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Filter for Critical Path

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Hello Experts,Plz help for the the follwinga)     How to set up a filter or which filter can be used to view the complete critical path in the whole project?b)     How to convert v12 file into version 10 file with all features and activities ?Thanks,

Oct 9, 2013

Finacial Periods

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Hi all I am struggling with the times on financial periods.  Say for example I add a batch from 01 September 2013 to 11 October 2013 every 1 week ending on a Friday, example batches periods are: 21 September 2013 to 27 September 2013 28 September 201...

Oct 10, 2013

Week numbers

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Dear ForumI wonder if someone can help me.  I like the week numbers to count down during the preconstruction period then count back up during the construction phase.  I like the week numbers to be shown as -3,-2,-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,etc.  However, when I a...

Oct 10, 2013

Lean ang Agile project management task board

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Hello everyone,I want to present you a software called Eylean board for project task/team management which is based on lean(kanban), agile(scrum) methodologies and integrates work environment as a virtual whiteboard. Software has integrations to outl...

Oct 10, 2013

Tracking a Project With Budgeted Units

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Hello,I want to track my project using Budgeted Units on Daily basis. What i want to do is that i want to enter the actual unit daily and want to have a histogram on daily Basis how can i do it. Any Suggesstions or help will be appreciated. RegardsAm...

Oct 10, 2013

Group Totals Not Calculating Correctly P6 7.0 SP 4.0

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Hi there, For no reason I can tell, my schedule has suddenly started showing Group Totals in my layout that do not add up correctly, although the activity durations are correct. From past experience this is usually a calendar issue. I am using a Proj...

Oct 12, 2013

Baseline Types

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Hi PlannersWould anyone please tell me what are different baseline types (Customer Sign-Off, Management Sign-off, Prior Month Update, Initial Plan etc.) for.Cheers - Tanveer

Oct 13, 2013

Synchro Support

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Have you seen our new website? http://synchroltd.comWe have an updated support section on our website with specific forum sections for your support questions.We monitor our website daily, and planningplanet less frequently. So, for any support querie...

Oct 14, 2013

Inputting disruption dates

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 Hi All I’m working on a power station project, and have to input the disruption dates of the “strike action” into my program. Could someone advise me on how I can show these disruption dates through the entire schedule. I have 4 sets of dates to inp...

Oct 14, 2013

Issues with sorting by multiple Code Libraries

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Hello all,I’m experimenting with schedules solely based on Code Libraries where tasks are defined by Code Libraries such as Activity Type, Objects and (Construction) Phases, instead of describing a task in the ‘description’ column. I’m investigating ...

Oct 14, 2013

Actuals

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hi every body, i want to ask something concerning actuals. Does any body here update actual cost for activiites with real cost , not the earned value ? we do this for WBS level on Excel sheet in order to implement EVA. i think it will take a big effo...

Oct 14, 2013

PM.exe command line actions

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I found this interesting article explaining how to do imports using PM.exe in command line: http://delayanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-is-problem-generally-speaking-p6.htmlIs there a list of all actions that can be done using this method? I suppo...

Oct 14, 2013

Industry Best Practise

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Can anyone point me in the direction of a document that details out "Industry Best Practise" when it comes to Planning, in particular, cost loading of schedules? The contract that I'm currently working on uses this term, but we have been challenged o...

Oct 15, 2013

Rolling Wave Scheduling

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Hi All I have to give a presentation next month on rolling wave scheduling, does anybody have any good resources to read or research a rolling wave schedule? Best Pat

Oct 16, 2013

Export to XER

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Hi everyone,I am working on a schedule on Primavera P6 V.8.2 with web based access. I need to email my schedule to someone, and I was thinking of exporting it to .XER and send the .XER by email. But it seems that there is no way to export it to.XER.I...

Oct 17, 2013

Fatal error message “save operation failed”

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Been seeing this message more and more lately, now I can only save a file once after opening before this appears on the second time of saving. When close down and re open the software I do not have the recovery option. Have also tried Save As but thi...

Oct 17, 2013

100% Activity Late Finish different from Actual Finish

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I've been asked to review a Contractor's P6 Schedule - Only a hard copy is available at this time.There are several activties that are 100% complete with the Actual Start & Finish dates noted, none of the dates have constraints.  Since the activity h...

Oct 17, 2013

Job-Costing procedure for Construction

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Dear all experts, and Mr RafaelI am very interested in this procedure to control cost, productivity for our projects (offshore platforms, jackup rigs). Can you share the material, etc related to job costing system.The differences between CBS (focused...

Oct 18, 2013