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difference between Primavera PPM and EPPM

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Hello I will buy primavera p6 What is the difference between ppm and eppm? Does eppm include everything ppm is capable of and more? Is eppm only web based or desktop usage also possible like in ppm?

Jan 13, 2014

Project Expenses Filter

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Hello Planners,Me again...Is there a way to filter for specific project expense allocations in the 'project expenses' view? The filter icon is greyed out. Is this something can be fixed in admin preferences? or am I pushing the limits of P6?It seems ...

Jan 14, 2014

Predicting the Future

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Only fools and the bankers who created the GFC think the future is absolutely predictable. The rest of know there is always a degree of uncertainty in any prediction about what may happen at some point in the future. The key question is either what d...

Jan 14, 2014

Cost Allocation

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Hi EveyoneCan someone please help me, I assigned costs to a programme which basically is to sit back to back with an estimate. The prgramme consists of 5 LoE activities running from 02 Jan 2014 to 31 March 2014. However when I produced the stacked hi...

Jan 14, 2014

Primavera - Resources over budget / histograms

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Hi;I have resources set up within my project. Project Manager, Engineer etc. Project manager has an 8hr day, Engineer has a 4hr day.In my stacked histogram it shows that both are overloaded as follows......... Project Manager requires 16hrs per dayEn...

Jan 14, 2014

Wet weather contingency

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Hi there, This post could go under a few of sections on here. The question I have is in the handling of wet weather contingency in a schedule. What are the different methods available and which is best for managing it and why? I am throwing out a few...

Jan 14, 2014

Suretrak 3.0c automatically reorganizes activities on startup?

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Hello,Hopefully this is the correct forum for this post. I'm having a problem I hope someone can help with. I'm using Suretrak 3.0c. When I go to Format>Organize and uncheck the Reorganize Automatically box I'm able to insert new activities and move ...

Jan 14, 2014

Criminal Record

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Hi AllI confess that I have a criminal record.It's by the Bee Gees.Best regardsMike Testro

Jan 15, 2014

Automatic Update of Costs

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A quick question for those more knowledgable than I..... My problem is that I have a load of costs set up in my Asta programme with a daily rate assigned.  I have assigned these costs to the relevant activities throughout the programme and all is wel...

Jan 15, 2014

More on Primavera P6 Fill-Down Examples

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Following on from a previous blog, here's even more on Primavera P6 Fill-Down examples http://ow.ly/sBNW1I hope you find it useful.Emily

Jan 15, 2014

Task Report - Procurement Schedule exported to excel

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Hi GuysI am using ASTA 12.5.I have a task report for a procurement schedule which exports to excel. What I need to do is adapt the report to what my company wants to see. The template came with the software, but I cannot work out how the dates are li...

Jan 15, 2014

Spider Project

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Hello All;Oraacle primavera P6 Provides edelivery cloud to download and use Primavera P6 latest versions as standalone user.Does Spider Project team has any website to donload the sftware for free? Or buying it is the only option. RegardsAB

Jan 16, 2014

Fastest Way to Develop a Resource Profile in P6?

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The client wants us to prepare the manhours that we will use, by month and by disicipline, for the rest of the project(planned end date is November of this year). Right now, the manhours are approved only until end of May and the schedule is properly...

Jan 16, 2014

P6 Team Member

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For P6 Team Member Users,Please feedback your experience on P6 Team Member Web and P6 Team Member for iPhone App. For the iPhone App, it is specified in the user's guide that "team members can update assigned tasks on their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touc...

Jan 16, 2014

How to Create Multiple Colours on the Same P6 Bar

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Hi Folks,   I want to put two colours on the same bar. Basically, I want to show where Let’s say you have an activity scheduled (baselined) to start 1st Feb 2014 and finish 28th Feb 2014. Bar colour for the activity is green. By 15th March 2014, acti...

Jan 17, 2014

BCWP Issue

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Hi all,Apologies in advance if I've posted in the wrong thread and also if my explanation of my issue isn't that clear, I am fairly new to planning/P6!I'm using Primavera P6 v8.2 and have noticed that historic BCWP seems to be moving from previous mo...

Jan 17, 2014