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Renumbering Activities

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Dear planners,how to change 5000 actvity id's using global change,can you help me? thank you..

Jan 29, 2012

Fragnet function/option in P6

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What is the equivalent of P3's Fragnet option in P6? I have a set of activities that I'd like to copy and then bring them back to make just some changes, just the way we used to do it in P3. Thank you in advance. 

Jan 29, 2012

What is the right predecessor for these activities?

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My predecessor for the activity "Prepare RFQ (Request for Quotation) of Equipment xxx" in mechanical engineering is the activity "Prepare Data Sheet of Equipment xxx" in process engineering. Basically all my RFQ preparation activities for mechanical ...

Jan 29, 2012

Baseline1 Vs Current, S-CURVE?

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With the risk of this being asked before, but as excuse that the search ain’t working I’m asking this (apparently) simple question. I’m working on a rail project at the moment and it’s in P6 6.2 Our schedule got approved by the client and I’ve create...

Jan 30, 2012

Moving Tasks from one Summary to another

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Hello, I have a requirement to move some completed tasks from the existing summary task to another new summary task. I am able to do copy-paste. But baseline hours at the new summary task does not show the correct hours. At the new summary task, I wo...

Jan 30, 2012

Can we show this table in MS Project or P6?

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Baseline Vs ActualActivity I.dAcvtivity NameDurationMonthBaseline % completion (or planned)Actual % completion1.1Initiation2Jan25%25%1.2Planning3Feb25%20%1.3Execution10Mar25%10%1.4Closing5Apr25%0%     Hi All,It is just an image of what is in my mind,...

Jan 30, 2012

%age on p6 is different

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Hi All,Just a small query, i convereted the progress from p6 to excel sheet, computed the weightage w.r.t duration of each activity and multiplied it to the current progress percentage, when added, it has given me an overall %age, but this overall %a...

Jan 31, 2012

Reminders for P6 Users

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Hi to All P6 users, I found discrepancies in Budgeted Total Cost on activity column VS the Cumulative Budgeted Total Cost at the end of the project on the activity usage spreadsheet. Please be reminded to review your schedule & reports. [[wysiwyg_ima...

Jan 31, 2012

Login Problem into P6

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I imported a schedule into my standalone P6.2.The xer file succesfully imported. But just after I imported the plf file it crashed. It started to give "Exception EConvertError in module PM.exe at 0000B2FA '[QT_Day=0]'is not a valid floating point val...

Jan 31, 2012

Login Problem into P6

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I imported a schedule into my standalone P6.2.The xer file succesfully imported. But just after I imported the plf file it crashed. It started to give "Exception EConvertError in module PM.exe at 0000B2FA '[QT_Day=0]'is not a valid floating point val...

Jan 31, 2012

Excel import - Relationships & Dates

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Hi, I am trying to import an excel spreadsheet into P5. I've managed to get the activities in but I'm having trouble with the start dates, finish dates & the relationships. I have already exported another programme to have a look at the layout and he...

Jan 31, 2012

Excel import - Relationships & Dates

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Hi, I am trying to import an excel spreadsheet into P5. I've managed to get the activities in but I'm having trouble with the start dates, finish dates & the relationships. I have already exported another programme to have a look at the layout and he...

Jan 31, 2012

Histograms and S Curves

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Hi Guys, I'm new to planning and was wondering if you could help me. How can I extract Manpower Histograms and S Curves from a P6 Schedule. Thanks Sabrina

Feb 1, 2012

Wrong Summary Percent Complete

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I have a situation within same project. Some WBS summaries are calculating duration percent complete correctly, while other WBS summaries are showing ZERO duration percent complete with activities having actual pecent completes. Pls, any ideas why an...

Feb 1, 2012

Schedule Risk Analysis: What Is It and Why Do It?

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Hi Guys, Here's a good description of what Schedule Risk Analysis is and why you should do it http://bit.ly/wu4Jf2 We are going to follow up with a tool review next week. I hope you find it useful. Emily

Feb 2, 2012

Constraints in P6

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I'm semi-new to P6.I'm trying to hold a date in my schedule.  In the bottom activity box I have the dates selected that I want to hold, but in the schedule the * does not appear.  When I update the schedule, it changes all 100% completed dates to the...

Feb 2, 2012

Constraints in P6

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I'm semi-new to P6.I'm trying to hold a date in my schedule.  In the bottom activity box I have the dates selected that I want to hold, but in the schedule the * does not appear.  When I update the schedule, it changes all 100% completed dates to the...

Feb 2, 2012

Recurring Task like meeting or Testing

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Can someone tell me what is the best way of creating repeat activities in P6 V7, i have 2500 columns that i am constructing and i need some form of testion on all of them, i dont wish to write 5 activities of testing per column repeated 2500 times, i...

Feb 3, 2012

Book of Dead Projects.

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By insistent and popular demand, Snow White waved goodbye to her healthy sextuplets and returned to the daily grind of earning a contracting crust in the Oil & Gas Industry.Life had been good to Snow White. She had come in from the cold and settled u...

Feb 3, 2012