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Make sure that when you are in the WBS section, your "Group and Sort" is set to "Default".

It means that all of the predecessors are completed for the activity. Therefore, there are no more active predecessors that are preventing that work from occurring. Only the data date is preventing the activity from occurring. This either means that the activity has to start immediately or should be re-tied to a different predecessor to give it a more accurate projected date.

@@PJMSchedulinghow is the data date preventing an activity from happening, isnt the data date just a date to measure the past progress? For example if the data date is 15th April so the P6 data is telling us what was completed on and before 15th April right? So if the activity is schedule to start on the data date how is data date driving it.?

@@niheerthakur4128 You are correct, but all remaining work is calculated from the data date. If you move the data date from April 15th to April 20th, then all remaining work will be calculated based on the earliest start date of April 20th. For example, if you have an activity with no predecessor relationship, and you calculate the schedule, the start date for that activity will be equal to the data date. That is essentially what is happening when your manager says there are activities "riding the data date". All predecessors have been completed for that activity and, as a result, the projected start date for the activity is equal to the data date.

@@PJMScheduling ok I understand it now but what is the right practice to follow here to avoid this. I mean if the predecessors are complete and the current activity should now ride the data date. What should be done here or is it nothing wrong to have activities riding the data date?

@@niheerthakur4128 It depends. If there is literally nothing preventing the activity from starting and it is simply not getting done because it's low priority, then it's fine to let it ride the data date. But if it's riding the data date due to inaccurate logic, then I would tie the activity to an appropriate predecessor so that it is scheduled to start when you plan on getting work done.

My guess is you have the resource setting checked called "Drive activity dates by default". This can be checked at both the project level and the resource level. So my question would be, #1 - Do you have resources assigned to the activities. #2 - If so, make sure to uncheck the "Drive activity dates by default" on the resource assignment. That should take care of the issue.

Send me the files at info@pjmscheduling.com and we will take a look.

Click the "Tools" tab at the top of the screen, and click "Schedule". It will display the data date.

@@PJMScheduling so we doesn’t need to change the date which coming as default.some times I noticed that while doing it entire schedule dates are changing

@@MrJithingopal143 Try going to "Schedule Options" under schedule, and uncheck "Schedule automatically when a change affects dates". That should fix your issue. You can then manually reschedule the program after you make a change to recalculate the date.

What do you mean by planning videos? Would love to know what you're in search of.

I have not made a video showing the set-up of the resources for that yet! I need to though. I will put one together in the coming months as it's on my list of videos to do. If you are in a pinch - we can set-up a tutoring session by messaging me here and I can show you how: tools.pjmss.com/user/Patrick/ Essentially, you need to set your resources to $1/unit, ensure you have auto-compute actuals and calculate costs from units checked, and enter the budgeted cost in the budgeted units field.

@PJMScheduling sure. How long will that take to show me how to perform that task and can it be recorded?

I think about 30 minutes. Yes, I record the session and send you a downloadable version; however, you are not allowed to repost. It's only for personal use.

@@PJMScheduling I messaged you through the link but no response?

I don't see a message through there - Make sure you create an account and then message me. If it's not working, email info@pjmscheduling.com and I'll connect with you to set up a session.@@lcoley99

Thank you! Really appreciate that! I would love to make some power bi videos. Great recommendation.

Thanks! Make sure to increase your video quality settings to 1080p. For some people, depending on your bandwidth, it may have started the video at a lower quality setting.

Thanks for reaching out! If you are looking for tutoring, feel free to message me here: tools.pjmss.com/user/Patrick/ I am familiar with construction framing and residential home building schedules. Reach out and let me know what you're working on!

Can you clarify what you mean by T2/T4? I'm not familiar with that terminology.

@@PJMScheduling the short version is, the T-week process is used for scheduling. If next week is T1, then T2/3/4 are how many weeks into the future that a facility is scheduling.

@@drew61377 Got it! Try this - You'll need to run several different filters to capture the work that is scheduled for the week of T2: Assume the start of T1 = Data Date. Start of T2 = DD+1 week. Start of T3 = DD+2 weeks. Filter 1: Start date is within range of DD and DD+1 week AND Remaining Duration is greater than 5 work days. Filter 2 Start date is within range of DD+1 week and DD+2 weeks Filter 3 Finish date is within range of DD+1 week and DD+2 weeks. All three filters can be run at the same time by selecting "Any of the following criteria"

It takes it from 8 units/day to 1 unit/day. If you leave the Unit of Time in hours and want to resource load the activity, you'll need to multiply the number of men per day by the number of hours per day for that calendar. In this example, I was using men/day instead of manhours/day. There's been times on projects where I wasn't paying attention to the settings, and I incorrectly assigned manhours to an activity when I should have entered men/day, and visa versa. Just something to be aware of before you start resource loading.

There is not a 30 day lag between CON-1180 and CON-1190. Instead, what is creating the gap is that there is a relationship between CON-1130 and CON-1190.

@@PJMScheduling Thank you for the correction, and I'd like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your incredibly detailed playlist tutorial on TH-cam. It has been immensely beneficial in aiding my learning of this software.

Correct, unfortunately. I've run into that myself in the past and it's because you don't have admin privileges or you at least restricted in some capacity where you can't do imports.

@@PJMScheduling Awesome. Love having my hands tied and doing more with less.😠 Thanks for the quick reply