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Primavera Report

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Dear All,I have 20 projects, each with 10 activities.I need a reprot to show the first "not started" activity ONLY of each project in the 20 projects.I mean I need a reprot of the first record of not started activity so in total it should be 20 lines...

Jun 21, 2019

Same resource - but different pay rates

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Hello everyone,I'm new to this forum as well as new to Primavera P6. My question is regarding assigning different rates for the same resource. So let's say we have a job starting on June 1st, 2019 for an Outside Machinist at a rate of $58 / hour, but...

Jun 21, 2019

EPPM Schedule Check

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Hi, I previously used P6 EPPM v8.2 and it had a useful feature called 'Schedule Check'. It was very useful in auditing contractor schedules when working with as a client planner, to quickly check the integrity of a submitted plan. I am in a similar r...

Jun 26, 2019

One Resource Across Multiple Departments

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I just started with an engineering company that needs some real help with their scheduling system.The first priority is being able to produce a staffing plan from the schedule. The issue I'm running into is that our Instrumentation and Electrical gro...

Jun 26, 2019

Formulas and Modifiers

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Hello Vladimir,For some time I have been trying to figure out how to use modifiers in formulas but I am at a loss regarding their use. I manage to create formulas using modifiers but it's more of a trial and error process.I found it useful to be able...

Jun 27, 2019

How to calculate project Man hours and split weekly

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Dear all, Please help me if any one can,I calculated man hour as below described Please correct if I am wrong,I used to calculate on thumb rule, For example if the project cost 100.I considered 15% as Company over head,so 100-15=85 aed In which 85 is...

Jun 27, 2019

How to calculate project Man hours and split weekly

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Dear all, Please help me if any one can,I calculated man hour as below described Please correct if I am wrong,I used to calculate on thumb rule, For example if the project cost 100.I considered 15% as Company over head,so 100-15=85 aed In which 85 is...

Jun 27, 2019

how to claim the PC rates item

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Now we have one building with FIDIC contract and we have one PC item which the qty is changed compared with the final drawing and tender drawing, my query have two: one is that can  the contractor cliam the different qty and the second is can contrat...

Jun 28, 2019

Cleaning Junk Risk Types form xer files

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A few months ago it was pointed out that a lot of garbage was being imported into the P6 database via xer files similar to the way that POBS tables were causing the database to grow very large in size unnecessarily. If you look under Admin then Admin...

Jun 28, 2019

Spurious RISKTYPE Database Contamination

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Hi allWe have recently been experiencing a large number of completely spurious RISKTYPE categories being passed around between ourselves and the organisations that we regularly exchange programmes with.The RISKTYPE data seems totally spurious, with r...

Jun 28, 2019

Rail Sample programme

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I am starting a new job in the rail sector in the UK and was wondering if anyone had any example programmes which i can look at to get familiar to terminology used etc Thanks in advanceLiam

Jun 28, 2019

General format note in P6

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 Isn't better to use “Start” and “Finish” column headings instead of “Early Start” and “Early Finish” when also using “Late Start” and “Later Finish” columns along with float.  The reason is because the Start will give you an actual right? with an A ...

Nov 29, 2022

Job Opportunities in Australia (if you can get there)

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The Australian Institute of Project Management’s report on ‘The state of project management in Australia 2022’ shows some worrying trends. The survey respondents said:48% of their projects were delivered with stakeholder satisfaction most of the time...

Dec 3, 2022

DCMA 14 Filter

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Hi everyone, Has anyone ever written formula for " DCMA 14"?  If yes, can you share it please.

Dec 12, 2022