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Bar Necking (out of sequence)

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 Dear guys,I am using P6 r8.2 and i am having some difficulties regarding the bar neck. In the working window, you can see the neck (out of sequence) but once i switch it to print preview, the neck was not there anymore, it is just simply a straight ...

Sep 17, 2013

% complete rol up

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Hi hope someone can advise - I am new to P6 ( from MS project  environment) and cannot get a %compete figure to roll up into the wbs top level in the activity view (as you can in project).I have tried it in the WBS layout but is not he same pictorial...

Sep 17, 2013

Task Relationships

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Hi there folks, This is my first ever post so go easy on me.  I am relatively new to Planning and to Primavera (as far as experience goes, 2 years in the planning world is not long at all and I have a lot to learn) however I am very keen to learn as ...

Sep 18, 2013

Time Sheet in p6

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Dear All,Please  anyone  could  inform me  how to update project  schedule through  time sheet in p6 specially, how prepare and  put the project time sheet  in p6 database to start update ?

Sep 18, 2013

Summary task disappears

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Hello Planners,One customer of mine is having hard time with his Tilos project: one of the project summary tasks is no longer visible and clickable in the Time Distance View, although it displays normally in the Gantt Chart and the subproject Tasks L...

Sep 18, 2013

100% of the cost at the beginning of the task

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Hello,I need to allocate a lump sum cost to some tasks of the project, and have 100 percent of the cost showing at the very beginning of the task. Can anybody help?Alexandre

Sep 18, 2013

Coal Handling & Preparation Plant Activities

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Hi Guys,I have to workout a schedule for construction of Coal Handling & Preparation Plant (CHPP) but i have no idea of level three construction activities & their logical relations. Can anybody help me in this regard?Thanks in advance.

Sep 19, 2013

Baseline and Layers

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Hello PPers,Is it possible to assign two different layers to the current task and its baseline?Thank you

Sep 19, 2013

Edit Columns in P6

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Hi All, Can someone please help me? I am trying to create a column titled Finish Variance CL14 and Finish Variance Last Period. I have successfully created these but don't know how to edit it or enter the formula to show me the variance/difference in...

Sep 19, 2013

Resource Loading - Equipment

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Has anyone resource loaded their schedule with 'Equipment'? What unit of measure is best used? What kind of output do you produce and how is it useful to the project team?

Sep 19, 2013

Global Resources

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Hi All, Is there any way ijn P6 to check which user had modified/deleted global resources? We can see that it can only have been the admin superuser but is there anywhere in p6 that would record this? Thanks

Sep 20, 2013

Calculate float paths without logic ?

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Hi PlannersI have a schedule with no logic inbetween sections of work and these are sequenced using resource levelling and priority codes.Im struggling to see multiple float paths, does p6 require logic to do float calcs and forward and backward pass...

Sep 20, 2013

Logical relationships

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I just started recently in scheduling and I only have a basic skills in linking activities, please I need an advice to apply it in P6. "Relatioships" or "sequencing" of activities are based on experience and logic. Suggestion please, where/how can I ...

Sep 21, 2013

Primary Resource time sheet

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How the primary resource reflect time sheet , is this in primavera file and if in excel or any other format how to prepare to match with primavera to arrive for admin (P.M) to approveplease any one inform me how the primary resourse creat time sheet ...

Sep 22, 2013

Drive Activity Dates

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Hai Some of the activity Resource Original Duration is not Equal Activity original duration . This issue occur where single activity have Multiple resource .  Activity Type is task Dependent , Duration type is Fixed Duration & Units /Time, Percentage...

Sep 23, 2013

What to do with an activity that has huge float?

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Hi ALL, I am planning for installation of equipment for five buildings each. each building shoiuld be connected to a finish activity. One building is a priority and will finish early which will give me huge float as it should be connected to the fini...

Sep 23, 2013

Forecast for future time intervals

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Hi All, I have an easy beginner question. I have a resource-loaded schedule and put in the reamining durations and actuals in place. The data date is somewhere in the middle of the projet lifetime and I need to get the forcast for futre time interval...

Sep 24, 2013

Web Based vs Stand alone p6

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   Question:  Is the web based version of P6 Drastically different than the stand alone?   Details: I have started my new position and have learned the new firm i work for has no administrator for Primavera.  At this point the software is installed o...

Sep 24, 2013