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P6 Physical % Complete & Actual Cost

Benjamin MoraMember for 19 years
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I got a problem with P6. My company only uses cost loaded schedules with no true resource management involved. P6 calculates Actual Cost based either on the ratio of OD vs. RD or via manual input. I am trying to calculate Actual Cost based on Physical % Complete and not based on RD. Global changes are not working. I am sure some of you have run into this already.

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    Duy Huynh ·
    Well I have a solution, I don’t know if it suit for your need. It is calculated based on the Budgeted Total Cost and %Physical complete.
    1. Add a User Defined field (Enterprise>User Defined Fields)called: "Actual cost of % Physical" or anything u like.
    2. Add a global change (Tool>Global Change) called: "Physical ToDate Cost" or anything u like.
    3. Modify the above change:
    - Select Subject area as Activities
    - Delete any condition in "If" field
    - In "Then" field:

    Parameter is Parameter/Value Operator Parameter/Value
    Actual cost of % Physical = Physical % Complete * Budgeted Total Cost.
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    Duy Huynh ·
    Sorry, there was some mistake in the previous post. Primavera won’t understand that it need to multiply a percentage not a number. However I could not edit it, i post new then.
    1. Add a user defined field called :"Actual cost of % Physical Complete" with data as "Cost"
    Add one more user defined field called: "Physical % Complete Indicator" or anything, with data as "Number".
    2. Add two global changes:
    2.a: Physical % Complete Change to devide Physical % Complete to 100.
    Delete anything in "If" box.
    In "Then" box:
    Parameter is Parameter/Value Operator Parameter/Value
    Physical % Complete Indicator = Physical % Complete / 100
    2.b: Actual cost change
    "Actual cost of % Physical Complete" = Budgeted Total cost * Physical % Complete Indicator
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    Benjamin Mora ·
    Thank you, Duy Huynh. I found a similar process, but yours looks easier. I will try it out.

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