display all rows parameter is value high value
(any of the following)
where (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 1
and successor details does not contain fs 1.
and successor details does not contain fs 10.
and successor details does not contain fs 11.
and successor details does not contain fs 12.
and successor details does not contain fs 13.
and successor details does not contain fs 14.
and successor details does not contain fs 15.
and successor details does not contain fs 16.
and successor details does not contain fs 17.
and successor details does not contain fs 18.
and successor details does not contain fs 19.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 2
and successor details does not contain fs 2.
and successor details does not contain fs 20.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 3
and successor details does not contain fs 3.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 4
and successor details does not contain fs 4.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 5
and successor details does not contain fs 5.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 6
and successor details does not contain fs 6.
and successor details does not contain cl2500: fs 60.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 7
and successor details does not contain fs 7.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 8
and successor details does not contain fs 8.
or (all of the following)
where successor details contains fs 9
and successor details does not contain fs 9.

just in case someone finds the approach useful.

yes this is helpful thanks

have you tried opening both projects at the same time and then running the report. it should work.

forgot to mention that obviously the same filter criteria outlined above also applies for differing relationship types i.e. ss, ff, sf etc as well as being able to be utilised within the successor details column if desired.
you should also ensure that your activity id numbering convention doesn’t use any of the aforementioned nomenclatures’.

to find predecessors with +ve lag use the following;

display all rows parameter is value high value
(any of the following)
where predecessor details contains fs 0
or predecessor details contains fs 1
or predecessor details contains fs 2
or predecessor details contains fs 3
or predecessor details contains fs 4
or predecessor details contains fs 5
or predecessor details contains fs 6
or predecessor details contains fs 7
or predecessor details contains fs 8
or predecessor details contains fs 9

to find predecessors with -ve lag use the following;

display all rows parameter is value high value
(any of the following)
where predecessor details contains fs –

there’s no way to tell until you make the change and verify the results. it all depends on the duration of activities involved in relation to how much lag is added.

thank you
safwat

unfortunately this report can’t be generated in p6 eppm. these reports only exist in p6 professional.
in p6 eppm, i recommend quickly exporting your data to excel, include the successor / predecessor details fiels and sorting it out in excel.

any similarity with the check in p6 eppm ? this also applies the 14 points dcma and a possibility to adjust the parameters as well…

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really what a wonderfully explained , the long awaited solution
i will be very thankful if you explain step by step about sdk for v17.7

yes that’s correct.

thanks mr. michael lepage for you posted.

hi anke,
yes, i do.
after some testing, it looks like you can add an extra line to the filter of this same report. i noticed that some of the fields (like relationship total float) only have values if the activities are not yet completed. thus you can filter on them to distinguish which activities have been completed or not.
add a new line to the existing filter that says:
“relationship total float” “is not equal to” and leave the last field blank. the result is a report of lags but only for activities that are not completed. hope it helps.

i’m not sure if this topic is still open, but in the netherlands we have a saying: if you don’t shoot, you’re sure to miss’. so here’s my question:

i’m using your report (for which i’m greatfull, so thank you!) to find lags in a planning that my predecessor had built. i’m only interested in lags between activities, when the successor has not started yet. i’ve tried adding a column with activity status to the report, which doesn’t seem to be possible. adjusting the filter to find only relationships where the successor hasn’t started yet doens’t seem possible either. do you perhaps have any other suggestions?

kind regards,
anke

i’m sure you are not offence any one ,because you are really help us to improve our skillfulness and i really thankful you for all your effort to support us.and i mention your exact article just only to get your advise ( to be experienced planner)as you are our supervisor and i acknowledge you are experienced person and we learned from you,apologies for misunderstanding sir.

regards

i used the same report of lags with the change of adding free float areas but i found them (free floats) too high even over project duration while relationship free floats are within the allowed range, the question what are these high amounts of time as free floats are representing.

regards

wisal – please no offence to anyone who is in my own words “less experienced”. i’m simply trying to point out there is a trend where companies are not accepting schedules with lags any more.
you can always replace the lag with an activity itself, and link it with no lags.

you said in your article “it is common for less experienced planners to submit schedule with lags”,kindly i need your help to be experienced planner and not submit schedule with lags any more ,let know how if i have a limited time for any project because every time i started my schedule with fs no lags but i found that i exceed the time frame and forced to use lags.

regards

ideally, yes, don’t use lag. sometimes it is unavoidable however.
michael

first i would like to thank you for all information which so useful,
secondly what you mean by (avoid using lag or lead altogether in your schedules. instead you should use a well-defined activity to represent any lag or lead delay in your project plan). is that mean never to use lags or leads in my schedule

best regards

it worked for me…

when i click on load button to load xer file its shows the error ” could not load an object because it is not available on this machine.” and after click on ok button its goes to vb and shows ” compiler error : can’t find project or library”

thanks a lot . it is really useful

thank you john,
many owner companies will not accept schedules with lags. it’s a growing trend that is based on the fact that lags have little visibility and appear as unproductive time. you might still consider it.

thank you,
john

warm-full regards,

prabu

you can customize this report somewhat to add the original duration column to the report. after that, p6 is going to have some limitations as the filtering won’t be able to find overlapping lag. on the run report dialogue for the report, there is an option for ascii text file – this will generate the report data in a .csv file which can be imported to excel. then you can do your analysis in excel with excel’s more advanced filtering abilities.
sorry it isn’t an easier process. please try this solution and let us know how it turns out.
m

but in the filter menu , i can’t add a filter like you said. there is no original duration or any duration selection.

best regards,
eren

ann,
i can’t find the lag column in my install. what version of p6 are you using?
michael

1: open the project
2: go to activity view
3: add the “lag” column
4: change group and sort to “none”
5: click on the lag column to sort lag into ascending or descending order to group all of the lag together so you can easily find the hidden or unwanted lag next to your activity

sergei,
thanks for pointing this out. exporting to excel would be another method of approach on this. you can export all relationships, then filter for lag as well. i highlighted the p6 report method mainly because it is a bit simpler, involves less clicking and stays within p6.
regards,
michael

the relationships table is inside the database and tracks what activities are linked, but this table isn’t accessible directly through a p6 screen. that’s why it is difficult to find lag, because we can’t simply pull up a nice relationships table and find it. the report we build in this tutorial can access the relationships table in the database and put that info into report-format.
hope that helps! thanks for the feedback!
michael