Start day & Finish day

Hello Kris,

Global change & CDI could help you for ordinal dates showing..

Set CDIs for ordinal date of Staring Days and Finishing Day

Run global change for...

STARTDAY Equal ES - (the beginning day of the year.. ie year 1999 you have to choose 31 Dec 1998)

FINISHDAY Equal EF - (the beginning day of the year.. ie year 1999 you have to choose 31 Dec 1998)

Maybe a little help...

Best Regards,
Praves

Thanks Praves,

I’ll try what u have suggested. What is CDI. Can u give the steps for the global change u are suggesting.

Kris

Parves..

Is that Custom Data Item???..if so, Kris u can find it on Menu->Data->Custom Data Item. Using that u can make columns for showing customised data. Think it is datailed in P3 help.

Felis

If it’s Custom Data Item (CDI), it will not be a calculated item and I cannot get the start day and finish day (for early and late dates) for various activities of the project.

Kris

Kris,

From my side, i think its not possible, if you could do it, plz let post the method.

Cheers

Sorry guys..2 times i did the same mistake in posting and finaly am replying under this thread


Just check if this is working

Go Data->Custom Data Items (CDI)

Add 3 CDI

1) Name-ORDD , Type-S, length-7, Description-Ordinal data date
2) Name-ORES , Type-N, length-7, Description-Ordinal ES
3) Name-OREF , Type-N, length-7, Description-Ordinal EF

Go Format-> columns
Add the 3 CDI to display on the view

Go Tools->Global change-> Add

In the ‘then’ statement add ORDD EQ your reference date (use calendar from list)

Trial run to see if it worked as per your wish and then run

Go Tools->Project Utilities->Export

Add new

Include “Activity custom data items” to the list

In the Format tab type the name of the file with location

Select type as [.DBF]

Run

Go-Excel

Open the exported DBF file in excel

Format columns ORS & ORF in number format

Use formula
ORS= ES-ORDD
ORF=EF-ORDD+1

Drag down the formula columns till the last activities.

Copy and paste the edited columns as values only.
Save the dbf file & exit (should exit)
go p3->Tools->Project Utilities->Import

Enter the name of the exported file with extention [.DBF]

Run

This is manual method and not dynamic. Donno if some other easy methods are there. Any way back up b4 running. Welcome your comments

Cheers

Felis