You've probably heard of CPM Scheduling at some point. While you may feel like you don't need to concern yourself with it, there's decent likelihood that you'll be up to your armpits in the Critical Path Method once that big project gets rolling. Yes, Primavera P6 does run all sorts of fancy algorithms when you hit F9 - but having at least a fundamental knowledge of how CPM Scheduling works is
Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM - Articles
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How to clean a Primavera P6 XER file using the XER File Parser
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In the third part of our Primavera P6 databases and data cleansing series, we will show how to use the parser to clean an xer file In the third part of our Primavera P6 databases and data cleansing series, we will show how to use the parser to clean an xer file. But if you haven't read them go back and read: XER File Parser Excel utility Part 1: 6 Ways to Clean Up Your Primavera Database
Understanding Primavera XER Files
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In this second part of Primavera P6 databases and data cleansing series, we will discuss the data structure of an XER file, and how the XER File Parser & Builder works. As the XER File Parser is a manual process (it does not honour P6 business rules), it is handy for the user to have a working knowledge of the P6 database. That’s why in this P6 tutorial we will show a general overview of P6's
6 Ways To Clean Up Your Primavera P6 Database Nightmare
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This is the first part in our series on Primavera P6 databases and data cleansing. Many of you work in Primavera P6 databases that are a complete nightmare - hundreds of global calendars, duplicate resources all over the place, redundant codes and more copies of projects than anyone should ever need in their lifetime. You may act like these don't bother you, but somehow logging in to P6 in the
Primavera P6 Release 17.7 Is Out But It’s A Light Update
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Quietly in July, Oracle released this year's 2nd iteration of it's Primavera P6 EPPM & Primavera P6 Professional Project Management application, release 17.7. Why am I saying this is the 2nd iteration? In 2015, Oracle committed to delivering 2 releases per year x.1 and x.2. At that time they shifted their version from version 8.x to version 15.x, seemingly jumping 7 versions in numbers. The
How To Preview A Primavera P6 XER File’s Global Data
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This post is part 2 of our Scheduler's Guide to Primavera P6 Global Data and Project Data. If you have't read part 1 yet, go have a read. In this post, I'll show you how to preview Global Data coming from a Primavera P6 xer file. The concept of Global and Project Data in Primavera P6 is important to understand; not so much from a planning & CPM scheduling perspective, but from the view of
A Guide to Primavera P6 Global & Project Data
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I've always had difficulty explaining the concept of global and project data to new users of Primavera P6 in my training courses. It's a bit too much for some, and why should you even care? You seem to be able to use Primavera P6 just fine without any knowledge of Global or Project Data. You can, but you can also get into trouble once you start moving data around, especially back and forth
What’s the difference between Primavera P6 Professional and EPPM?
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Which Primavera P6 program should you purchase? Primavera P6 EPPM or Primavera P6 Professional? If you need to purchase the software, you had better understand which Primavera P6 is best for you. Primavera P6 software is costly, and you don't want to make the wrong choice. Navigating the Primavera suite of applications isn't exactly straightforward. So I thought I should clear up what Primavera
Oracle Releases Primavera P6 16.2 – Java Moving Out, Performance Moving Up
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Oracle is doing their round of webinars after the latest release of Primavera P6, version 16.2. I logged in to get the skinny on what we can expect in terms of new features and functions in Primavera P6 16.2. Starting from release 15 of Primavera P6, the Oracle Primavera business unit has committed to 2 releases every year. A new major version is released in the spring (xx.1) with the major
POBS Data Bug Fixed in Oracle Primavera P6 16.1
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By now, if you're an Oracle Primavera P6 user you've probably heard about the problems with large XER files, slow XER import processes and the problems with POBS data in the Primavera P6 database. We showed you how to circumvent those POBS issues either by cleaning up your XER file before import or by cleaning Primavera P6's POBS tables from the database itself. Oracle Support has confirmed
Primavera P6 16.1 Is Released! Everything You Need To Know
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This month marked Oracle's latest release of Primavera P6 16.1, their flagship project management software. There are some new features to discuss and some changes. If you're on an a single-digit version (version 6, 7 or 8) don't forget about Oracle's new versioning approach - version 16.1 isn't truly 8 releases ahead of v8. You can get the low-down on all versions from our version history
Primavera P6 Cloud Offers P6 EPPM As A Service
