With the risk of this being asked before, but as excuse that the search ain’t working I’m asking this (apparently) simple question. I’m working on a rail project at the moment and it’s in P6 6.2 Our schedule got approved by the client and I’ve create...
Hello, I have a requirement to move some completed tasks from the existing summary task to another new summary task. I am able to do copy-paste. But baseline hours at the new summary task does not show the correct hours. At the new summary task, I wo...
Baseline Vs ActualActivity I.dAcvtivity NameDurationMonthBaseline % completion (or planned)Actual % completion1.1Initiation2Jan25%25%1.2Planning3Feb25%20%1.3Execution10Mar25%10%1.4Closing5Apr25%0% Hi All,It is just an image of what is in my mind,...
Hi All,Just a small query, i convereted the progress from p6 to excel sheet, computed the weightage w.r.t duration of each activity and multiplied it to the current progress percentage, when added, it has given me an overall %age, but this overall %a...
Hi to All P6 users, I found discrepancies in Budgeted Total Cost on activity column VS the Cumulative Budgeted Total Cost at the end of the project on the activity usage spreadsheet. Please be reminded to review your schedule & reports. [[wysiwyg_ima...
I imported a schedule into my standalone P6.2.The xer file succesfully imported. But just after I imported the plf file it crashed. It started to give "Exception EConvertError in module PM.exe at 0000B2FA '[QT_Day=0]'is not a valid floating point val...
I imported a schedule into my standalone P6.2.The xer file succesfully imported. But just after I imported the plf file it crashed. It started to give "Exception EConvertError in module PM.exe at 0000B2FA '[QT_Day=0]'is not a valid floating point val...
Hi, I am trying to import an excel spreadsheet into P5. I've managed to get the activities in but I'm having trouble with the start dates, finish dates & the relationships. I have already exported another programme to have a look at the layout and he...
Hi, I am trying to import an excel spreadsheet into P5. I've managed to get the activities in but I'm having trouble with the start dates, finish dates & the relationships. I have already exported another programme to have a look at the layout and he...
Can anyone please tell me what the parameters should read to filter on NO pre/successors while excluding the roll up tasks (WBS) Help appreciated Refards Morné
Hi Guys, I'm new to planning and was wondering if you could help me. How can I extract Manpower Histograms and S Curves from a P6 Schedule. Thanks Sabrina
I have a situation within same project. Some WBS summaries are calculating duration percent complete correctly, while other WBS summaries are showing ZERO duration percent complete with activities having actual pecent completes. Pls, any ideas why an...
Hi Guys, Here's a good description of what Schedule Risk Analysis is and why you should do it http://bit.ly/wu4Jf2 We are going to follow up with a tool review next week. I hope you find it useful. Emily
I'm semi-new to P6.I'm trying to hold a date in my schedule. In the bottom activity box I have the dates selected that I want to hold, but in the schedule the * does not appear. When I update the schedule, it changes all 100% completed dates to the...
I'm semi-new to P6.I'm trying to hold a date in my schedule. In the bottom activity box I have the dates selected that I want to hold, but in the schedule the * does not appear. When I update the schedule, it changes all 100% completed dates to the...
Can someone tell me what is the best way of creating repeat activities in P6 V7, i have 2500 columns that i am constructing and i need some form of testion on all of them, i dont wish to write 5 activities of testing per column repeated 2500 times, i...
By insistent and popular demand, Snow White waved goodbye to her healthy sextuplets and returned to the daily grind of earning a contracting crust in the Oil & Gas Industry.Life had been good to Snow White. She had come in from the cold and settled u...
Dear All,My Baseline schedule got approved by the client and I’ve created the first Current Schedule. I'd like now to create a S-Curve showing the Early and Late from the baseline and the actual and forecast from the current. How is this done in P6??...
Dear All, Is it possible to change the resource type after assigning the resources to the activity. My problem is that when I export resource loaded schedule from P3 to P6,the type of resources only to be modified. Is there an easy way for that? Rega...
So I am ready to make my first update of the schedule in P6. My current data date is January 15th and I need to shift it to January 31st. I have collected actual and new forecast dates for the activities within that period and I would just like to kn...