme which is cost loaded in P6.I am monitoring progress based on labour units as the project am working on with doesnt have a finalised BOQ.I want to know how monitoring can be effectively done with cost load...

May 13, 2014

Updating Multiple Resource Loaded Activities

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Hello,I am updating a project that has activities with multiple resource assigned to them.  However, when I update the activity with a new percent complete and actual hours - it does apply the same percent complete to indiviual resources and the actu...

May 13, 2014

Import XLS file

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Hello Planners,For a few weeks, I am no longer able to import XLS files into Primavera P6; my administrator says he gave me the "Import XLS" right in my user profile, but I still do not see the project into which I want to import in the P6 dialog box...

May 14, 2014

Task Formula for Bar

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Hi All,Does anyone know how to get a formula that displays information about a task for the bar (whole line)?e.g.I have mutliple tasks per line, and 1 task on the line has a start constraint flag on it. I want the formula to flag up if the task isn't...

May 14, 2014

P6 showing lower % complete

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Hi Guys can anyone help me to understand why does my actual % complete in P6 r8.2 show a lower value when I attach a baseline to the project? The baseline is a recovery program of the original plan with the actuals removed. Thanks Suresh 

May 16, 2014

Issues in labour units

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I am working in P5.I work out program in in my system and import XER to another system. The issue is there is some difference in the labour units. The difference 0.8 times than older value. I have checked the calendar assignment and user preference a...

May 19, 2014

upgrading Premavera version 6.0 to 6.8

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Hi Guys,I have an old stand alone P6 version 6.0 and want to upgrade it to a newer version 6.8 can I upgrade it on line? and will my stored data be lost? Has anyone done it without backing up (exporting as XER)?Cheers

May 20, 2014

original duration become zero

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hi guysAfter entering budgeted cost value to an activity, original duration shall become zero.whats the problem? thnx

May 20, 2014

budgeted unit problem

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Hi Guys,i assigned a labor resource which has 10/d default unit time and 40/d max unit time ( for 4 labours),and activity has 5 days duration.according to my calculation 40*5 = 200 (budgeted unit).but primavera says budgeted unit is 50 (5*10).whats t...

May 21, 2014

SS & FF Relatinship

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good morning   i have a consultant who is trying to force us to use FS relationship and ignore / delete all SS &FF Relationships does he have the right to do that , and is it practical to use only FS.   your opinion please   regards, Alaa,PMP 

Jul 6, 2014

Weird Project Finish Date

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Hello Folks,I am quite new here as a member, however I have been a pseudo member coming on and off before. I have a recent issue with my Primavera P6 V8.2 settings ( I suppose). What I have noticed is that, whenever I load up an XER file sent from a ...

Jul 7, 2014

Lost and Found - Hot Tip

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Hi AllStatistics show that when searching for a lost object it is usually found in the last place you look.So why not save time and look there first.Best regardsMike T.

Jul 7, 2014

Headings / Non-Summary tasks without dates / durations etc

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HiIs it posible in MSP2013 to make a plain old heading?I just want a title (not header) above sections of some of my tasks, I don't want a date or duration or anything assigned to them, just a plain old title at certain sections. The only thing I've ...

Jul 8, 2014

computer domain changed - ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occured;

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My computer was recently migrated to a new domain after a company merger. Neither company has extensive P6 experience. Knowing this, I should have backed up my database before the migration, but being fairly green myself, I did not. Now, when I attem...

Jul 9, 2014

Reporting multiple critical.paths

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Good morning all, I have been a planner for about 18 months now and for the first time I have been asked by the SPM to produce a report showing the first five critical paths. How do I get P6 to display this? Is this best presented as a programme with...

Jul 9, 2014