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The Primavera P6 Cloud is here. Are you ready for it? A while back, I explained that the Primavera Cloud offers most of Oracle's Primavera applications in the Software-as-a-Service model. That means companies can pay Oracle to spin-up a hosted implementation of say Primavera Unifer and be up and running in hours. It also means no fiddling with servers or the tear-inducing WebLogic backend
6 Must Have Books for Primavera P6 Users or Administrators
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Dear Primavera P6 Professional user, P6 EPPM user, and Administrator, I have something special for you that will hopefully rock your week. Let me start by saying that Oracle Primavera software is becoming more and more complex with every release. Primavera P6 Professional has a few modules that come packaged with it now. I'm thinking P6 Visualizer and some backend java jobs to run Update
P6 EPPM Is Not A Replacement For Primavera P6 Professional
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Everyone assumes P6 EPPM is a web-based replacement for P6 Professional. And perhaps that's what they were told by marketing, but since P6 EPPM's release, it's been pretty clear to some that P6 EPPM cannot do what Primavera P6 Professional can do. And vice versa - P6 EPPM excels at some processes that P6 Professional can't dream of doing. P6 Professional users who have experimented with
How to Clean Your P6 POBS Table On MSSQL & Oracle DB
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In my last post I went deep on how to quickly clean POBS data from a Primavera P6 XER file using a simple text editor. And we discovered that removing POBS data from an XER file greatly improved the import time for large XER files. A big thanks to readers who left comments on that post letting me and you know that there are some 3rd party tools (free and paid) that handle this in a more automated
What’s Fixed In Primavera P6 Professional & EPPM 15.1.1
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Are you experiencing issues with Primavera P6 version 15.1 already? Recently Primavera P6 version 15.1 was released and although it brought some new features to the table there seemed to be some glitches hanging around also. Are you wondering why the jump from 8.3 to 15.1? Find out why all Primavera P6 products made the jump to 15.1 and check out what's new in Primavera P6 15.1. Listed
An In-Depth Look at What’s New in Primavera P6 15.1
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Oracle announced new updates to the Primavera P6 suite at March's Oracle Industry Connect event. I wasn't there, but I did recently attend a webinar about the recent release and I've been playing with the new versions of Primavera P6 Professional and Primavera P6 EPPM. I've put together an overview of what new with Primavera P6 15.1 to share with you all. This release has updates for both
The Big Problem with Primavera P6 Calendars And How To Fix It
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Primavera P6 Calendars have a big problem and it becomes a major pain in the butt as your list of calendars grows and grows. As planners and schedulers, we are tasked with managing mountains of project data everyday; progress updates, scenario projects, reports, reports and more reports. Data can quickly take over your life if you're not careful. And you don't have time for that. That's why
5 Things You Should Know About Primavera P6 Calendars
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Primavera P6 has a pretty smart scheduling engine built-in, but it's not quite smart enough to know what time to tell the electricians to start in the morning and when to have lunch. That's where Primavera P6 Calendars come in. You can't build a schedule in Primavera P6 without at least one calendar. So to help you master P6's Calendaring features and understand how Calendars work with the
Level of Effort and Percent Complete
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A Level of Effort activity is used primarily to resource-load an ongoing support activity in Primavera P6 schedule. It's a handy activity type. We've previously sighted some example activities you might use a Level of Effort activity type for, such as: project management activities equipment maintenance activities client meetings These are all considered support-type activities;
What is a Level of Effort Activity in Primavera P6? [FAQs]
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A “Level of Effort” Activity in Primavera P6 is a special activity type with unique qualities for duration. Primavera P6 will calculate the duration of a Level of Effort Activity based on dates from its predecessor(s) and successor(s). Let’s dive into some specifics about Level of Effort activities in general because they are not specific to Oracle Primavera P6 but are common tasks in project
How Primavera Calendars Change Durations – and what to do about it
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If you do a quick google on keywords <Primavera calendars change>, you'll end up with quite a few results that show you how to use Primavera's Fill-Down feature to change the activity calendar of all the activities in a project. But I think the fill-down piece is only the first step in changing activity calendars. What about durations? Changing an activity's calendar in Primavera can
[Book] Oracle Primavera P6 v8: Project and Portfolio Management
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It's a reason to celebrate....a new book on Oracle Primavera P6 has just been released! The selection of reference books (and authors) for Primavera P6 users are very few. So I'm delighted when new books are published, especially this one - Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management by Daniel L. Williams and Elaine Britt Krazer and published by Packt
