{"id":7941,"date":"2014-01-28t18:36:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-28t23:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?post_type=article&p=2118"},"modified":"2024-08-01t15:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01t19:55:33","slug":"5-things-know-primavera-p6-calendars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/5-things-know-primavera-p6-calendars\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things you should know about primavera p6 calendars"},"content":{"rendered":"

primavera p6 has a pretty smart scheduling engine<\/a> built-in, but it’s not quite smart enough to know what time to tell the electricians to start in the morning and when to have lunch.<\/p>\n

that’s where primavera p6 calendars come in.\u00a0you can’t build a schedule<\/a> in primavera p6 without at least one calendar. so to help you master p6’s calendaring features and understand how calendars work with the scheduling engine, here are some essentials you’ll want to learn.<\/p>\n

1 – calendars are assigned to activities, not projects<\/h2>\n

that’s right. in primavera, since a calendar is assigned to an activity, you have a extreme flexibility to use many different calendars within a single project. so perhaps the engineering work is scheduled with a 8 hr \/ day, mon-fri<\/strong> calendar. that won’t affect the construction activities which can have their own 12 hr \/ day, mon to sat<\/strong> calendar. it’s very common to use many different calendars on more complex projects with lots of trades who might have their own unique calendars.<\/p>\n

but what if you need the entire project to use the same calendar? no problem, use the fill-down feature <\/a>to copy the same calendar to all activities in your project.<\/p>\n

2 – calendars boss around the p6 scheduler<\/h2>\n

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\nif you create a calendar where mondays are non-working days and assign that calendar to your project – you shouldn’t be surprised that primavera p6 will never schedule activity work on a monday. the work and non-work rules you set in a calendar is adhered to strictly by primavera p6’s scheduling engine. i never liked mondays anyway!<\/p>\n

3 – calendars have 3 different time levels to work with<\/h2>\n

by time levels, i’m referring to<\/p>\n

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  1. hours of the day<\/li>\n
  2. days of the week<\/li>\n
  3. days of the month \/ year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    when you create a primavera p6 calendar<\/a>, you can set these rules at each time level:<\/p>\n