I’ve recently been working at a client where they implemented Stored Period Performance using Primavera P6 Professional. It has not gone as smoothly as we would have liked, but there are some valuable insights from the experience should prove useful to others. Stored Period Performance forms part of the project update each financial period. It […]
How To Create A New Project In Primavera P6
This is my first of a series of posts for new users of the Oracle Primavera Professional client. It is intentionally opinionated and prescriptive with the aim of getting the newbie user up and running as fast as possible. The detail and options available will
Calendars in Oracle Primavera P6 Explained
Project Scheduling couldn’t take place without a P6 Calendar making them fundamental to the Oracle Primavera P6 system. Every calculation using dates needs a Calendar to work. In many ways, the Calendar is one of the most fundamentally important part of Oracle Primavera P6. Problems with the dates calculated in a P6
How Long Is a Primavera P6 Day, Week, Month or Year?
There are 60 seconds in every Minute and 60 minutes in every Hour, but how many hours in each Primavera P6 Day? Most days for most people have 24 hours in them, but not every day has 24 hours in it. On the day the clocks go forward, such as the start of British Summertime, it ends up with just 23 hours
How To Load Activity Code Values Into Primavera P6 From Excel
In this post, I will show you how to import Activity Code values from Excel into Oracle Primavera P6 without having to type them in or resort to programming in Java. It is a fairly common request and is nearly always met by someone offering their Java code or suggesting the use of the ODBC flavor of the Primavera SDK