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Importing files

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Dear Readers, I'm working with Primavera P6 v7 and have a recurring issue. Every week we receive (via email) updated XER files from our suppliers containing circa 20,000 activities. We cannot use the enterprise function of Primavera for reasons I won...

Aug 9, 2011

Resource Working Alternate Months How to Model this in Primavera

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Oh HI Guys I hope you are doing well. One my resource is working alternatively on my project how do i model this resource hours on my plan Package A  Resource X working 2 days  Jan , Mar , May, July , Sept , Nov. I have used suspend activitu but it d...

Aug 9, 2011

Resource Working Alternate Months How to Model this in Primavera

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Oh Hi I hope you are doing good Can you please help me modelling Resource hour in my schedule who works alternate months So lets assume if Resource X is working on Package A and he  works 2 days in Jan March May July Sept Nov How do i model this in p...

Aug 9, 2011

Level Of Effort - Resource Assignments

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Hi all, I have a LOE activity (named project management) that spans the length of a 3 year project, it has around 12 project based resources assigned to it. Currently I manually enter in there annual leave by zeroing out the hours in the resource ass...

Aug 9, 2011

Are You a Whole Team?

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This article proposes four “smells” that might indicate that you’re not optimally practicing whole-team approach in your Scrum software development project http://www.scrumexpert.com/knowledge/are-you-a-whole-team/

Aug 9, 2011

How to update Unique Fields using excel and importing back to P6?

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Dear All: Good day! I'm a beginner in using P6 and I have some problems updating the Units (Budgeted Nonlabor Units). What I am trying to do is to match the budgeted nonlabor units and the at completion nonlabor units in excel then import it back to ...

Aug 10, 2011

Order of activities within WBS

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If I have several activities with the same start and finish date, and I am sorting by Start Date, how does P6 determine the order of the activities? It doesn't seem to be alphabetical after start date, is there any way I can change the order of activ...

Aug 10, 2011

Cadd Centre

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Hi Admin I have discovered that the new member CADD CENTRE is passing off the product of a company called GlobalSpec as their own. I have sent a warning to GlobalSpec on their website and I suggest we do not take down the offending threads until Glob...

Aug 10, 2011

Cannot set data date on start of the day

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I imported a programme from P3 t P6. In the P3 version of the programme, 1-day work occupied the whole 1 day, but in P6 it only occupied an 8-hour period. I changed the calendar to solve this. But one thing I cannot changed is the data date. It is lo...

Aug 10, 2011

Diferences between 2 versions of the same schedule.

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Hi,I am adding logic and removing restrictions to a schedule originally made in MSP. I got only a PDF with predecessors and activity dates and it is obvious that most dates are based on activity restrictions. However, it is also obvious that many of ...

Aug 10, 2011

how to add more items in code libraries

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HI,   I'm using Asta easyplan. I'm creating a tender programme. I'm trying to put all of the different stages into different colours so I used the code libraries option and dragged the headings to the tasks and then renamed the headings.. I assumed I...

Aug 10, 2011

Revised Schedule Problems

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To All Expert;I revised the baseline after 6 mos. of implementation because there are other areas to be added plus the variation order.The bottom line is after the said revision my s-curve start in the present data date, the previous %complete doesn'...

Aug 10, 2011

Query in Tracking

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 Hi Friends, Can any body please help me what is the difference between Update as scheduled & Rescheduled work in Tracking Wizard and where should i apply this ogic while tracking? 

Aug 11, 2011

Reference material for MSP

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Dear Friends, Can anybody please share the referenece material for MSP especially while tracking (Progress lines, Scheduling the work & Reschedule Work,etc..)   Please do the needful at earliest.

Aug 11, 2011

Convert from PowerProject

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Hi all Tilos users Is it possible to convert an Asta Powerproject pipeline programme in Task per Line mode directly into Tilos? Best regards Mike Testro

Aug 11, 2011

Imposed LAD to Contractor

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Are we entitle to charge LD to Contractor based on the following : - Natural of contract ( Infra structure work - 2.2km of main road , land scape , 2 bridges )- Contract completion 15 August- due to employer delay in the negotiation of the Electricit...

Aug 11, 2011

P6 - Additional 1 day duration

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In the programme I'm working using P6, I'm using "day" as the unit of time. I set Admin Preferences>Time periods to 24 Hours/Day. I did the same for the calendar. But for an activity with a 1 day duration, which will start on 08-Aug-11 00:00, it will...

Aug 11, 2011

Primavera Version 8.1 Installation?

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Dear Members I need some help in installation of Primavera 8.1 version. I tried the procedures to install earlier versions with various combinations of username and password, but no use. It is installting standalone New Oracle Express Edition databas...

Aug 11, 2011