Typically, schedulers think in terms of remaining duration for activities when progressing the schedule, but it is also feasible to specify an expected finish date and have P6 calculate the respective activity’s remaining duration. The physical percent complete type is the most accurate way to show progress on a schedule. However, it does require more […]
Retrieving Dates and Time Stamps in P6
Retrieving Dates and Time Stamps From a Historical Project We received an inquiry regarding the blog “How to Display Time Stamps in Primavera P6” asking if one can retrieve date and time stamps from a historical project. Let’s take a look at how to do this. The quick answer is yes, provided your user preferences […]
P6 Professional Day/Hour Resource Usage Profile Not Correct
We recently received an inquiry about the P6 Professional Resource Usage Profile not correctly plotting when displaying hourly allocations of a resource. Here’s a look at what was going on. P6 Professional displays the Gantt chart and resource usage profiles for both Day/Hour and Week/Day timescales. However, the resource usage profile does not always plot […]
Video – How To Use Resources in Primavera P6
Need to better understand how resources work in Primavera P6? Good news, we’ve produced a short video, ‘How To Use Resources in Primavera P6’, where we show you the different types of Resources and how to assign them to an activity. Below is also a summary what’s in the video. What are Resources? Resources […]
Are You Still Using the Primavera P6 SDK or API?
There are a lot of Primavera P6 users who are still using the Primavera P6 SDK or API. And, for many this may work great for their specific use cases. But Oracle, for a long time now, has been trying to move users away from both of these older technologies. The Oracle message is clear, […]
Baselines for Level of Effort Tasks In Primavera P6
We recently received an email asking how to show on the Primavera P6 Gantt chart, baselines for Level of Effort tasks. This can readily be done in a few ways. Let’s take a closer look at how to do this. LOE tasks are distinct from Task Dependent tasks in that their work does not directly […]
Necking for Activity Nonwork Intervals In Primavera P6
P6 Professional narrows the necking of Gantt chart bars to indicate periods when you have activity nonwork intervals. Let’s take a look. The Gantt chart is at the center of Primavera P6. The more of the right type of information you have on Gantt chart the better you can interpret your schedule’s situation. And you […]
How to Include Your Company Logo in P6
Need to know how you can include your company logo in P6 schedule printouts? Here’s how you do it. Most companies include a company logo in P6 on their project schedule submittals. If you have a jpeg file of your company’s logo you can insert this in the P6 Professional printout header or footer information. […]
Dissolving a P6 Activity with Multiple Predecessors or Successors
Previously, we wrote about dissolving a P6 activity with one predecessor and one successor, but it is also possible to dissolve an activity that has either multiple predecessors or multiple successors. Here’s a look at this. For a discussion on dissolving an activity that has one predecessor and one successor refer to the following blog […]
Removing Calendars in P6 Professional
Primavera P6 users need to be careful when removing calendars in P6 to limit the effect on other schedules that may share the same global calendar assignment. Oracle removed the privilege of deleting a global calendar that is currently used by other projects. In this way, P6 Professional prevents you from erasing a calendar that […]