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Issues in labour units

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I am working in P5.I work out program in in my system and import XER to another system. The issue is there is some difference in the labour units. The difference 0.8 times than older value. I have checked the calendar assignment and user preference a...

May 19, 2014

upgrading Premavera version 6.0 to 6.8

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Hi Guys,I have an old stand alone P6 version 6.0 and want to upgrade it to a newer version 6.8 can I upgrade it on line? and will my stored data be lost? Has anyone done it without backing up (exporting as XER)?Cheers

May 20, 2014

original duration become zero

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hi guysAfter entering budgeted cost value to an activity, original duration shall become zero.whats the problem? thnx

May 20, 2014

budgeted unit problem

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Hi Guys,i assigned a labor resource which has 10/d default unit time and 40/d max unit time ( for 4 labours),and activity has 5 days duration.according to my calculation 40*5 = 200 (budgeted unit).but primavera says budgeted unit is 50 (5*10).whats t...

May 21, 2014

SS & FF Relatinship

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good morning   i have a consultant who is trying to force us to use FS relationship and ignore / delete all SS &FF Relationships does he have the right to do that , and is it practical to use only FS.   your opinion please   regards, Alaa,PMP 

Jul 6, 2014

Weird Project Finish Date

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Hello Folks,I am quite new here as a member, however I have been a pseudo member coming on and off before. I have a recent issue with my Primavera P6 V8.2 settings ( I suppose). What I have noticed is that, whenever I load up an XER file sent from a ...

Jul 7, 2014

Lost and Found - Hot Tip

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Hi AllStatistics show that when searching for a lost object it is usually found in the last place you look.So why not save time and look there first.Best regardsMike T.

Jul 7, 2014

Headings / Non-Summary tasks without dates / durations etc

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HiIs it posible in MSP2013 to make a plain old heading?I just want a title (not header) above sections of some of my tasks, I don't want a date or duration or anything assigned to them, just a plain old title at certain sections. The only thing I've ...

Jul 8, 2014

computer domain changed - ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occured;

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My computer was recently migrated to a new domain after a company merger. Neither company has extensive P6 experience. Knowing this, I should have backed up my database before the migration, but being fairly green myself, I did not. Now, when I attem...

Jul 9, 2014

Reporting multiple critical.paths

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Good morning all, I have been a planner for about 18 months now and for the first time I have been asked by the SPM to produce a report showing the first five critical paths. How do I get P6 to display this? Is this best presented as a programme with...

Jul 9, 2014

Redundant ties as basis for schedule rejection

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Has anyone successfully countered the USACE's position on rejecting a schedule with redundant ties? My position is that there is constructive logic and preferential logic in a schedule and that both are legitimate. I don't think the corps specs refer...

Jul 9, 2014

Baseline Schedule made up of several projects linked together

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Ladies and Gents, Just wondering what are the contractual implications of producing a baseline schedule (in P6) that is made up of several projects which are linked together (through external relationships from project to another)! Thank you,Rami

Jul 10, 2014

Earned Value in Period Variance

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Hi Planet, Does anyone know how the field 'Earned Value in Period Variance' in reporting is calculated? Basically I'm trying to get a report that shows Period BCWP and Period BCWS. I would also like a report to show the comparison between what the ET...

Jul 10, 2014