Skip to content
ProjectControls.com
Oracle Primavera - PM6

UDF - Loosing data!!!

In the Open Standard
Amir DadbakhshMember for 22 years
Created
5
3
0
Dear Planners

I define some activity codes for my time schedule (in primavera 5.0). When I copy mentioned project (I select copy activity code too in dialog box) just some value of activity codes be copied and most of the value are lost. I don’t know how it might be happened, is it primavera bug or not?! For example:

Original project:
Activity no.1 (activity code value)=M
Activity no.2 (activity code value)=M
Activity no.3 (activity code value)=M

After copying mentioned project
Activity no.1 (activity code value)=(blank)
Activity no.2 (activity code value)=M
Activity no.3 (activity code value)= (blank)

Finally I solved this problem by using global change (whenever I copy a project I have to run global change to fill activity codes!!!!!)
I’ll be really glad if anyone of you have the same experience and you could solve that problem, put your solution here for using by me and other fellows.

Kind Regards
Amir Dadbakhsh
Save Follow Follow forum Report
Reply New topic

5 replies

Oldest first
  1. 0
    Bill McMichael ·
    #1
    Amir,

    Are these activity codes or activity UDFs ? The subject reads UDF, but the body of the message indicates codes.

    Also are you using an Oracle or SQL Server / MSDE database.

    Regards,
    Bill
    Report
  2. 0
    Amir Dadbakhsh ·
    #2
    Dear Bill,
    A)I mean "User Defined Fields" and "Activity" Section (Sorry I wrote my previous message wrong and I correct it here!).
    B)First I prepared mentioned plan in primavera 4.1 (Interbase) then after while I have brought it (convert it) to primavera 5.0 (SQL database).
    Thanks
    Amir
    Report
  3. 0
    Bill McMichael ·
    #3
    Amir,

    This is a known defect with Primavera 5 with the combination of SQL Server, Paste Project, and User defined Activity fields. See prim30231 in the Support knowledgebase.

    You have two workarounds that will resolve this.

    1. When copying projects, organize the projects screen by something other than EPS. Problem is only when pasting and you are organized by EPS. Or
    2. Add the following setting in the PM.INI file in the section [Options]
    UseSPToPasteProject=0

    Solution 2 will force the program to not use a stored procedure used when copying. Problem is with the stored procedure.

    Regards,
    Bill
    Report
  4. 0
    Amir Dadbakhsh ·
    #4
    Dear Bill

    I changed PM.INI and it worked (I copied a project without any problem).

    Thanks a lot
    Amir
    Report
  5. 0
    Chris Radecki ·
    #5
    Thanks for this thread.

    The PRIM quoted does not seem to be right - but not to worry

    What I was looking for was where EPS Activity codes are deleted for no apparent reason. The reason that I since found is that I used ’Check Project Integrity’

    There is a glitch in P3e when ’EPS level’ Activity code assignments are removed by ’Check Project Integrity’ prim32313.

    So the moral is do not use ’Check Project Integrity’

    Now to remap the Activity codes - oh well. Thank god for backups.

    Report

Log in or join to reply

ProjectControls.com is free to join. Members can post questions, reply, vote and follow discussions.

Log inJoin free

Existing members: your original username and password still work. Forgot password?