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Layout In P6.2.1

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With Changing the layout of the activities for a project in P6 v 6.2.1 and further closing relevant project and opening another, previous layout will be applied to new one. whay this is happening and is there any way to define default layout for each...

Jan 18, 2011

Batabse Backup

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Hi all Planners, Would any one tell me how I can make a BACKUP of my database. Cheers

Jan 18, 2011

How to know target Percentage for the next week ?

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Hi to all expertise, I have updated my schedule now the over all progress is 12.67 % on data date 15-01-2011. I want to know target percentage for next week of my each WBS as per assinged baseline.. how to show these percentage ? please need help,, t...

Jan 18, 2011

actual cost in P6

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Hi,when I am updating the schedule I am not getting the actual cost updated even thought the activity is 100% complete. kindly advise whether I have to select any option to update the actual cost with the activitiy % complete or it can be done only m...

Jan 18, 2011

How do you keep relationships when moving an activity?

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I have moved some activities (with Ctrl-X and pasted them with Ctrl-V) and have lost either the predecessor, successors or both. Can anyone tell me how to move activities without losing their relationships (especially in MSP 2003)?

Jan 19, 2011

When should be the data date/cut-off date for Impact Programme

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The contract completion date for our project has already passed. But due to some delays (our own delay and client's delay) and additional works (which cannot be linked to any of the contract works since these are independent to the original scope), w...

Dec 10, 2010

Budgeted Cost

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Hi All, This is relating to the Budgeted Cost (BC). When I scheduled for the first time after entering the labour and price for the activities the BC for only some of the activities were displayed, that too at sometimes only for 1 or 2 resources if I...

Dec 10, 2010

Do you think this is a proper way to update a schedule?

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Recently, a colleague sent me the link to this game:http://thatpmgame.com/Is this really how Project Managers from around the world are updating their schedules?I think that if an activity in the critical path is not being advanced as planned, the sc...

Dec 10, 2010

Project Controls

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Hello All, I would like to in P6, view the following in either a report or in excel (export or copy/paste method): Act. ID      Activity Description        Notebook Topic     Notes I know that Notes cannot be picked as a a column, and in other drop d...

Dec 11, 2010

2010 : Breaking Of Grouped Bands , Any Work Around Yet ??

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2010 : Breaking Of Grouped Bands , Any Work Around Yet ?? [[wysiwyg_imageupload:146:]] The Above plan when printed , gives the following result ...since MSP 2007any workaround ??[[wysiwyg_imageupload::]][[wysiwyg_imageupload:147:]]

Dec 11, 2010

Using Different price/Units

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 Hi planners i have assigned two unit rates to my resources i.e Price / unit and Price / Unit 2.   When i am switching over from Price / Unit to Price / Unit 2; 1.  The budgeted total cost of program is also changing. This is OK, as desired and under...

Dec 11, 2010

Why does P6 does not show BL2 % Complete

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Dear All, I have assigned two programs as primary baseline and secondary baseline. But i am not able to get the column showing % complete for the secondary baseline program i.e. BL2. How to solve this problem.   Pls do reply.   regards,   Haresh Jaya...

Dec 12, 2010

Percentage type in P6

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Hi Guys, Which one is the most reliable selection for percentage complete in P6. Duration, Physical or Units. In my opnion selction of "Units" is good, because the labour units will be updated automatically for the percentage we input. For the "physi...

Dec 12, 2010