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Merging projects

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Manfredo Justiniano
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Hi:

I am using P5 and I got two Projects:
Project A: Engineering & Procurement
and Project B: Construction & Commissioning
I want to merge both into Project A. The particular matter is that Both Projects are linked (have relationships between activities). So I want to keep the links. I had tried by copying and paste WBS (Project – WBS), but some links from Project A keep pointing Project B.
Is it possible to do it automatically or I have to fix it manually? I am talking about 10000 activities’ project.
Or maybe there is another way of merging it?

Regards,

Manfredo.

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Manfredo Justiniano
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Hi Dieter:

Ahmet Cetin, a member from www.primaveratools.com forum, give the tips to solve the problem and it’s to CUT & paste from WBS, and it will work excellent by updating all the links.

Concerning why I have to do it? it is a contract requirement that each X period I have to give a syncronize xer file "EP + CC", to the client.

Thanks for your advice.

Manfredo.
Dieter Wambach
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Hi Manfredo
it’s by design. I don’t know a way to remove the links while copying/moving in the WBS-view.

As for the monthly report the customer wouldn’t realize how many Primavera-projects you use. I never had a partner who refused this way of planning/scheduling. We do it for a better data exchange with e.g. engineering companies. In general they are not interested in the construction part of a project.

Regards
Dieter
Manfredo Justiniano
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Dietrick:

Thanks for your answer.

Definitely the best way to do this, it is by the WBS option (copy and paste), but my problem is as follow, suppose the following links:

Link 1: File A – Activity 1 successor File B – Activity 2
Link 2: File B – Activity 3 predecessor File A – Activity 1

After merging, with copy and paste, Link 1 still remains.

And why I am merging the two projects? It is a Client requirement for the monthly report.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Manfredo.
Dieter Wambach
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Hi Manfredo
In the view WBS it is very easy to merge - as you did already I assume. Remaining links show that still some activities are in the old project. Maybe the most efficient way: Open view "Activities" --> Group by whatever, but not project or WBS --> add column WBS --> modify For the first activity to be moved --> fill down.
Be careful, dangerous command!
But why do you want to merge? If you’ll open both projects the same time, P5 will regard them as one graph - one project. Both better have the same data date. But you have the freedom to open just one part.
Regards
Dieter