how do you turn the P6 "enter bell" off? that noise that occurs everytime you type anything..(I normally just turn my system volume off but sometimes I have to listen to something as well working...) - this might be the most important question ever p...
Owner looked at schedule and asked why there were late dates on items with Actuals - what do you say? what do you do? - because it is true, it does not make sense. I assume people copy the dates to a column and delete them in the udf column - but so...
Vladimir, I am looking for a way to do update all material and resources costs on a weekly basis. Here is what I am thinking: 01. Use a database (doesn't matter wich one) as long as it can export a simple text file. The database will store codes of m...
We know that dates are often off by 1 day because there are hidden decimals - but main source & main fix?
Traditional views tend to favour a management approach built on the assumption that more detail is better—and to a point, this is undoubtedly correct. Insufficient detail in a plan of any type is a sure way to fail. But, there’s no right answer to t...
Hi AllAnyone who is conversant with CCDC 2 (Canadian Construction Contracts) should be able to help me out. QuestionI am looking for an equivalent of FIDIC Clause 52.3 (Variation Exceeding 15%) in CCDC 2 FIDIC Clause 52.3allows the Contractor and Eng...
Hi,I have a requirement to datacleanse a P6 installation that has been badly maintained over a 10 year period.There are circa 4,500 projects (many with up to 50 baselines) that need to be deleted.The system is running on an old server and is extremel...
Hi guys, New to the forum but wanted to get some opinions on what you use on Mac instead of Project? I know you can run it via a virtual machine but I'm not a fan of using Windows software on Mac this way. I've checked out some of these alternatives ...
Hi everyone - if your customer wants a contract modification to descope part of the project, do you keep the schedule activities for that scope remain in the schedule (with a modified activity name showing it's been deleted per the modification, 0 da...
Hello everyone, this is my first post and really appreciate those reply this thread. [[wysiwyg_imageupload:4981:]]For the graph, I want to edit the horizantal data. Meaning here want to change from 1 2 3 4 and so on to the scope,plan and others such ...
Hi, I have 15 years of project management experience and 12 years as a turnaround scheduler and scheduling manager on a large oil refinery. I am looking for new challenges and would like to try my hand at forensic scheduling (claims) Could anyone ple...
Hi, I have 15 years of project management experience (General contacting, not oil and gas) and 12 years as a turnaround scheduler and scheduling manager on a large oil refinery. I am looking for new challenges and would like to try my hand at forensi...
When I tried to install Primavera Integration API v6.2.1, no matter which location I chose it would say "xxxx is not writable". I never had that issue for any software installations on this computer. I restarted many times but still not working. I go...
To add on activity after the baseline done is quite tedious process especially with activitity ID.Anyone can advise on how to change activity ID fastest way? Is it possible to use export & import function to excel?Thanks
Hi Mike,I am trying to save file as XER to import it to P6 but got the attached error/warnings.http://imgur.com/a/E27khPlease advise me the steps to follow so I can save file as Full as it is without the above warnings and import the whole programme ...
Can anyone please advise how to export Schedule % and Actual% values from P6 to excel ? This is mainly to generate the planned and actual S curves for the project.And I need its cumulative too... Any amout of help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I try to import Resource Assignment from Excel to P6, I have several activities that have repeated resource. When I import the excel file to update my P6 project, only the first resource iis imported while other repeated resource will be ignore. Is t...
In a Programme, all the equipments are assigned as Labor type, by mistake. While trying to change the type in the Resource Pool, it is showing the message as Not Possible to Change. Tried the Global Change and unsuccessful. Any solution to rectify it...
Hello Folks,I need your help in this. While I know that the Relationship line colours (black and red) cannot be changed in P6, I need help in changing the relationship line size/thickness. Especially the red one for Critical Path. I have searched th...
Hi, hope everything is going well. i am working as a planning engineer in electrical substation in Egypt. For a while, I have been searching for a proper methodology in order to sustain a real weight of the items comparing to all of the project.Most ...