Primavera P6 and Resource Codes Explained

Primavera P6’s resource codes are helpful for sorting resource databases, which can become cluttered with an abundance of resource definitions.

Once created and assigned resources become an important fixture in the scheduling historical record. Resources are meant to be permanent database elements, and resource databases are therefore, generally, large and difficult to sort through. Resource codes, however, make it possible to sort resources by your desired category.

This article demonstrates how to employ resource codes to sort a Primavera P6 Professional resource database.

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Changing the Version Number of a Primavera P6 XER File

Your contractor sends you an XER file with the latest version’s format. You, however, have an older version of Primavera P6 Professional that is not compatible. If this is your situation we have a simple tip to resolve this format incompatibility issue.

More often than not you receive a Primavera P6 XER file in a format that your particular version of Primavera P6 will not read. This creates a nonstarter situation that appears to “put you up a creek without a paddle”. 

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Time Saving Tips on P6

Here are some time saving ways to interact with Oracle Primavera P6 Professional R8.1 that you may not have discovered.

1 – Drag And Drop To Save A Lot

If you want to move an object from one branch of a hierarchy to another, you can do it simply by placing the cursor in the vertical band furthest to the left. 

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Primavera P6 and Material Resources

In Primavera P6 Professional it is possible to define labor, equipment, and material resources. Material resources require definition of a unit of measure.

Labor resources may be trade skills or specific individuals. Typically, the trade skill is inserted as a place holder until the resource manager assigns an individual to perform the work. It is important to specify the labor hourly pay rate and maximum units/time. The labor maximum units/time is how many trade specific individuals are available to work on the project. Equipment resources have a standard rate.

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