P3 report for last update

What you are asking for does not exist as a built-in feature. Many contractors now days are creating such a report with a little help from activity codes and activity logs.

To do this, you create an activity code called “Update” and clear all contents from that slot for every activity. You also mark all existing activity log entries as ‘non-printing.’ While performing your update, you describe any changes in the activity log section for that activity (leave it marked as ‘printing’) and mark the Update column with a “Y” (for yes.) After the changes are made, you produce an Activity Log Report, only listing those activities with a “Y” in the update column.

If you have not performed these steps in the past, then those changes are lost. You can always begin right now with this new documentation plan. Otherwise, there are two different software programs out there for discovering the changes made between updates. One is Schedule Analyzer (www.RonWinterConsulting.com/sa_main.htm) and the other is Claim Digger (http://www.primavera.com/solutions/ec_claimdigger.html). Good luck!

Hi J,

Somewhere in P3 there is a history function, which allows you to view every update you did, unfortunately, the comp I am on does not have P3 on it, but try your help files, or the primavera website. (It is about time thay gave some help) The purpose of the history function was to maintain the correct s-curves in P3. However, a simple way is to export activity data to an dbf file after every upcate, and should this info be required it will always be available.

Regards

J,

The function that Philip refers to is Store Period Performance. It does keep a history of the period values for each resource so you can produce historically correct s-curve but does not track duration and logic changes, deletions , etc.

Ronald’s suggested documentation plan is great as the analysis tools mentioned require you to have copies of the two schedules to analyze. It will however require an amount of discipline by the Contractors Planner and the analysis tools are a great double check

HTH

Hi Everybody,

Thanks for your immediate replies. Your suggested solutions are not fully replying to the subject. There is a report (may be built in P3 or separate software) that gives full details of any changes in the updated schedule. It is used by different Intn’l Engineer/Consultant to check changes made by the Contractor’s Planner purposely or un-purposely on activities’ lags, durations,links,etc. This will help identifying modification/changes and not tracking history of updated programs.

Thanks & Regards,
J. Daniel

Hi there,

It is a speciality software by Primavera called " claims digger ". You may visit Primavera site to get full details about it.

Regards,

Iqbal

Hi Danniel,

Further to my reply please follow the following link. You will get full detail of the software and some sample reports also.

http://www.primavera.com/solutions/ec_claimdigger.html


Hope it will hep.

Iqbal

Thanks Mohammed. It is claim digger v 3.0.
I am newly using the P3e/c without passing through the oldest version of 3.0.
Thanking you again.

Regards,
J. Daniel