project-level activity code length

Hi Alex

Is it activity code or activity Id,i believe 20 characters is for activity id and there is no such length requirement for activity codes.

Please correct if i am wrong ?

Regards

Shahul

I'm asking about activity code (not activity ID) values (not code descriptions).  My client wants the value to be 23 characters long.  I have found the setting where you define how long the code value is with each activity code, but it seems the maximum is 20 characters.  I'm asking to see if anyone knows how to change the administrative setting so that the maximum activity code length is more than 20 characters.  Or is the 20 character max hard-coded into the P6 application/database?

Hi Alex, 

Better late than never, the activity code maximum length can be changed in the Activity Codes Definition panel accessed by clicking on the Modify... button from the activity codes panel that you ess when you select Activity Codes... from the Enterprise menu dropdown.

Cheers,

Lorne

Alex,

20 Characters is the maximum amount that you can enter when creating the activity within Primavera, however the database can store up to 40 characters.

Easiest way of getting more than 20 characters is to export the project to excel, add all your activities in there with the Activity ID's you want & re-import to Primavera.

I have just completed a quick test in P6 & it accepted an Activity ID 27 characters in length with no error message.

Hope this helps,

Steven

I read Stevens post but the limit is 20 if it works then great but as a work around just create UDF and make it a text field