duration % comp doesnt update
Forum Topic(first sorry for my english) i m entering a new value in the duration % comp field then i schedule but p6 doesnt update my new value.p6 hold my old value how can i solve this problem thnx
Dec 19, 2012
Search
P6 Summary Bar Display
Forum TopicHi, I've got a problem that hopefully someone can help me with. I have created a programme that has several activity codes allocated to each of the tasks, to enable me to group them in different ways (rather than just using a WBS). Most of the time...
Dec 19, 2012
Can a baseline programme have actual progress data ?
Forum TopicDeal all: I'd like to know if a baseline programme can have actual progress data ? because sometimes with a complicated ongoing project,we need to update the baseline programme,i.e adding some milestones/activities ,adjusting or revising some...
Dec 20, 2012
lessons from the Titanic disaster
Forum TopicOne hundred years ago ,Titanic sank after striking an iceberg. More than fifteen hundred people died in that disaster. Here are seven lessons that relate to the sinking itself and three that involve the recovery of the victims.1: You need to know wh...
Dec 20, 2012
Changing the Format of Summary Bars in P6
Forum TopicHi, I've got a problem that hopefully someone can help me with. I have created a programme that has several activity codes allocated to each of the tasks, to enable me to group them in different ways (rather than just using a WBS). Most of the time...
Dec 20, 2012
Fixed duration, fixed units, fixed work, effort driven. How and why and when use all of it?
Forum TopicDear all,If I look at it, Microsoft Project effectively has 5 types of tasks (fixed duration, fixed units, fixed work. Plus each of them can be either effort driven or not effort driven, except fixed work, which is always efforts driven)I am using M...
Dec 20, 2012
Primavera P6 V7 adding user for specific period only
Forum TopicHello planners!!Need help releated to adding user in primavera P6 v7is that possible to add an user for specific period only for e.g.I want to add one user form suppose 10th Dec 2012 to 31st Dec 2012is this is possible to do if yes! how?Thank you wel...
Dec 20, 2012
Display Calender days
Forum TopicGday A simple question which has already been answered in previous posts however i thought I might ask again. Can I display a calender days column. Activity #1 has 90 working days, which is how many calender days.......... Without using global change...
Dec 21, 2012
LOE activity updating resource units
Forum TopicHi,I am using P6 v7.I have a Level of Effort activity with pred and successors.When I update the pred the LOE not taking the actual values.The resource labor units not updating.I am using Duration % complete.Regards,kp
Dec 23, 2012
Phone interview
Forum Topicif u have technical interview in phone as a Plannig Engineer , what kind of quis. may u faced ??
Dec 23, 2012
Activity code gets reused, when last activities are deleted
Forum TopicHi,I was looking at comparison of different versions of schedule and found one issue, which I would consider a bug, unless I miss something.Every task in Spider has a code field, which Spider later used to uniquely identify task, when comparing diffe...
Dec 24, 2012
Steps from A to Z to Identify, Analyze, Apply and Submit a Claim in your Project
Forum TopicHi all, I'd like to know the steps that one should take in a construction project he is working on to win over claim, starting from identifying the possible claims he can win over, analyze them, apply them to your schedule and how to report them to t...
Dec 24, 2012
The possibility to rise a claim based on an approved schedule even though its a future event
Forum TopicGreetings to all, Is it possible to rise a claim against the clinet or his representative for actions, events or any thing related based on an approved submitted schedule ( Under the assumption that the representative missed to notice them), knowing ...
Dec 24, 2012
Possibility to rise claims due to long lead items that affect the progress of the project
Forum TopicIs it ok to rise claims for long lead items or equipments that their long time procurement caused a delay in the project ? Is the Client fault to specifiy such items that aren't available in the local market ? or the contractor's fault for not orderi...
Dec 24, 2012
Primavera P6 v7 - move from Stand Alone to Network - MS SQL Express or ORA XE
Forum TopicFolks, wishing you all season's greetings, happy holidays and a prosperous 2013 to come. My question is the following: - Moving from Stand Alone installs of P6 v7 to a Network DB, what are your recommendations to be cost effective or efficient? - Cou...
Dec 25, 2012
Manpower & Equipment Productivity - Roads & pipeline
Forum TopicHai all If anyone have manpower & equipment productivity list of Road & Pipeline works, Please mail to my id use private message service Regards Mani
Dec 25, 2012
Working with phases (summary tasks) n Spider
Forum TopicVladimir, Rafael,I am looking now at phases and I have the following few questions:Question 1I could not find any function similar to “Indent” or “Outdent”, available in MSP or Asta. I only found “Convert to Phase”. Hence the only way I found to Ind...
Dec 25, 2012
impact analysis using P6
Forum TopicDear all,My project is reaching 72.20% this week(data date 21-Dec-2012). and our contract project Mechanical Completion date is 30-Apr-2013. now, we are ahead of schedule(bl Cum 65.53%). however, there are some problems:for many Procurement items, Pr...
Dec 26, 2012
Working with Scripts
Forum TopicHello,First of all I have to say I have little experience working with Spider Project. I have been trying to create scripts in order to perform complex tasks faster when I hit a dead end trying to create a script for risk analysis. The script looks l...
Dec 27, 2012
Global Code Change over Multiple Projects
Forum TopicI have 142 projects in my T&D Program! I need to import a global code change to identify seperate engineering packages. Currently all my P&C packages have one code. I have an excell to import that has an "alpha" character to split my P&C into 3 catag...
Dec 27, 2012