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Change Activity ID

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To add on activity after the baseline done is quite tedious process especially with activitity ID.Anyone can advise on how to change activity ID fastest way? Is it possible to use export & import function to excel?Thanks

Aug 28, 2017

Import file

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Hi Mike,I am trying to save file as XER to import it to P6 but got the attached error/warnings.http://imgur.com/a/E27khPlease advise me the steps to follow so I can save file as Full as it is without the above warnings and import the whole programme ...

Aug 28, 2017

Export Schedule % and Actual % progress values from P6 to excel

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Can anyone please advise how to export Schedule % and Actual%  values from P6 to excel ? This is mainly to generate the planned and actual S curves for the project.And I need its cumulative too... Any amout of help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Aug 28, 2017

P6, Resource Assignment would not import for repeated resource

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I try to import Resource Assignment from Excel to P6, I have several activities that have repeated resource. When I import the excel file to update my P6 project, only the first resource iis imported while other repeated resource will be ignore. Is t...

Aug 29, 2017

Changing the Resource Type

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In a Programme, all the equipments are assigned as Labor type, by mistake. While trying to change the type in the Resource Pool, it is showing the message as Not Possible to Change. Tried the Global Change and unsuccessful. Any solution to rectify it...

Aug 29, 2017

How to Edit Relationship Line Size/Thickness

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Hello Folks,I need your help in this. While I know that the Relationship line colours (black and red) cannot be changed in P6, I need help in changing the relationship line size/thickness. Especially the red one for Critical Path. I have searched  th...

Aug 30, 2017

Scheduling Games for PM summitt

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Hi, we plan to have a session during a PM summit for project managers and we want to play a team game aroung scheduling. Has anybody any idea or experienced something and can share that? Maximum time is 2h.Our current idea:a scheduling process puzzle...

Aug 31, 2017

Stakeholder Management: A Key to Project Success

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Projects with involved stakeholders are far more likely to be successful.  But many projects suffer from low engagement from executives, users, and key stakeholders.The PMI’s Pulse of the Professionsurvey found that projects with high executive suppo...

Aug 31, 2017

Calculated time vs duration

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I have for example a safety valve which has to be replaced and calculated the disassembly and assembly time for example to be 2 hours.My colleague scheduler says he always sets the duration for this activity to 10 hours (in this case the length of a ...

Sep 1, 2017

Physical or Work % Complete Roll Up to Summary Task

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I need to roll up physical or work % complete to a summary activity in MS Project.  I am normally a primavera user so I am learning as i go, but I cannot find a good way to do this.  

Sep 1, 2017

Finish Date Calculation Questions

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I have a simple activity that has a completed predecessor and the successor is FS.  My data date is 9/1/17 with 1 day remaining on a standard 5 day calendar with no holidays.  Why is project calulating the finish date as 9/7/17, as opposed to 9/4 or ...

Sep 1, 2017

Expand the whole peoject

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Hi Mike,In p6, there are very good options to expand or collapse the project.In asta,  i need to expand the full programme including all heads and subheads. But the problem is that when I go to Project View, select all heads and subeads and expand th...

Sep 3, 2017

Histogram - Amended

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Hi Mike, In Asta, how to give horizontal scale to Histogram? I got Vertical Scale but I cant see Horizontal scale settings when I right click on Histogram. How can I give the horizontal scale to my Manpower Graph. Please Help .Andy H

Sep 3, 2017