This leads to creation of many section based tasks simply that you display on the same line reflecting different conditions from the ROW and need to be linked. The view is not a march chart, so graphically you will have no connection to site constraints like environmental restrictions, crossing, elevation and land aquisition. This can be only displayed in march charts, which TILOS is using.
TILOS allows a realsitic modelling of the production rates with location based profiles without increasing number of tasks. This reduces planning efforts and garanties realistic planning data and helps so to plan by not violanting site constraints.
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Submitted by Peter Clarke on Mon, 2012-01-09 18:14
I agree with Mike's comment that although you can produce good time chainage charts using Excel, it is much better to get some dedicated time chainage software. Before dedicated software was available, I spent many years producing time chainage charts in Excel, the main disadvantages are that:
Holidays are not easy to deal with
It is very slow work entering the activities and logic
Updating and making logic changes can be a real pain
I can recommend a piece of excellant software, called TimeChainage. It is much cheaper than the competition and makes producing a time chainage plan very easy. I produce this software so I am biased.
If you are interested in TimeChainage, then check out the website www.pclarke.co.uk
You will be interested to know that Powerproject v 12 now has a button that creates Time-Distance graphs directly from the Task Per Line mode programmes.
It is very easy to set up a simple time - chainage chart using X - Y graphs in excell - although you will get a better result from Lotus 123.
You don't need formula's or macros - just the chainage production range in X and the start and end dates in Y - These are best expressed as week numbers.
You can even build some sort of logic between the task lines by using a + link to another cell.
Just use your imagination and it will all come together.
It is however of very limited value because it will not display any criticality and there will be no calendar facility.
Best get the software and do it properly.
I have achieved very good time line programmes in PowerProject using "Task per Line" mode - the last one was a 500 km pipeline up the west coast of India - including over a range of mountains.
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19 years 3 monthsSplit tasks in task per line
Split tasks in task per line mode:
This leads to creation of many section based tasks simply that you display on the same line reflecting different conditions from the ROW and need to be linked. The view is not a march chart, so graphically you will have no connection to site constraints like environmental restrictions, crossing, elevation and land aquisition. This can be only displayed in march charts, which TILOS is using.
TILOS allows a realsitic modelling of the production rates with location based profiles without increasing number of tasks. This reduces planning efforts and garanties realistic planning data and helps so to plan by not violanting site constraints.
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17 years 8 monthsI agree with Mike's comment
I agree with Mike's comment that although you can produce good time chainage charts using Excel, it is much better to get some dedicated time chainage software. Before dedicated software was available, I spent many years producing time chainage charts in Excel, the main disadvantages are that:
I can recommend a piece of excellant software, called TimeChainage. It is much cheaper than the competition and makes producing a time chainage plan very easy. I produce this software so I am biased.
If you are interested in TimeChainage, then check out the website www.pclarke.co.uk
Regards
Peter Clarke
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19 years 10 monthsHi Ahmed You will be
Hi Ahmed
You will be interested to know that Powerproject v 12 now has a button that creates Time-Distance graphs directly from the Task Per Line mode programmes.
Best regards
Mike Testro
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14 years 11 monthsThank you Mike for you
Thank you Mike for you answer, its so helpfull
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19 years 10 monthsHi Ahmed It is very easy to
Hi Ahmed
It is very easy to set up a simple time - chainage chart using X - Y graphs in excell - although you will get a better result from Lotus 123.
You don't need formula's or macros - just the chainage production range in X and the start and end dates in Y - These are best expressed as week numbers.
You can even build some sort of logic between the task lines by using a + link to another cell.
Just use your imagination and it will all come together.
It is however of very limited value because it will not display any criticality and there will be no calendar facility.
Best get the software and do it properly.
I have achieved very good time line programmes in PowerProject using "Task per Line" mode - the last one was a 500 km pipeline up the west coast of India - including over a range of mountains.
Best regards
Mike Testro