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Changing Activity % Complete Back Zero and remove actuals

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Hi Everyone,

 

I have encountered a problem in P6 update wherein I made a mistake for the previous week update. I want to change the percent complete of an activity back to zero and remove the actual date. The P6 wont allow me to change. Can somebody advise the steps to revert back the percent complete of an activity to zero percent and remove the actual date.

 

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    Roland Payawan ·
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    Hi Henry, Just go to the

    Hi Henry,

    Just go to the activity status, untick the STARTED and FINISHED date and put the Percent (%) back to zero and there you go.

    Hope this wull do.

    Cheers,

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    Gary Whitehead ·
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    Just to add you have to do

    Just to add you have to do this in the right order -eg if you try and uncheck the stated box with the finished one still checked, you would get an error saying something like "activity cannot have an actual finish without an actual start"

     

    Uncheck your finsh, then any % completees / actual durations / actual resources, then the start date.

     

    Also,  double check the relationships to ensure doing this won't cause any OOS (out of equence) working

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    Henry Chiu ·
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    Gary, Thanks for your reply,

    Gary,

     

    Thanks for your reply, but one thing bothered me is I have an activity that is 20% complete with an actual start of 01 oct as an example. When I update the following week I noticed that I made a mistake on the activity that was updated, so I want to change the percent complete to zero and remove the tick in the actual start but a message will appear "Cannot Set Status to Not Started if Activity Has Actuals". I never encounter this problem in P3.

    Thanks

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    Henry Chiu ·
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    Hi Roland, I did the same

    Hi Roland,

     

    I did the same thing as I do in P3, unfortunately the same message appears "Cannot Set Status to Not Started if Activity Has Actuals". Is there something wrong in my settings or any options that I need to do just to clear this problem.

     

    Thanks

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    Zhang Ting ·
    #5

    First convert % complete to

    First convert % complete to zero，and then change tick off “started”
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    Henry Chiu ·
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    Zhang Ting, Thanks a lot.

    Zhang Ting,

     

    Thanks a lot. Problem solved.

     

    Henry

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    Michael Jubilo ·
    #7

    Hi gentlemen, how about

    Hi gentlemen, how about changing % complete to zero and removing actuals for multiple activities in P6? I tried global change however I was not able to find the right operation. Perhaps someone knows the trick. TIA

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    Sm Pum ·
    #8

    For Removing Actual you will

    For Removing Actual you will have to apply global change.Removing actuals one by one will be waste of time

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    Michael Jubilo ·
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    Hi SM PUM, yes it will take

    Hi SM PUM, yes it will take years to remove actuals of thousands activities. What operation in global change should be done then?

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    Sm Pum ·
    #10

    use following;When activity

    use following;

    When activity Status   is not equal to     not started 

    Then;

    Actual labour units         equal to        zero

    Actual non labour unit    equal to        zero

    activity status                equa to         not started.

     

    Always keep a copy of your origional project before applying the global change because it can not be undone.

     

    Regards; 

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
    #11

    here is a link to the

    here is a link to the detailed instructions on how to do this 

    http://pmsite.com/forums/viewthread/3064/

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    Vishal Gourgonda ·
    #12

    Hi all...is there any short

    Hi all...

    is there any short cut to change all activity 'completed' to 'not started'?

     

    Regards

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
    #13

    How to de-status a schedule1.

    How to de-status a schedule
    1. Choose Enterprise, Projects and select the Calculations tab. Choose to "Link Budget and
    At Completion for not started activities" and "Reset Remaining Duration and Units to
    Original
    2. Choose View, Columns and add the columns for Actual Labor Units, Actual Nonlabor
    Units.
    3. Choose Tools, Schedule and set the data date equal to the Project Start Date and schedule.
    To find the Project Start date, choose Enterprise, Projects. Click on the Dates tab and
    note the Planned Start date.
    4. For the first activity in the list, set the Actual Labor Units to 0. Highlight the activities in
    this column and choose Edit, Fill Down.
    5. For the first activity in the list, set the Actual Nonlabor Units to 0. Highlight the activities
    in this column and choose Edit, Fill Down.
    6. Choose Tools, Global Change and run the 1st Global Change. This will set the Actual
    Material Units to zero.
    7. Run the 2nd global change which sets the activity status to Not Started.
     
    1st Global Change:
    Subject Area:  Activity Resource Assignments
    If:      
    Where Resource Type           equals   Material
    Then:  Actual Material Units      =          0
     
    2nd Global change
    Subject Area: Activities
    If:
    Where Activity Status     is not equal to   Not Started
    Then:  Activity Status     Equals              Not Started
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    Rafael Davila ·
    #14

    I am not a P6 user but

    I am not a P6 user but suggest you try either the Global Change approach or the Export/Import approach as per following link.

    http://simplexgroup.com/dates-and-durations-in-oracle-primavera-p6/

    Also make sure you verify the durations as they migh have been changed after updatings.

    Good Luck

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
    #15

    my posting includes 2 global

    my posting includes 2 global changes 

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    Mohammed Azharuddin ·
    #16

    Hi,Quick and easy way to

    Hi,

    Quick and easy way to remove actuals using only 1 Global Change.

    Check out my article here

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quick-way-remove-actuals-from-p6-schedule-one-go-using-azharuddin/?trackingId=kLitu4dDuCP3jndDcGzifQ%3D%3D

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