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Filtering by Activity Codes in P3e

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Tue, 2006-01-03 05:49
Emmanuel Udo
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Ladies & Gentlement,
I need to filter by Activity Codes. The schedule was prepared using User Defined Codes. However, in attempting to filter by Activity Codes (eg. by Area, Location etc) only activities appear.
Can any body out there advise on what to do?
Regards.

Emmanuel
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Fri, 2006-01-06 03:50
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Christian Adrian ...
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Emmanuel

David is right, you need to create activity codes and values first coz the one that you have right now is only a code in the user defined field, thus when filtering only the activity descriptions apear and no band grouping your activities...

Cheers!

Christian
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Thu, 2006-01-05 05:16
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David Kelly
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Emmanuel

It is NOT possible to make a filter ask you for the value. When you run a filter in P3e it must have the value(s) you are looking for specifically coded in the filter - so for example a filter to select activities by the phase of a job cannot ask you "which phase" when you run the filter, you will require to create one filter per phase.

The primvera product SureTrak has this capability, and is very usefull.
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Tue, 2006-01-03 09:26
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Mario Sanvitale
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When I run a filter from the Activities view, I select a specific Activity code and then the system askes me to identofy the matching; for example:

Where *Activity Code* *equals/does not equal/is under* *Value*.

In this sequence I will select the specific code type as *Activity Code*, select a comparison - note that *is under* refers to the hierarchical grouping of activity codes - and the system will then display a set of *values* for the code selected. Multiple codes and values can be selected for fine tuning the selection.

What else is required?
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Tue, 2006-01-03 08:50
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Emmanuel Udo
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Mario,
When i run thet filter I expect the filter dialogue box to display the code values/ descriptions for me to select from.
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Tue, 2006-01-03 08:45
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Mario Sanvitale
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If you are filtering by Activity Code, what are you actually expecting to appear? Do you actually mean filtering, or Grouping and Sorting?
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