scheduling multiple projects
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Johnny PainMember for 21 years
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hi all,
I’ve been working with P6 for a few weeks now, and there are some things I still don’t get.
one of them is the scheduling process.
in P3, I had a master project, and numerous subprojects.
the scheduling was easy, it was done in the master, and if you clicked the right option, the data date was copied in every subproject, and that was it.
in P6, I created several projects (as ancient subprojects), containing tasks of differents areas.
I can easily schedule each project separately at the date I want, and the tasks that have not been finished (or started) yet move forward, leaving the baseline behind.
but when I try to schedule all projects at once, all I succeed to do is moving the data date, and the planning acts as if everything’s okay. the tasks fill themselves with blue, even if I did not check the start checkbox.
I’ve tried the "apply actuals" and "update progress" functions, but they do exactly the same...
I’ve read something about a "master", but I don’t get how to build this.
thanks for your help,
djo
I’ve been working with P6 for a few weeks now, and there are some things I still don’t get.
one of them is the scheduling process.
in P3, I had a master project, and numerous subprojects.
the scheduling was easy, it was done in the master, and if you clicked the right option, the data date was copied in every subproject, and that was it.
in P6, I created several projects (as ancient subprojects), containing tasks of differents areas.
I can easily schedule each project separately at the date I want, and the tasks that have not been finished (or started) yet move forward, leaving the baseline behind.
but when I try to schedule all projects at once, all I succeed to do is moving the data date, and the planning acts as if everything’s okay. the tasks fill themselves with blue, even if I did not check the start checkbox.
I’ve tried the "apply actuals" and "update progress" functions, but they do exactly the same...
I’ve read something about a "master", but I don’t get how to build this.
thanks for your help,
djo
6 replies
Oldest first- 0Rodel Marasigan ·Johnny,
Project Window-> Set Default Project
As per help:
Mark the checkbox to designate one project as the default project to use when you open multiple projects. This project opens automatically the next time you open this group of projects. It also uses this project’s scheduling and leveling settings for calculating the schedule (manually or via the Job Services feature) and it becomes the default destination for new items such as activities or issues unless you group the layout by WBS and select a different project before adding new items. - 0Johnny Pain ·hi Rodel,
thanks for the master info.
but the master schedule still doesn’t schedules (understand that it doesn’t set the data date) in the linked ("dependent") projects... is this normal ?
can we schedule once for every open project ?
(considering that not every task goes as planned) - 0Rodel Marasigan ·Johnny,
Yes you can schedule all project once for every open project.
Step in Scheduling all open Project with or without Project interlink.
1) Project Window-> show column data date.
2) Change the data date on the first project to new data date (1st on the top)
3) Highlight all Project open while the cursors is on data date then press ctrl+e (fill down)
4) Press F9 and select option if have project interlink (optional) and make sure “Ignore relationship to and from other project is un-tick.
5) then click Schedule.
That should perform a normal schedule on all project open
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