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"peak" function in P6 analytics ?

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hi all,P6 reporting being as good as it is, I'm planning on buying P6 Analytics instead of attempting to re-create the P3 "peak" function in Excel.we currently use P6 v6.2.1, and the resource histogram only shows the "max" resource usage : if you hav...

Feb 29, 2012

Longest Path

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Hi, I'm trying to find longest path activities on my As-Built schedule. But when I filter the activities by using longest path filter I end up with 3 milestone activities. I don't understand why other activities are eliminated by this approach. Pleas...

Feb 29, 2012

Responsibility for concurrent delays

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Say you have two parties, A and B, and the project has totally suffered 100 days of delays. Party A is responsible for 100 days of delays and party B is responsible for 70 days of delay (i.e. 70 days are concurrent delays).   Who is responsible for w...

Mar 1, 2012

MS Project to P6

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Dear All, I need to convert all my programmes in MS Project into P6 version 2. I have done the conversion process as below: 1. Save MS Project as XML 2. Import XML file in P6. I did the steps but it turns out the programme created in p6 does not have...

Mar 1, 2012

filter problem

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I have a resource loaded program which is of 500 activities.1. I want to filter WBS for a single resource but i cannot get the milestones in that WBS which are the responsibility of same resource becoz in P6 we cannot assign resources to a milestones...

Mar 1, 2012

Converting Project Activity Codes to EPS codes

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Hi i have run into a new problem. I created a project with project activity codes(P6.2) . now i want to use the same codes for other projects in the same eps, so i tried to conver them to the EPS codes. As soon as a project activity codes are convert...

Mar 1, 2012

Resource Limits

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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:943:]]To my Friends Can anyone please tell me whats going on with the attched picture. How do i adjust the black limit line?      

Mar 2, 2012

Schedule transition in different stage

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Hi all Planners,In my company, we have regular process of scheduling.(FEL1/2/3,schedule implementation,facility operation..)It means project team and me need to initial schedule at the early schedule before we issue PO to vendor or subcontractor.So, ...

Mar 2, 2012

What does the following mean when doing schedule analysis

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What does it mean when you run a Varance Report (comparing end dates between the baseline schedule against the current schedule) and you have negative variance for some activities and also TF = 0 for those same activities? These activities have slipp...

Mar 2, 2012

Cost Loading/Resource Spreadsheet

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guys, need some help here...I have my resource/cost loaded schedule. Cost is assigned by providing it in the Budgeted Cost for each activities. However, when I'm viewing the resource usage spreadsheet on weekly timescale, the weekly cost for each act...

Mar 2, 2012

Logic

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Before F9 you can turn on Logic override   What is happening when this is turned on.  How can I fix the issues that this creates

Mar 2, 2012

PDF format problem

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Hi, I need to produce my schedule in PDF format but the start and finish columns are showing part of the time after the date on my printout (i only require the date and not the start / finish time) I have used the column sliders to just show the date...

Mar 3, 2012

Estimating Expected Finish Dates

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Dear PP Members,In planning and scheduling practice, I would like to ask who is making the decision or estimation for expected finish dates?Can a planning engineer decide or construction manager ?Thanks in advance

Mar 3, 2012

AS BUILT PROGRAM

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Hi, I need advice from experts. PROBLEM: Get an Approval of As Built Program SITUATION: Theres an Approved Program, however, the Client requested for As Built Program. My Managers gave the duration for each activity. The Client are not happy and cont...

Mar 4, 2012

testing with the schedule

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Hi everyone:I am new in the schedule world.  I would like to know if i can make a test with a subcontractor schedule and re-organize the activities and productions as i think that its gonna be the really subcontactor´s performance taking in considera...

Mar 4, 2012

Resources

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According to our contract with our client, We should not exceed 200 (men) resources at any given time. However when i extract information from Primavera to do my resource Histogram I get more than 200 (men) resources. If i get more than 200 (men) res...

Mar 5, 2012