Excel’s data crunching, grouping, pivoting and filtering is just so much easier to use than Primavera P6’s. Getting Primavera P6 Activity data into Excel is essential. Well, in this case it is! Exporting Primavera P6 data to Excel could not be faster & easier with this quick tip. That should be Oracle Primavera’s mantra.
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Click here to view instructions for using color-coded activity code values in TSLDsĭid you find this blog tutorial to be useful? MSS Inc. Hopefully, viewing information in this format will assist you in planning and managing your project more effectively.
This will enable you to view the Responsible party for each activity on the timeline. This Primavera P6 training tutorial provides instructions for color coding activity code values for “Responsibility” and using then configuring the Timescaled Logic Diagram to display the color-coded activity bars based on ‘’Responsibility’’. TSLD and Color Coded Activity Values for Responsibility There is a limit of 500 activity codes per project.
P6 lets you setup an unlimited number of EPS level activity codes. The codes would not be available to projects under the other EPS nodes. You could setup EPS level codes for the DOT node and the codes would be available only to projects assigned to that EPS node. One of those lines of business, such as the DOT, may require you to assign bid items to each activity and then submit reports organized by those bid items. For example, you may setup your EPS to represent three different lines of business (such as Commercial Construction, DOT construction, Federal Government construction).
Example of how to use the Color Coded Activity Codes in Primavera P6 R8.2
One of the great new features of Primavera P6 Release 8.2 is the ability to use color coded activity bars on the Timescaled Logic Diagram (TSLD) based upon Activity Code values. Primavera P6 users have always enjoyed the ability to group, sort, and filter project activities based upon activity codes. In this blog post, we will discuss how to color code activity codes on the TSLD. This blog post is a continuation of our last post covering the Timscaled Logic Diagrams in Primavera P6 Release 8.2. I remember when I was still in a school and would highlight useful information in my school books and notes so that I would remember the importantance of that piece of information. Color coding information is one of the best ways to keep your documents, outlines and projects organized.