Want to know a quick way to remove all relationships from a Primavera P6 project schedule?
It is often expeditious to use an existing schedule as a template for a new and similar project schedule. Most likely though you do not want to include the relationships that may appear as a mess of spaghetti. It is possible to remove multiple relationships from multiple activities in Primavera P6 Professional, as demonstrated in the following blog Removing Relationships from Multiple Activities in Primavera P6.
But there is an even faster and simpler way to remove all relationships from the project schedule and this article shows you how to do this.
We have in Figure 1 our demonstration project.
Figure 1
We want to incorporate the activities in a new and similar project, but exclude the relationships. Removing all relationships is simple using the copy and paste. Highlight the project, right click, and select copy from the popup menu, Figure 2.
Figure 2
Right click again and select paste, Figure 3.
Figure 3
Primavera P6 Professional takes you through a series of dialogs that let’s you decide what to include in the new project schedule. Make no changes to copy project options, Figure 4.
Figure 4
No changes are required to copy Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) options, Figure 5.
Figure 5
However, copy activity options is where you can toggle on and off copy relationships, Figure 6.
Figure 6
Toggle off relationships in this dialog and select OK. The resulting schedule is displayed in Figure 7.
Figure 7
Recalculate the schedule to achieve the list of activities minus relationships, Figure 8.
Figure 8
Summary
Primavera P6 allows you to use an existing project as a template for a new and similar project schedule. The copy and paste process takes you through a series of dialogs where you can decide which project options, WBS options, and activity options you want included in your new schedule copy. Simply toggle off relationships in the activity options dialog to remove all relationships in the schedule copy.
We recommend you additionally familiarize yourself with the numerous project, WBS, and activity options that you can enable or disable during the schedule copy and paste process.