Formatting, Printing and Reporting with Primavera P6 PPM
What you'll learn
- This course was updated in 2024 to Version 23 and covers how to format, print and run reports with Oracle Primavera Project Manager P6 PPM Professional Client.
- - Layouts and Filtering covereded in Formatting
- - Printing from within P6 and Visualizer.
- - Reports functions and Web Publisher
Requirements
- The ability to use a personal computer and understand the fundamentals of the operating system.
- Experience using application software such as Microsoft Office.
- An understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects.
- Access to a computer with Oracle Primavera P6 loaded.
Description
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course aims to teach participants:
FORMATTING THE DISPLAY
Formatting the Project Window
Understanding Forms
Formatting the Bars Progress Line Display on the Gantt Chart
Formatting Columns Row Height and Show Icon
Format Timescale
Inserting Attachments – Text Boxes and Curtain
Format Fonts and Font Colors
Format Colors Line Numbers
GROUP, SORT AND LAYOUTS
Group, Sort and Layouts
Group and Sort Activities
Understanding Layouts
Copying a Layout To and From Another Database
FILTERS
Understanding Filters
Applying a Filter
Creating and Modifying a Filter
Activity Critical Path Visibility
OTHER METHODS OF ORGANIZING PROJECT DATA
Understanding Project Breakdown Structures
Activity Codes
User Defined Fields
WBS Category or Project Phase
Resource Codes Cost
Accounts Owner Activity Attribute
Assignment Codes
Role Codes
GLOBAL CHANGE
Introducing Global Change
The Basic Concepts of Global Change
Specifying the Change Statements Examples of Simple Global Changes
Selecting the Activities for the Global Change
Duration Calculations with Global Change
(Any of the following) and (All of the following)
Temporary Values
Global Change Functions
More Advanced Examples of Global Change
The following people should consider attending this course:
Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.
Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.
Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.
Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.
Students should have:
The ability to use a personal computer and understand the fundamentals of the operating system,
Experience using application software such as Microsoft Office and
An understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner and a “Managing Successful Programmes” Registered Practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project controls systems. His Melbourne, Australia based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, offers project controls consulting and training services world wide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Primavera software.
Who this course is for:
- Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.
- Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.
- Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.
- Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.
Instructor
Roy Dunlop is an experienced project manager who has completed the Project Management Professional (PMP)® by the Project Management Institute. Currently the courses here will be bringing the work of Paul E Harris to people learning about using various project management solutions including Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and Powerproject by Elecosoft(Asta).