Your colleague sends you a Primavera XER file along with a Layout file. After successfully importing the project, you go to: Layout → Open → Import → Select the layout …and suddenly, an error appears: Your first reaction might be:“The layout file must be corrupted, I should ask them to resend it.” But wait, it’s... Continue Reading →
If you’re working with Microsoft Project 2010 on a dual-monitor setup, you might run into this situation: You finish your work, save the file, and the next day you open it again…But instead of your project, you see a blank screen: Don’t worry! The file is not damaged. This issue usually happens because Microsoft Project... Continue Reading →
If you have a group of activities and need to remove all their relationships, doing it one by one can be time-consuming. Fortunately, there’s a much faster way. Instead of opening each activity and clicking Remove, you can: Select all the activities you want to update Right-click and choose Assign → Predecessors (or Successors) In... Continue Reading →
You have a simple requirement: display only the activities that finish on 25-Jan-16. As usual, you create a filter based on that finish date: Then… SURPRISE - the screen is completely blank. To find the answer, you need to check the time component of your activity dates. Go to: Edit → User Preferences → Dates... Continue Reading →
In Primavera P6, when you use the default “Critical” filter, it highlights the critical path of the entire project, typically leading to the final activity. But what if you want to identify the critical path leading to an activity somewhere in the middle of the project, not just the last one? To achieve this, you... Continue Reading →
When customizing Views in Microsoft Project, you may sometimes need a View that applies only to a specific project, not across all projects. However, by default, Microsoft Project saves any new View to the Global Template. This means the View will be available in all projects. Over time, this can clutter your View list, making... Continue Reading →
You may have noticed the “Effort driven” option in the Task Details Form and wondered what it actually does. Let’s break it down with a simple example. Example Comparison Task A – Effort Driven OFF This task does not have the Effort driven option enabled. When you assign 2 resources, each resource still has 80... Continue Reading →
Let’s assume we have an activity with a duration of 100 days and 100 labor units.By default, the resource distribution follows a linear spread. This means that the resources are distributed evenly over time.For example: At 5% of the duration (Day 5), you will have used 5% of the total units (5 units). The resource... Continue Reading →
We have an activity which is applied "Back Loaded" resource curve. When we update the progress, the actual units are distributed in the same pattern as planned.This means that even during progress updates, the resource allocation follows the back-loaded shape, more resources are consumed toward the later part of the activity rather than at the... Continue Reading →
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