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Resource Assignment

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I am trying to change the budgeted units of a resource in the Resource Assignment spreadsheet but it is greyed out. I have another Project where I can do this but I'm struggling in the new one. Everything appears to be correctly set, such as the Dura...

Jan 29, 2020

Which Product will suit my needs for Resource Evaluation

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First question: Can either Project or Primavera show phases of a project in a single line on the Gantt Chart?  My internet research shows a waterfall arrangement from the images and videos. I am new to Project Planning Software and new to the task of...

Jan 31, 2020

Beginner User General Doubts

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Hi All,First, great job to the developers of Spider Project; I havent used yet all its features but really looks very interesting. I have started using the demo version of Spider Project to ensure that it covers all the aspects I am looking for in th...

Feb 2, 2020

Cost Accounts Data for multiple projects

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Dear All,I have developed a Cost Account Dictionary (Budgetary Heads), that I have to use for Accounting Software of my Enterprize. I am working at a Program Level and want to Develop a Report of Annnualy Funds Requirement by All Projects  by using R...

Feb 5, 2020

How to create an EXCEL GANTT CHART using VBA

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I'm a planner in the UK, and been working as a planner for just over 2 years in few different rail projects.and one of the main challenges is that most of the engineers were NOT reading the P6 PDF programmes,  even if they did, they really didn't pay...

Feb 5, 2020

Percent Complete Changed when Baseline is inserted

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I am receiving an xer for the schedule update from the Contractor. The percent complete used for progress is the Cost Percent Complete. However, when I inserted the baseline into the schedule, the values on the Cost Percent Complete changes. When i r...

Aug 5, 2019

Project Dashboard for Resources

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I have been put up with the task of coming up with a way to track resources per project in one major schedule within P6. The essential function for this schedule is to know if our company needs to vamp up engineers. My company has the history of givi...

Aug 8, 2019

Where to find the Project Codes Table?

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I would like to transfer all the Project Codes from one P6 (R16)PMDB to another P6 (R16)PMDB. How do I find the table/schema? Thanks, Rod

Aug 9, 2019

Leveling in Primavera P6 is taking too much time

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Dear all,I have an issue with my primavera schedule, when I use the leveling option it takes too much time (like 10 Minutes) which is real problem since every time I make a change I need to level to see the impact.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:6915:]]Please ...

Aug 9, 2019

Lost standard column - Planned labour units

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hi,i have just joined a new company and cannot find a "planned labour units" column.I think someone has re named it - I have been given admin rights ( worrying i know) but cannot find where the i will find the original column names are held to determ...

Aug 10, 2019

Planning software market share

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Dear all,would be possible to have a market share about planning/scheduling software for the most representative countries in the world? I know that software like Primavera and Microsoft Project are well known, but how much? what is the %?Thanks in a...

Aug 13, 2019

Manpower report

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Is there a method in P6 that I have missed to see by manpower count " task to fix it " takes 2 millwrights.   I can see the budgetted manhours but I was asked if I could (like in MSP) if I could indicate the number of trades people assigned to a task...

Aug 14, 2019