Just so you know, if you’re planning to rename any activity code in Primavera P6 Professional, it will disappear from any saved layouts.
More on Primavera P6 Fill-Down Examples
In versions up to and including R7.0, the Fill Down feature could be invoked using the Ctrl + E shortcut for almost any “fill down” situation. However in P6 version R8.3, that same option is almost always greyed out in the Edit menu and thus unavailable as a shortcut option.
Exporting from Primavera P6 to Microsoft Project
The Import feature in Primavera P6 Professional that loads Microsoft Project schedules from an XML file works very well. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the Export to Microsoft Project feature for version R8.2 – R8.3.2. However the good news is that Oracle Primavera have evidently fixed this problem in the October 2014 release of P6 R8.4.
The 1-2-3 of Primavera P6 Baselines
Primavera P6 Professional allows you to assign up to three user baselines and one project baseline per project. The following article explains these capabilities and how they can be helpful in tracking the overall status of a project and near-term interim variance reports. Take a look at the following diagram (taken from the Ten Six […]
Primavera P6 Constraint Types Explained
We’re often asked about the differences between constraint types in a Primavera P6 EPPM or Primavera P6 Professional schedule. Some are self-explanatory, while others are more subtle and potentially confusing. The most common question about constraints is about the difference between a Mandatory Start or Finish constraint vs. a
Primavera P6: Critical, or not so Critical?
Many scheduling guidelines including the PMI’s PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge), use the term “near critical’ to describe activities in a schedule that are within a few days of joining the critical path; that is to say they only have a few days of Total Float.
Restoring and Converting Baselines in Primavera P6 Professional
Managing Baselines in Primavera P6 Professional is a slightly different process than you would encounter in file based tools such as Microsoft Project. When you save a baseline in Microsoft Project,
Variance Reporting in Primavera P6 Professional
Variance reporting in Primavera P6 requires that the project has a baseline and it is assigned as either a Project Baseline or a Primary Baseline.
Primavera P6: Time Distributed Reporting and Microsoft Excel
It’s common practice to use Primavera P6 Professional’s Time Distributed reports feature to create time-phased tables of data that are then exported to Microsoft Excel. However, if you’ve ever done this you may have noticed that in many cases the sub-totals row can be one column too far to the left.
Primavera P6 Professional Hint Help
For people new to using Primavera P6 Professional, learning what information the myriad data columns can provide can be a little daunting. Fear not, help is at hand. Hint Help is a neat little tool built into P6 Professional that gives detailed information about the columns and fields you see displayed in on the interface. So if you ever find yourself wondering how