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EXPERTS call. Baselines quibble.

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Hi thereThis is about baselines.If I don't assign any baseline and I use the current project as such, I have noticed that for the already finished and already started activities the program keeps the original baseline dates one day assigned to those....

Jan 29, 2013

Primavera Book

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Dear Planners,Can any one direct me to a good book with an example for Primavera enterprise?Regards,Moutaz

Jan 29, 2013

Export both Baseline+Current in one XER file?

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Dear All P6 Experts, I have my current schedule and I already assigned Basline to it. I try to export my current schedule as XER file and send it by e-mail but the person who import it to his computer he can't see my assigned baseline? Is there metho...

Jan 29, 2013

Effort & Modelling

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While putting a programme together, I often use "Effort & Modelling". This obviously enables me (or rather the programme) to calculate durations. So I model, get a duration and then save eveything as a baseline.However the quantities change, and so t...

Jan 30, 2013

Feedback on projects structured 3D

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  3D planning of a phosphate treatment plant : http://3d-wbs.blogspot.fr/2013/01/part-61-planning-of-phosphate-treatment.html3D Planning of the mega project of Lusail LRT : http://3d-wbs.blogspot.fr/2013/01/part-62-3d-planning-of-mega-project-of.html...

Jan 30, 2013

User defined field - not showing unless i put a date on the chart

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Hi there Made a user defined field via "User Field Manager" called Frequency, all I want to type in there is "Monthly" or "2 yearly" or "Weekly" etc. I've added it to my chart, I type in the activity description as usual, I type in the "Frequency" co...

Jan 30, 2013

Windows analysis

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Hi there. (apologies in advance for the long winded article) I am currently working on rebutting a Contractors claim.  The Contractor has presented the delay analysis using a Time impact analysis to demonstrate the effect of the Employers delaying ev...

Jan 30, 2013

Project Issues Function

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Hi all, i hope somebody can help, i have found a great way of using the project issues function that will benefit our planning department. My question to you would be can you show the project issues currently ''open'' within the activities window? th...

Jan 30, 2013

Excel Formula

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Can anyone tell me how to make the follwing formula sum "Apples" and "Pears"?=SUMPRODUCT((Cost!$D$3:$D$126="Apples")*Cost!$P$3:$AG$126)It would be much appreciated!

Jan 31, 2013

Linking of Summary Tasks

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Linking of Summary Tasks:For decades Microsoft Project have provided functionality to link Summary Tasks. Primavera SureTrak was also able to create links between Summary Tasks with an activity type they called Topic Activity. It is an old idea that ...

Jan 31, 2013

Reports in P6 8.2

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Hi All,   Does anyone know if you can generate Project Ribbon reports? Say for a Portfolio, one line per project showing up the different phases per project?  I have seen this in Acumen Fuse presentations so I'm hoping it could be done in P6.   All h...

Jan 31, 2013

word or character search

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Hi, Is there a word search function in P6.8? With 1000 activities its a pain to scroll up and down to look for an activity. Regards, Carum

Feb 1, 2013

No Default Printer Selected

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I have P6.1 which I access through a shared server via Citrix. Have gone in to it after having my laptop re-built and when I select print preview it says "No Default Printer Selected", to state the obvious yes I do have a default printer selected in ...

Feb 1, 2013

Night Shift and fixed hour work during weekends

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 I have a project where some work is done in night (only in night).Also, some areas have fixed hours where work can be done during the weekends. How do I take the both into account when scheduling ? Is there any calendar or something I can create or ...

Feb 1, 2013

MS Project Server 2010 Integration with Deltek Cobra

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Hi, where can I find technical information on the MS Project Server 2010 Integration with Deltek Cobra.  This is listed as a capability on the Deltek web site, but not much info beyond that.  Thanks in advance.

Feb 2, 2013

Monte Carlo Risk Analysis

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Sometimes. when performing Monte Carlo risk analysis I get a message ''no paramters for modeling". Can anyone tell me the exact steps for performing the Monte Carlo risk analysis. Thank you, Best Regars, Bogdan

Feb 3, 2013