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Error Received while deleting a Project

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Dear Experts,i am using Primavera 8.2 verison Standalone, while deleting a project i am receiving this message.The thing is that only i am working on this project so how its error saying that "Other user currently have the project open"Please let me ...

Oct 9, 2013

Offshore Turnaround schedule in P6

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I am a project/shutdown planner in the oil and gas industry looking at offshore work.  Does anyone have a sample offshore turnaround schedule? A PDF would do nicely

Oct 9, 2013

Gantt Charts

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Is there a way to totally blank out bars on the gantt chart over a certain time period?

Oct 9, 2013

Filter for Critical Path

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Hello Experts,Plz help for the the follwinga)     How to set up a filter or which filter can be used to view the complete critical path in the whole project?b)     How to convert v12 file into version 10 file with all features and activities ?Thanks,

Oct 9, 2013

Finacial Periods

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Hi all I am struggling with the times on financial periods.  Say for example I add a batch from 01 September 2013 to 11 October 2013 every 1 week ending on a Friday, example batches periods are: 21 September 2013 to 27 September 2013 28 September 201...

Oct 10, 2013

Week numbers

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Dear ForumI wonder if someone can help me.  I like the week numbers to count down during the preconstruction period then count back up during the construction phase.  I like the week numbers to be shown as -3,-2,-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,etc.  However, when I a...

Oct 10, 2013

Lean ang Agile project management task board

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Hello everyone,I want to present you a software called Eylean board for project task/team management which is based on lean(kanban), agile(scrum) methodologies and integrates work environment as a virtual whiteboard. Software has integrations to outl...

Oct 10, 2013

Tracking a Project With Budgeted Units

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Hello,I want to track my project using Budgeted Units on Daily basis. What i want to do is that i want to enter the actual unit daily and want to have a histogram on daily Basis how can i do it. Any Suggesstions or help will be appreciated. RegardsAm...

Oct 10, 2013

Group Totals Not Calculating Correctly P6 7.0 SP 4.0

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Hi there, For no reason I can tell, my schedule has suddenly started showing Group Totals in my layout that do not add up correctly, although the activity durations are correct. From past experience this is usually a calendar issue. I am using a Proj...

Oct 12, 2013

Baseline Types

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Hi PlannersWould anyone please tell me what are different baseline types (Customer Sign-Off, Management Sign-off, Prior Month Update, Initial Plan etc.) for.Cheers - Tanveer

Oct 13, 2013

Synchro Support

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Have you seen our new website? http://synchroltd.comWe have an updated support section on our website with specific forum sections for your support questions.We monitor our website daily, and planningplanet less frequently. So, for any support querie...

Oct 14, 2013

Inputting disruption dates

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 Hi All I’m working on a power station project, and have to input the disruption dates of the “strike action” into my program. Could someone advise me on how I can show these disruption dates through the entire schedule. I have 4 sets of dates to inp...

Oct 14, 2013

Issues with sorting by multiple Code Libraries

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Hello all,I’m experimenting with schedules solely based on Code Libraries where tasks are defined by Code Libraries such as Activity Type, Objects and (Construction) Phases, instead of describing a task in the ‘description’ column. I’m investigating ...

Oct 14, 2013

Actuals

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hi every body, i want to ask something concerning actuals. Does any body here update actual cost for activiites with real cost , not the earned value ? we do this for WBS level on Excel sheet in order to implement EVA. i think it will take a big effo...

Oct 14, 2013

PM.exe command line actions

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I found this interesting article explaining how to do imports using PM.exe in command line: http://delayanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-is-problem-generally-speaking-p6.htmlIs there a list of all actions that can be done using this method? I suppo...

Oct 14, 2013

Industry Best Practise

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Can anyone point me in the direction of a document that details out "Industry Best Practise" when it comes to Planning, in particular, cost loading of schedules? The contract that I'm currently working on uses this term, but we have been challenged o...

Oct 15, 2013

Rolling Wave Scheduling

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Hi All I have to give a presentation next month on rolling wave scheduling, does anybody have any good resources to read or research a rolling wave schedule? Best Pat

Oct 16, 2013

Export to XER

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Hi everyone,I am working on a schedule on Primavera P6 V.8.2 with web based access. I need to email my schedule to someone, and I was thinking of exporting it to .XER and send the .XER by email. But it seems that there is no way to export it to.XER.I...

Oct 17, 2013