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Event Code AVAA0-3240-1 when importing MS Project XML file

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Hello fellow Primavera gurus and users, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this problem I've been having for quite some time now. I have several hundred files in MS Project 2007, that I need to import into my standalone, P6 Professional...

Oct 3, 2013

General P6 Gripes and Looking for Answers/Ideas

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Been using Primavera P3 for most of my career, and have been using P6 steadily for about 2 years now.  I'm currently using release 8.2, soon to upgrade to V. 8.3.  Anyway, I just figured I'd provide a list of my little gripes and issues with the soft...

Oct 4, 2013

Windows Analysis - What does it mean?

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Hi Guys,New to posting but have been a keen reader for a while. There are some very talented users on here.So my question is this: What is the accepted practical definition of a Windows Analysis?So far I have used a few methods involving 'Windows':1....

Oct 5, 2013

Scope change: freezing the baseline in p6

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Friends,I am involved in a project in which the scope changes frequently as the client as awarding us with multiple cost-reimbursible work-packages. Let's say at this time I have A1 and A2 workpachages. I baseline the schedule and stauts it, then I p...

Oct 5, 2013

Encountered with Arabic Fonts in Primavera 8.2

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Dear Experts,i am getting problems with Arabic fonts, actually i imported a schedule in my system which is totally in Arabic language. Due to this i am unable to read fonts, its appearing some kind of symbols.Please someone tell me any solution…....t...

Oct 6, 2013

Project Reporting/ Scurve

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I am currently in the process of making easy to understand reports. I have found some examples of the style I would like to use but have no idea how to go about making them.  I have uploaded to separate styles, would be really helpful if someone coul...

Oct 6, 2013

PROJECT TEMPLATES

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Hi all,Why is it I have no Available Templates in my Asta Powerproject? And also I can't create new project.  Please Help me.Thank you.Regards,Leonard

Oct 6, 2013

Problems with Actual Labor units

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When I go to update my program and the labor units is more than budgeted, once I apply the actuals the duration is correct but the actual labor units ends up the same as the budgeted all the time. Can someone help me please to what I am doing wrong?

Oct 7, 2013

Adding Indirect Cost Through Primavera

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I've recently started Working as a Planning Engineer and I am currently working on a project for which I have done Scheduling, Resource Scheduling and Costing for that Project But I am stuck in one thing that is our work is done in remote areas and w...

Oct 7, 2013

Default Units/Time for Resource not working

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Hi guys, So I have a new resource with Default Units/Time of 5h/d and Max Units/Time of 5h/d. This resource is assigned to an activity which is Resource Dependant. When I view the resource allocation spreadsheet is has phased remaining units as 3h/d?...

Oct 7, 2013

Hill International are holding a recruitment fair...

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Hill International are holding a recruitment fair and would like to invite construction professionals who can fluently speak and write English, and are qualified and experienced in the following disciplines to meet us to see how Hill International ca...

Oct 7, 2013

Incorrect progress line

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 don't know if any one of you have encountered but I am getting incorrect progress line, if planned & actual progress is 0% progress line shows to the left side of data line and sometimes if actual progress is more then planned still the progress lin...

Oct 8, 2013

New Project Challenge

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Dear all,I need your assistance. I am new to building construction projects. Construction of Villas.. I will appreciate if you can guide me with sequence of work and relationship logic for this kind of project, or a sample template and what to watch ...

Oct 8, 2013

Productivity of Equipment and Manpower

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Hello,Can anybody tell me is there any way to enter the productivity of Equipment or manpower.For Example I want to excavate 50m3 and my productivity of excavator is 10m3/day and i have made my days constant to 3days and tells me to add new resource ...

Oct 8, 2013

How to transfer the custom layouts from client application to web?

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Hi, We have been using Primavera (P6 V7) client application for the long time and now we are moving to EPPM (P6 R8.3). We have custom layouts with various groups and filters. Is there any way to export / transfer the layouts (with groups and filters)...

Oct 9, 2013

Error Received while deleting a Project

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Dear Experts,i am using Primavera 8.2 verison Standalone, while deleting a project i am receiving this message.The thing is that only i am working on this project so how its error saying that "Other user currently have the project open"Please let me ...

Oct 9, 2013

Offshore Turnaround schedule in P6

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I am a project/shutdown planner in the oil and gas industry looking at offshore work.  Does anyone have a sample offshore turnaround schedule? A PDF would do nicely

Oct 9, 2013

Gantt Charts

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Is there a way to totally blank out bars on the gantt chart over a certain time period?

Oct 9, 2013