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Adam GarnhamMember for 15 years
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Hi PP members,

I have just entered a project into P6 which is about half way completed. I need to create the baseline for the projects mid way position. To do this i created a new baseline based on the current project, but when I display the baseline bars some of them line up fine (should be equal to current bar) and some of them are miles off?

Why would it do this as I need the baseline to be equal to the current bars?

Can send a screenshot if it helps.

 

Thank You

Adam

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    Raymund de Laza ·
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    Adam, On the Bars Window,

    Adam,

    On the Bars Window, make sure the timescale selected is Project Baseline Bar or Primary Baseline Bar  instead of Plan Bar.

     

    Hope this will help.

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    Adam Garnham ·
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    Just checked and the bars

    Just checked and the bars selected are Primary Baseline and Baseline Milestones.

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    Raymund de Laza ·
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    I understand that you

    I understand that you selected The Primary Baseline Under the Name Column but the corresponding Bar on the timescale column was shown as Plan Bar.

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    James Buxey ·
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    Hi I am assuming you are

    Hi

    I am assuming you are baseling where you are now and so the baseline is to equal current?

     

    Have you reviewed your 'planned dates' as if they do not match the start/finish dates at the time you baseline you will get a differance.

    Add Planned Start and Planned Finish columns to your gantt chart and compare.

     

    Regards

     

    James

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    James Buxey ·
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    Hi I am assuming you are

    Hi

    I am assuming you are baseling where you are now and so the baseline is to equal current?

     

    Have you reviewed your 'planned dates' as if they do not match the start/finish dates at the time you baseline you will get a differance.

    Add Planned Start and Planned Finish columns to your gantt chart and compare.

     

    Regards

     

    James

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    Adam Garnham ·
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    Thank you James that fixed

    Thank you James that fixed it!

    I displayed the planned columns, exported to excel and copied the start/finish dates over the planned and imported it back into P6. Now the baseline bars match the current bars just like I needed.

    Thank you for this!

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    James Buxey ·
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    Adam   Glad I could help. It

    Adam

     

    Glad I could help.

    It is worth remembering the Planned Dates also determine where your Planned Value (BCWS) will profile to, which I have learnt to my cost over the 9 years working with Primavera!

     

    Regards

    James 

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    Adam Garnham ·
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    James, Ok I will have to read

    James,

    Ok I will have to read up on that, I see a lot of forums refer to a paper "Much ado about dates" relating to how dates affect various elements of P6 and hopefully this has info. Found the link below if it helps you in any way http://www.ronwinterconsulting.com/Understanding_P6_Dates.pdf

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