For all you creative types out there who love to create something awesome in a manner which is rather non-traditional….this tutorial is for you. In the spirit of the holidays, here are the steps to create a festive Gantt chart Xmas tree in Primavera P6, complete with decorations. Getting Started with the Gantt Xmas Tree’s [...]

Building a filter where all the conditions are either ‘And’ or ‘Or’ between each row is pretty straightforward. However, if you want to mix them up a little its not so obvious how you should do that in Oracle Primavera P6 Professional. This quick tip will show you how. Example: I want to find all [...]

Primavera P6 provides the ability to display project schedule information using “Layouts”. Layouts are customizable views of project information and are the primary method for printing Gantt Charts, Profiles, Spreadsheets, and Trace Logic views. Schedules are tough to read and all members of the project team can benefit from an easier way to interpret their [...]

Have you ever printed your P6 Gantt Chart only to find that you can’t quite see the first or last milestone because they fall off the page or are cutoff?  I have. Here’s how avoid printing a scrunched gantt chart by easily expanding your timescale before you print.

Order is important!  Last post, we showed you the nuances of shading non-work time on the Primavera Gantt Chart.  Today we’re uncovering some more nuances of that essential Gantt Chart. Ever come across this situation where the relationship lines on your Gantt Chart point to the baseline bars?   If so, things can look a [...]

It turns out that people like pictures.  Yes, that’s right, we love pictures….and we love the Gantt Chart.  What makes the Gantt Chart so essential is that it simplifies something that is complex.  It gives us a snapshot and a trend that our brain can digest rather than just text and numbers. Getting the Gantt [...]

Lookahead reports are one of the centerpieces of consistent project reporting and controlling. Lookahead reports show and highlight upcoming activities in the project. Most common lookahead reports focus on activities scheduled for the upcoming week, next 2 weeks, next 3 weeks, next month and next 3 months. Of course there are other variations and the [...]

If you haven’t yet mastered all the shortcut keys and can’t yet write a 200 word essay on what “Store Period Performance” does, then you’re probably still on your way to becoming a Primavera SuperHero.   To get your tights, cape and cowl, you’ll first have to master Primavera’s Activity Layouts which are an invaluable [...]