When we think about trimming data, most people export to Excel and clean it there. However, Primavera P6 provides a built-in tool to trim text directly within the application using Global Change. For example, let’s say you want to remove the first character (e.g., the letter “A”) from all Activity IDs. Here’s how: Step 1:... Continue Reading →
Renumbering Activity ID in Primavera P6
By default, Primavera P6 assigns activity IDs in a generic format like A1000, A1010, A1020, and so on. While functional, these IDs don’t provide much context. A better approach is to make IDs meaningful by including information such as the WBS they belong to. Here’s how you can do it using the Renumber Activity IDs... Continue Reading →
How to backup and restore Primavera P6 Oracle Express (XE) database
How to backup: From the command prompt (go to 'Start' > 'Run' > type 'cmd' and click 'OK') using the format below exp system/<password>@XE full=y file=<path>\xedump.dmp log=<path>\exp_xedump.log Where: <password> is the password you used when you installed P6 Standalone or Oracle XE manually. <path> is the complete path to the folder where the log file... Continue Reading →
How to backup and restore Primavera P6 SQL database
How to Backup: Go to Start -> SQL Server Management Studio Enter Login information. The default username is "sa" and password is "Prima123Vera" Select the database, right-click, go to Task -> Back Up Click on "Add" button Select the backup file destination Enter backup file name Click OK to start the backup Then we've got... Continue Reading →

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