You can always change the global default and Hours per time period for every project that currently working. It is the planner’s responsibility that the settings are correct for each project.
This issue has been resolve in P6v7 where Hours per time period are now associated in calendar and not in users preference anymore. Meaning you can set hours per time period for each calendar defines. P6v7 also have and option to use calendar for time period at admin preferences.
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Submitted by Shareef Abdul Azeez on Wed, 2010-08-04 08:07
You mean to say both Global & Project Claendar can be used!!
Now suppose a particular company has has a normal routine of 8 hrs perday 5 days a week and lets say the company has 2 projects ongoing on this routine.
What if the company got a 3rd project but, there is a client requirement to work 10hrs perday 6 days a week.
What are the settings for this.??
1.what should be the User Preferences-> Time units settings???(settings for 10hrs perday 6 days a week or 8 hrs perday 5 days a week??)(Coz I believe this setting is for all the projects together and not project specific)
2.Lets say I make a Project Calendar for the 3rd project with 10 hrs perday 6 days a week ; but my Global Default Claendar would be 8 hrs perday 5 days a week since I have two ongoing projects on this setting!!
Now as the summary is from Global Default Calendar my summary totals for the 3rd project will be wrong???
How can I handle this??
Thank you once again.
Best Regards
Shareef A Azeez
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Submitted by Rodel Marasigan on Mon, 2010-08-02 19:43
P6 use Global Default Calendar for calculating Summary band and WBS summary band. Calendar defines the working days and time of work and hours per time periods use for calculating total durations.
Project Calendar is can be assigned to activity and also can make as a global calendar. You can also use Global calendar and assigned to activity.
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Submitted by Shareef Abdul Azeez on Mon, 2010-08-02 06:04
But it didnot help. But your reply gave me the direction.
I had initially made a Project Calendar of 10hrs perday 7 days a week and applied this to all my activities. But in the Global Calendar a 7dayweek 8hrs/day calendar was set as default.
So I created a Global 10hrs perday 7 days a week and made that default.
This solved the issue.
Now this leads me to another question...
What was the use of my Project Calendar???
I could have used this Global calendar on my activities as well...!!!
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Submitted by Joel Gilbert on Sat, 2010-07-31 08:42
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Thnax once again Rodel!!!!
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Shareef,
You can always change the global default and Hours per time period for every project that currently working. It is the planner’s responsibility that the settings are correct for each project.
This issue has been resolve in P6v7 where Hours per time period are now associated in calendar and not in users preference anymore. Meaning you can set hours per time period for each calendar defines. P6v7 also have and option to use calendar for time period at admin preferences.
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20 years 1 monthRE: Show Summary - Group Totals
Thanks Rodel for the information.
You mean to say both Global & Project Claendar can be used!!
Now suppose a particular company has has a normal routine of 8 hrs perday 5 days a week and lets say the company has 2 projects ongoing on this routine.
What if the company got a 3rd project but, there is a client requirement to work 10hrs perday 6 days a week.
What are the settings for this.??
1.what should be the User Preferences-> Time units settings???(settings for 10hrs perday 6 days a week or 8 hrs perday 5 days a week??)(Coz I believe this setting is for all the projects together and not project specific)
2.Lets say I make a Project Calendar for the 3rd project with 10 hrs perday 6 days a week ; but my Global Default Claendar would be 8 hrs perday 5 days a week since I have two ongoing projects on this setting!!
Now as the summary is from Global Default Calendar my summary totals for the 3rd project will be wrong???
How can I handle this??
Thank you once again.
Best Regards
Shareef A Azeez
Member for
19 yearsRE: Show Summary - Group Totals
Shareef,
P6 use Global Default Calendar for calculating Summary band and WBS summary band. Calendar defines the working days and time of work and hours per time periods use for calculating total durations.
Project Calendar is can be assigned to activity and also can make as a global calendar. You can also use Global calendar and assigned to activity.
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20 years 1 monthRE: Show Summary - Group Totals
Thanx Joel for the reply.
But it didnot help. But your reply gave me the direction.
I had initially made a Project Calendar of 10hrs perday 7 days a week and applied this to all my activities. But in the Global Calendar a 7dayweek 8hrs/day calendar was set as default.
So I created a Global 10hrs perday 7 days a week and made that default.
This solved the issue.
Now this leads me to another question...
What was the use of my Project Calendar???
I could have used this Global calendar on my activities as well...!!!
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22 years 5 monthsRE: Show Summary - Group Totals
Check your resource calendar and set it up, that should solve it