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Scheduling Problems

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A colleague of mine has an usual problem with scheduling. Whenever she updates the programme during progress reporting the activities change to milestones and this is not supposed to be. Please how can this be resolved as she has to manually add the ...

May 20, 2012

TOP DOWN ESTIMATION FEATURE

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Hello P6 UsersI have shifted from primavera pr version 6 to vesion 8.1.I am surprised to see that Top down estimation feature is unavailable in new version.In version 6 it was avaialable in tools tab.has anyone noticed it? Please help if you know whe...

May 20, 2012

planned dates in bl project

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Hi friends, Any body please tell how to set the global change after we restore a baseline project, I want to keep my base line planned dates unchanged while updating with the actual date ..your valuable reply highly welcome... Regards, Sunil

May 20, 2012

P6 Calendars

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In an enterprise environment, how do you secure your calendar's so that no one else can edit or use them? And, what is the best way to print out the calender's and compare them for differences? Neville

May 21, 2012

Required Data from main contractor to EM subcontractor (for planning)

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Hi every body, I'm currently working as a planning engineer with Electromechanical subcontractor, this is my first time as subcontractor, now the main contractor is using P6, he send me the schedule he made ,and ask me to update EM works, and he refu...

May 21, 2012

Database versions P5 & P6v7

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Hi, I have upgraded from P5 to P6v7. Eariler It was Standalone version but now it is client version. I connected to P5 Database in MSSQL Server through P6v7 client. Database was connected but on staring the program , I am getting followign error: The...

May 21, 2012

Activity Code Description to appear in a Column

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Hello I have created new Project Codes & want to show them in a Column but I just get there Code Value appearing & not the Activity Code Value DESCRIPTION. How can I get the DESCRIPTION to appear in the Column View? Help greatly appreciated. Laura

May 21, 2012

Four Types of Dependencies

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Does your project exist in isolation? If not, here's four types of dependencies you need to think about bit.ly/JyeCkxColin

May 21, 2012

Zoom Bar in New Version Asta

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I have recently upgraded to the newer version of Asta with the Ribbon rather than the icons and for the most part I am getting on fine with it - however last week my zoom/scale bar at the bottom right corner of the window has disappeared - does anyon...

May 21, 2012

Risky Project 4.2 software

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Dear Planners, My manager requested me to do risk project management plan and he told me to use the RISKY PROJECT 4.2. Is there anybody here who is expert in this software? and please give me some advices on how to use this perfectly or advise altern...

May 22, 2012

copying Resource Assignment from Primavera to Excel

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Dear AllCaan anyone please suggest me solution for the following issue;I am working in Primavera P6 Version 8.From resource assignment I am not able to copy the Total bugheted units from Primavera to excel.When I was using version 6 I used to check t...

May 22, 2012

Formatting Columns & Opening Multiple Projects

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hi everyone,I am a basic user of P6 and little little issues while working with P6. Two of them given below: - 1.    When I add a new column (e.g BL1 Start or BL2 Start or anyone else), It applies to all of my projects, how to get rid of this thing??...

May 22, 2012

Bar Labels on baseline not current bars

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Hi, I am having an issue with the bar labels showing on the far right bar regardless of whether it is a baseline or the current activity bar.  I would like to ensure that my bar labels are always applied to current/remaining bars NOT my baseline. I h...

May 23, 2012

Excel-like features of MS Project

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Dear all, I wonder whether MS Project (I use 2007) has the following Excel like feature: I want that I would setup several parameters (cells) and then when I change them, then some other parameters of tasks, resources etc would change depending on th...

May 23, 2012

Manpower over multiple activities in one day

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I am working on an As-Built schedule using daily reports showing total manpower in each day for Demolition.the job is coded such that every floor has its own code (I can't add floor codes). But the demo crew worked on multiple floors, so I need to cr...

May 23, 2012