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
Calendars in Primavera P6
Articles and tutorials on Calendars and scheduling in Oracle Primavera P6.
Primavera P6 Activity Calendars Don’t Match WBS Calendar
15 CommentsAsk Plan Academy. Primavera P6 is a great scheduling tool, but I hear from people who struggle with P6's Calendars alot. Here's another Ask Plan Academy question about WBS bars and Calendars from Tom, a project scheduler: "In Primavera P6, the Calendar on the WBS lines is different than the calendars that I'm on seeing on each activity. What gives? How do I fix this
How to Print a Calendar from Primavera P6, with some help
17 CommentsIn this quick tutorial we show how to create a 12-month formatted calendar in Excel based on the data extracted from an xer file using the handy Xer-Reader utility. Hopefully I will soon provide a more technical explanation on how the code works in the xer reader wiki. Michael has written excellent article about calendars and The Biggest Problem with Primavera P6 Calendars, And How You Can
The Big Problem with Primavera P6 Calendars And How To Fix It
25 CommentsPrimavera 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
81 CommentsPrimavera 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
Quick Tip: Use Fill Down To Copy Data Across a P6 Schedule
10 CommentsAs all of you know, when you want to develop a time schedule there are many attributes that should be assigned to activities and for this purpose we use Activity Detail bottom on the Activity Toolbar. By pressing this bottom, a form will be appear below your time schedule and in this for you can assign different attributes to your activities, such as type, duration, start and finish dates,
How To Shade Non-Workable Time on the P6 Gantt Chart
8 CommentsIt turns out that people like pictures. Yes, that's right, we love pictures....and we love the Gantt Chart. What makes the Gantt Chart so essential is that it simplifies something that is complex. It gives us a snapshot and a trend that our brain can digest rather than just text and numbers. Getting the Gantt Chart to look the way you need it is a really key skill for Primavera