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Remove relationship for multiple activities You have a group of activities which need to be removed all relationship Instead of going to each activity and click the Remove button, you can select all activity -> right click ->  Assign -> Click on either Pr..

Does it matter calculating the total float from the start dates or finish dates in P6? We were taught that the total float is the amount of time that the activity can be delayed without affecting the overall project duration. And the calculation of the total float is the difference ..

Open Microsoft Project file and a blank screen appear When you work with Microsoft Project 2010 in 2 monitor, you finish working, save the file and then next day you open a project file and a blank screen appear like this: What the he**, where is my project? At first I..

Can not import Layout Your colleague send you Primavera XER file and Layout file. After you import project successfully, you click on Layout -> Open -> Import -> Select the layout. And this error appear: You may think “Wow, this layout file must be damaged. I n..

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 ..

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: <pa..

By default activity ID in Primavera has a format like A1000, A1010 and so on. How about we can make the ID more meaningful. For example we can change the “A” letter to show the WBS which they belong to. First you will select all activities you need to renumber. Go to ..

When we think about Trim data, we usually export and do it in excel. However Primavera P6 also give us a tool to trim data by itself. For example you need to get rid of the “A” letter in Activity ID. First you go to Tool -> Global Change Click on “New&rdquo..

You create an Activity code to group data as you wish. After assigning and grouping activity by Activity code, here is the result: You want to export only the summary data to excel. So we will tick the “Show Summaries Only” option. However, you only want to export ..

Nowadays, Microsoft Project save file as MPP format. However Primavera allow to import file as MPX format. So, here is the tool help you to convert MPP to MPX. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByHnieTJNwKGdGVybE5LaElOcnM/view?usp=sharing..