Primavera Excel Syncope Methodology
Forum TopicHi, can anybody tell me what is Primavera Excel Syncope (Synoscope) Methodology?Tanveer
Jan 29, 2014
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Resource overload report
Forum TopicDear all,if I look at the resource overload report, then it produces new set of entries for every working day of a resource.Is there any way to tweak Spider to create only one entry for a the whole period, when resource overload is caused by the same...
Jan 30, 2014
4D - Visualising Progress - Activities behind Late Start/ Finish
Forum TopicHello everyone,I come from a background in architecture, but have now found myself working with a contractor - where I have been tasked with developing ways of visualising progress using BIM/Navisworks.I am starting off with some very basic visual re...
Feb 2, 2014
Who is doing what report
Forum TopicDear all,when working with Spider, how do you actually distribute the tasks to people, in which form?(Let us assume one scheduler for a project)What reports is best to give to people, so that they know what and when they shall be doing?Regards.Evgeny
Feb 3, 2014
Excel Import Problem
Forum TopicHi the Pro of Primavera I need help.I am having a problem in importing an Excel file when I import it there is a field that says Import to is Blank? It should show EPS but its not please Help
Feb 3, 2014
Table reports
Forum TopicDear all,I am just looking at the table reports and have the following question, regarding the below example of a schedule and a Resource-Hours report:1) Question 1: in the below example of the report what is exactly Object and and what is Parameter?...
Feb 3, 2014
Primavera P6 Print Preview Bugs & Workarounds
Forum TopicHere's some user feedback that we've received sharing their tips on working around a couple of Primavera P6 Print Preview Bugs http://ow.ly/tmnLF
Feb 6, 2014
Percentage complete type on P6
Forum TopicHello Planner's,How are u?I'm searching the definition & diference between percentage complete like Duration per%, Unit Per%, Phisycal Per%, Performance per% & Schedule percentage. what the effect of these percentage on schedule & where were we use i...
Feb 7, 2014
Duration entered in days converted into decimals after tracking of the project in MSP 2010
Forum TopicNeed help in resolving problem in Microsoft Project 2010 (.mpp) file, duration entered in days converted into decimals after tracking the project.followed by free slack & Total slack in decimals
Feb 7, 2014
Integrating P6 with other programs
Forum TopicHello Everyone,I have a question that I don't know if it can be answered or not. Our company has really ramped up the size of our projects and they are run with all sorts of different programs mainly HeavyBid, Sage Timberline, and P6. I was wonderi...
Feb 7, 2014
Working with portfolios
Forum TopicDear all,I have a couple of questions regarding working with PortfolioQ1: I still don’t understand what exactly the action "Update Portfolio" does. I tried to invoke it when the schedule of the project included in portfolio has changed, but it did no...
Feb 8, 2014
Does EPPM cover everything PPM has?
Forum TopicI am considering to buy Primavera P6 PPM or EPPM 1- Is PPM a subset of EPPM? In other words, if I buy EPPM I can do EVERYTHING that PPM does, and more? If I have EPPM, can I still do the good old windows, desktop based schedule making like in PPM? Or...
Feb 8, 2014
Labor units and Remaining units
Forum TopicHi everyone,I am new in primavera, and I am just confused about the numbers where you can see to remaining units and remaining labor units, now my question is "is the remaining unit or the labor units" is the duration of time or a number of people or...
Feb 8, 2014
Labor units and Remaining units
Forum TopicHi everyone,I am new in primavera, and I am just confused about the numbers where you can see to remaining units and remaining labor units, now my question is "is the remaining unit or the labor units" is the duration of time or a number of people or...
Feb 8, 2014
Understanding Labor units and Remaining units
Forum TopicHi everyone,I am new in primavera, and I am just confused about the numbers where you can see to remaining units and remaining labor units, now my question is "is the remaining unit or the labor units" is the duration of time or a number of people or...
Feb 8, 2014
how not to place your new project under existing sample ones
Forum Topici just installed my primavera p6 PPM for the first time and there are many sample projects when i start a project it starts under existing project groups how can i NOT start it under existing groups? I want to keep the sample projects groups and proj...
Feb 9, 2014
Norm field/column in SP
Forum TopicMr Rafael,In almost my projects, I've used Norm (hours per 1 unit) more than using Productivity (units per 1 hour). Norm and Productivity are same essence, just an inverse of each other. So, how can I get it in SP. I tried formula in "new field", but...
Feb 10, 2014
S Curve & Manpower Histogram
Forum TopicHii It will be grateful if you could answer these 1- How will you prepare Manpower Histogram for Multimillion Projects? Do you have any standard formats for determining manpower productivity (eg: slab form work= 6 sq.m /day/ carpenter- My company sta...
Feb 10, 2014
P6 - Remaining duration does not change when Original Duration is altered.
Forum TopicI have imported a schedule from MS Project to P6 v.7.0. I changed all of the activity types from "resource dependent" to "task dependent" and I changed the duration type from "fixed duration and units" to "fixed duration and units/time".Now when I ch...
Feb 11, 2014
Need experienced schedulers comments
Forum TopicDear All,this topic may be be more related to Primavera P6 but i posted this one here since more experienced project controller are active in this forum. Problem Summary --------------------------------------------------- differences bt BL budget & ...
Feb 11, 2014