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Ordinal date

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Tue, 2015-12-15 10:15
UFUK KATIRCI
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Hello everybody,

I am searching an answer for showing ordinal dates instead of ceartain dates but I couldn' t find a specific way. My problem is the project start date is not certain and I want to show the dates as ordinal dates, like to day 1, 2 etc instead of 25 dec, etc. 

At columns part I want to show ordinal date instead of BL project start - end.

I will appreciate if someone can help me,

Thanks & regards,

Ufuk

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Thu, 2015-12-17 21:42
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Jerome Odeh
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Ufuk,

Follow the steps below.

  • Create 3 UDFs as shown in screenshot below

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  • Create a Global Change using the the 3 UDFs created above. Remember to replace 19-Jul-99 with your project start date and apply the Global Change

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  • Add 2 columns to your schedule for Start Day & Finish Day using the UDFs user_integer_1 & user_integer_2

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  • Voila, your ordinal dates should now be visible on your schedule

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=jerome

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Thu, 2015-12-17 15:48
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UFUK KATIRCI
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These data do not appear at my primavera (P6 R8.3.2), still couldn' t find a way for this ...

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Thu, 2015-12-17 15:48
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UFUK KATIRCI
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These data do not appear at my primavera (P6 R8.3.2), still couldn' t find a way for this ...

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Wed, 2015-12-16 11:33
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Jerome Odeh
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Under Global Change, you should find these fields under the "Then" section parameter. See attached screenshots.

 

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Tue, 2015-12-15 16:42
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UFUK KATIRCI
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I have tried, I checked my primavera but couldn' t see any "user_start_date1" or "user_integer1" etc. How can we create these.

Thank you,

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Tue, 2015-12-15 13:19
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Jerome Odeh
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Hi,

 

Have you tried response #3 from this thread?

 

http://www.planningplanet.com/forums/primavera-version-pm5-pm6/420500/displaying-es-and-ef-day-number-instead-date

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Tue, 2015-12-15 12:44
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UFUK KATIRCI
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Amro thanks for your answer, there was ordinal dates column available at previous versions but it is not available at the latest version, I guess.  I can hide the dates columns but I have to show ordinal days ...

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Tue, 2015-12-15 12:44
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UFUK KATIRCI
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Amro thanks for your answer, there was ordinal dates column available at previous versions but it is not available at the latest version, I guess.  I can hide the dates columns but I have to show ordinal days ...

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Tue, 2015-12-15 11:00
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Amro Ahmed
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Hi,

my suggestion to you to show in Gantt chart and just hide  colums of dates on activity table .

Because in User Preference this not available option.

 

 

Thanks

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