{"id":7937,"date":"2014-03-03t13:20:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-03t18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?post_type=article&p=2135"},"modified":"2019-10-09t13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09t17:43:29","slug":"primavera-p6-calendars-big-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/primavera-p6-calendars-big-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"the big problem with primavera p6 calendars and how to fix it"},"content":{"rendered":"

primavera p6 calendars have a big problem and it becomes a major pain in the butt as your list of calendars grows and grows.<\/p>\n

as planners and schedulers, we are tasked with managing mountains of project data everyday; progress updates, scenario projects, reports, reports and more reports. data can quickly take over your life if you’re not careful. and you don’t have time for that.<\/p>\n

that’s why a good system for organizing aspects of your project and project data<\/a> goes a long way.<\/p>\n

my biggest frustration with primavera p6 calendars<\/a> is the global calendar register and it’s constant unruliness. (if you have a nicely organized global calendar register, send me a screenshot because i’d like to see it.)<\/p>\n

for most, me included, the global calendar register is usually an unorganized dump of any calendar that anyone ever thought of, mostly with unintelligible names.<\/p>\n

and then, of course, there are the calendar copies.<\/p>\n

why do we have 6 copies of calendar “qj03-global” numbered -1 to -6? i see p6 global calendar registers with 100’s of calendars everyday, with no clear way to discern which global calendars were meant to be there, which were artifacts of project imports, and which can be reused for a future project.<\/p>\n

if your primavera p6 calendar<\/a> register looks like alphabet soup, then here are some seriously easy tips for helping to get your global calendar register organized.<\/p>\n

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organize primavera p6 calendars with a simple prefix<\/h2>\n

having a standard global calendar naming convention<\/strong> is the best way to get your primavera p6 calendars under control.<\/p>\n

primavera will let you name calendars anything you want. but since the global calendar list can only be organized alphabetically, adding a prefix to your calendar names is going to quickly organize the list. here are some ideas for new naming convention:<\/p>\n