Primavera P6 export to Excel. How to color WBS level automatically

After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it’s very hard to distinguish WBS level.

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I will show you how to color WBS level automatically so we can have report like in P6.

  • Step 1:

Follow this article to insert the “WBS Level” column : https://doduykhuong.com/2018/04/01/primavera-p6-export-to-excel-how-to-identify-wbs-level-for-activity/

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  • Step 2:

Go to Conditional Formatting -> Manage Rules

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Create a New rule. Select Use a formula to determine which cells to format

In the formula box enter : =IF($A2=0,TRUE)

Select a color for WBS Level 0.

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Click OK.

In the Applies to box, click the arrow icon to select the cells.

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We select nearly the whole table.

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Click OK.

Now every WBS Level 0 will have green color.

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Then we create Rule for other WBS Level: 1, 2, 3

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Now the report is very colorful 🙂

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