{"id":7888,"date":"2011-11-25t09:54:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-25t14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2015-02-20t13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20t18:36:02","slug":"video-tutorial-activity-splitting-in-p6-using-user-defined-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/video-tutorial-activity-splitting-in-p6-using-user-defined-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"video tutorial: activity splitting in p6 using user defined fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

primavera doesn’t have a feature to split a planned activity. \u00a0it does have “suspend” and “resume” fields for statusing an activity with a break in the middle. \u00a0but as for splitting planned activities in oracle primavera, we have to get creative to make it happen.<\/p>\n

one way to split an activity is using user defined fields to display the split on the gantt chart. \u00a0i’m using a special gantt bar – the user dates bar which can display a bar from 2 user defined dates fields.<\/p>\n

there are pros and cons to this approach. \u00a0the pros are obvious – you get a planned activity on the gantt with split dates that are easy to set from the activity list and not buried in a calendar. \u00a0the approach takes just a few clicks to set up. \u00a0 however, on the con side,…..we’ll you’ll just have to watch the video to find out <grin>.<\/p>\n