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Vinay GoelMember for 17 years 4 months
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Dear Sir,

I normally work in P6. Now a days a started to learn the MSP 2007 also. But i am facing one problem.

In P6 , You know that we can save baselines ( Maintain Baseline) and to compare the programme ( to see on Gantt Chart) we choose( Assign Baseline) Primary , Secondary , Tertiary Baseline ( BL1 , BL2 , BL3).

Same with MSP we can set ( save) 10 Baselines and see them on columns but to show on The Gantt chart with current status , There is only baseline option to show on timescale ( Gantt Chart Wizard). This is the last saved baseline i think. Is it possible to choose the Baseline ( BL1 , BL2) for showing on Time scale.

I didn’t found any option. Please help.

Thanks

Vinay Goel
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    Vinay Goel ·
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    Dear Sirs,

    I didn’t get the advice of my doubt for MSP.It may be because Planners across the world are using P6. If this is so please advice me if i can send this enquiry to an Microsoft email for doubt clarification.

    Thanks & Regards,

    Vinay

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    Rafael Davila ·
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    After you define your baselines you can set them to be shown by defining your bar styles. The following link will show you a simple screen view of how it is done, the details are up to you.

    Show Baseline Bars

    Best regards,
    Rafael
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Vinay,
    you should use the view "Tracking Gantt" to see baseline bars on your screen.
    the "baseline" displayed on this Gantt is the "Initial Baseline"
    Alexandre
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    Jason LI ·
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    In fact MSP can show 7 different Baseline at sametime without overlap.
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    Trevor Rabey ·
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    In MSP it is just a matter of learning how to format bar styles. You can have bars for anything that has a "from" and "to". You can stack bars in 4 rows and also you can have half-height bars on each row. You could make a big mess of stacked bars so I don’t recommend over-doing it. The Gantt Chart Wizard is just a quick but limited starting point. Format, Bar Styles. Practice. In a copy of one of the built-in views such as the Tracking Gantt.
    P6 stores baselines in separate files. MSP stores baselines in same file. No big difference in this respect.
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