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Changing multiple rates in P6

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Hey there, We've a staff rate change coming up and I wondered if there were an easy way to add a new rate to multiple resources at once rather than go through our staff list of near on 2,000 people individually and adding the new rates to each one. I...

Sep 1, 2022

Best ways to speed up P6?

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Best ways to speed up P6?  It used to be ok, has slowed down.  I probably need a new computer, but what are some basic system and program changes to improve performance speed of P6?

Sep 2, 2022

Issues when inserting P6 Programme

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Hello house,I will appreciate any help on the issue I am currently facing:I copied a subcontractor Xer File to my Master Schedule . This plan was moved to a WBS within the master schedule, however I am now facing an issue where  a number of activitie...

Sep 2, 2022

PowerProject Enterprise Use

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Hi, Can anyone share their experiences, positive or negative, of using PowerProject in the enterprise environment, with multiple planners accessing the programme remotely / over distance via citrix (or another means). thanks Paul

Sep 9, 2022

QSRA - how often would be the best?

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Hi everyone,just wonder how often should QSRA be carried out? Are there any guideline/ reference book saying like 6 months cycle would be more appropriate? Thanks a lot. 

Sep 14, 2022

Primaveras and Power BI

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Team, Looking for a recommended reading list, and possible third party tools. The mission is to integrate the P6 data, and other datasets, with Power Bi Reading an exported Excel spreadsheet does have the advantage of preserving the data date, but do...

Sep 15, 2022

Visio Layout in Visualizer

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Is it possible to use Visualizer in P6 to create a visio stacked type of view?  One timeline with activities stacked on top of each other to show a single timeline bar.

Sep 27, 2022

XML import failure

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Hi Everyone, I am having problems importing two MSP files that are saved as xml format. I have tried on our corporate SQLServer V20 and also on my Standalone SQLite V21.The V20 import log just says Import: FailedThe V21 import gives me a message as I...

Sep 28, 2022

Percentage Complete in Schedule - Overall

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Hi All, Can we show the % complete in tthe schedule by WBS and so get the overall % complete of the Project.We would be updating the activity % complete but can the WBS show the oerall % complete based on the activity pogress %.A schedule which has E...

Sep 29, 2022

P6 Software - EPPM or Professional

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HiQuick question about your preferences for Primavera software.I use Asta Powerproject & Project - client requesting P6.Is the web based EPPM version suitable or the traditional download preferred. Indeed are the two intergrated in terms of file tran...

Sep 29, 2022

Critical Path vs Longest Path

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Consultant said the longest path was the Critical Path "The attached longest path goes through the Package 2 permit, followed by the Caisson work for D, then E with the remainder of the building work for Area E through March 28th into Punchlist and T...

Oct 4, 2022

Import of Activities/WBS

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I created a WBS in P6 (8.3 VERSION) exported to a spread sheet as activities settings. then copied the list of activities from another excel file to this spread sheet and specify the WBS name and WBS code for each acvtivity.While importing it back to...

Oct 5, 2022

Deleting an activity

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Hello guys;I am a new user of P6 and I may be asking a lot of questions from now on and I hope noone gets bothered. I have a question regarding deleting an activity. I magin the program is almost ready and there are some links between activities, and...

Oct 14, 2022

Critical Path activities extension.

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There is a convention in our company that we don't extend the duration of an activity which is on critical path, to capture the activities which have caused the delay in the program in a better way. We have a WBS and under that WBS (which is named Ch...

Oct 14, 2022