Skip to content
ProjectControls.com
Primavera Project Planner - P3

Activity ID

In the Open Standard
Nathaniel AlexanderMember for 23 years 4 months
Created
4
1
0
Can you create multiple Activity ID Columns with different activity ID Numbers Both pertaining to the same Activity Description

I have a multiple project but both clients want to see their own type of Activity Id in certain Activity descriptions

EG: First Client A3000-01-A Act Desc: Pull Cables
Second Client AS3000-01-A Act Desc: Pull Cables

First Act ID Second Activity ID
Must Look Like this A3000-01-A AS3000-01-A

Both clients are working in tandem and I dont want to create 2 rows of Activity for the same Description
Save Follow Follow forum Report
Reply New topic

4 replies

Oldest first
  1. 0
    Steven Oliver ·
    #1
    Essentially, Activity ID must be unique.

    Have a look at the Activity Codes. Create codes for Pull Cables and Client. If you can have all your info as codes, the activity ID just becomes something P3 uses, you dont need to worry about it.


    HTH

    Report
  2. 0
    Philip Jonker ·
    #2
    Hi Nathaniel,

    Your first problem is that P3 activity ID’s are restricted to ten characters. However what you want to do can be done, using code fields. You can use the first ID in the Activity ID field, and the second in an Activity code field named ID2 for example. The problem here is that activity codes are also restricted to 10 characters. The second ID field could then be used as a column next to the Activity ID column. Which can be presented on a bar chart. This is a problem that P§ has in that it does not allaw for user defined fields (columns). Further you are limited on the total number of characters available, ie 64.


    My advice is explain this to the clients and get them to agree to a single ID.

    Regards

    Philip

    Report
  3. 0
    Erik Jonker ·
    #3
    Just put one of the ID’s (10 chars) in Log field 99, show it on the bars and you wouldn’t even have to print seperate reports.
    Report
  4. 0
    Paul Harris ·
    #4
    If you have enough spare Activity Code characters left you could create an activity code for one of the clients Activity Ids and use a global change to copy the ID from one to the next and add or remove the “S”.

    Paul E Harris
    Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
    Planning and Scheduling Book Publishers, Training & Consulting
    www.eh.com.au
    Report

Log in or join to reply

ProjectControls.com is free to join. Members can post questions, reply, vote and follow discussions.

Log inJoin free

Existing members: your original username and password still work. Forgot password?