TAPS v11 has a new look. TAPS updates using the computer and scanner maintain the previous, proven functionality, but now TAPS updates are also available using your mobile device. Now anywhere you can safely use your phone, you can enter the updates and send them directly to the schedule instead of waiting until you are back in the office to enter them.
All updates do not have to be received from the same source - just computer, just phone, or a mix of both – whatever works best with your project team. If you have some activities where a field report returned to the office to complete the scanning, TAPS easily addresses that. In the same schedule, if some activities are better updated using TAPS on a phone to submit the updates, TAPS easily addresses that as well. You can even use TAPS and other tools like
CAPPS or
P6-Loader to update your schedules.
Are you wondering how you might update your schedule with activities of all three P6 activity percent complete types? TAPS allows processing of updates for any of the activity percent complete types, mixing as you require with no issues.
TAPS also allows you to use barcode scans to update steps. Yes, steps and resources also. So no matter the mix of update types you may require, TAPS has a number of options available.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Thursday, 14 April 2022.
Posted in All Articles, TAPS
Are you polluting your P6 data when you import XERs/XMLs from other companies? Do you have a scrubbing database you import XERs/XMLs into just so you can clear out unwanted data from them, re-export the cleaned project, and then re-import it to your working database? Both of these scenarios are very common and in the first case, can really pollute your working database with all kinds of unwanted garbage or in the second case, cause lost time cleaning out someone else’s junk.
P6-Scrubber is the answer to your data pollution woes. This tool designed by Emerald Associates will take care of clearing out that unwanted garbage prior to importing the XER/XML by allowing you to easily decide what is acceptable in the file. The P6-Scrubber Definition Configurator allows you to set up and save definitions for each client to be used over and over without rebuilding it each time. Definitions can also be edited, so if a new cleansing definition is needed, it can be added to the existing one.
P6-Scrubber can be deployed stand alone or it can be pointed at one or many database so data can be validated against what is already in the database.
Written by Sue Fermelia - Implementation Specialist
on Thursday, 24 March 2022.
Posted in P6-Scrubber
Have you ever had the need to demote an XER from a higher version of Primavera P6 to a lower version so you can import the file into your database? This can be a problem when the file was generated in a higher version and you have a lower version in your organization. Manually modifying the version can cause data corruption and bring your database to its knees.
Written by Sue Fermelia - Implementation Specialist
on Tuesday, 15 March 2022.
Posted in All Articles, P6-Scrubber
As you’d likely expect, P6-Reporter (previously EP-datawarehouse) delivers you data in tables that represent your common P6 items: Projects, Activities, Resource Assignments, and Resources. There’s a lot you can do with these, but to create great reports, you’ll often want to manipulate these tables too:
- prepare the data, so it’s ready to feed your visuals
- prepare the data, so it can describe relationships between your data
- reduce the amount of information being passed in so that your reports are light and responsive
Written by James Andrade - Integration Specialist
on Tuesday, 01 March 2022.
Posted in All Articles, P6-Reporter
We have our project portfolio in P6. How can we quickly and easily access project information to see how the projects in our portfolio are progressing? Can we easily see where there are issues that need our attention? We can with self-serve dashboards in Power BI.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Monday, 14 February 2022.
Posted in All Articles, P6-Reporter
More charts. More insight. Understand your projects in ready to use, customizable reports in Power BI, Tableau or ODV.
Written by James Andrade
More charts. More insight. Understand your projects in ready to use, customizable reports in Power BI, Tableau or ODV.
New Features
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New charts for resource allocation - see at a glance which resources are overallocated, then select a resource to see which dates are affected, which projects are using it, and how much float you have in each.
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Gantt charts - select a resource and view how it is allocated across a series of projects.
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Milestone Trending - see any of your milestones across your portfolio: where they're planned to be, where they are now, and if they're behind, how quickly you can expect to get caught up.
Enhancements
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Green-ups are now expandable. Want to know the percent completion for each activity in a category and not just the category itself? Now you can.
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More trending! Is your project headed in the right direction? Perhaps you've had a major setback and are getting caught-up, or perhaps you're falling steadily behind. Looking at current numbers only tells half the story. P6-Reporter reports are the only way to see where your Primavera P6 projects have been so that you can tell where they are going. In here you'll find trending information for all costs, finish date and duration variances, as well as CPI and SPI over the course of your project.
P6-Reporter News Articles
on Monday, 14 February 2022.
Posted in News, P6-Reporter
PCM-Archiver version 6.1 gives you better control than ever over the archived file and folder names.
Written by Dan MacMillan
PCM-Archiver version 6.1 gives you better control than ever over the archived file and folder names.
New Features
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The date format used in file and folder names is now configurable.
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Naming rule overrides can now be defined in a separate file, making it easier to keep track of which rules have been customized and which are the defaults.
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More specific naming rules always take precedence over less specific rules, allowing naming rules to be defined in any order.
Enhancements
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Attachments with illegal characters in the file name can now be downloaded with PCM-Archiver. They will be renamed automatically.
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When using force the regeneration check box with incremental extraction, the whole document type will be re-extracted, making it easier to deal with changes to naming rules.
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The out-of-the-box naming rules for drawings have been improved so that the drawing title is included in the file and folder names.
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Additional checks included in progressive and incremental extraction modes to ensure that PCM-Archiver does not make any changes to files outside of the archive location that it controls.
PCM-Archiver News Articles
PCM-Archiver Case Studies
on Monday, 20 December 2021.
Posted in News, PCM-Archiver
Safran Risk has released v21. Read about all the exciting new features.
Written by Ian Nicholson
Safran Risk has released v21. Read about all the exciting new features.
New Features
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Correlation of Activity uncertainty - It’s now possible to correlate the impacts of activity uncertainties in the correlation matrix.
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New Cost Module Functionality - Risks can now be mapped to cost elements at the summary level. Allowed for any number of fields instead of just Base and Quantity via the new “Input Fields” functionality. Multiple different groupings can now be applied to the same cost model.
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New Import of External Files - The import of external files has been completely re-written. It will import files from P6 (.xer and .xml) and Microsoft Project (.xml and .mpp).
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Switch databases without having to re-start Safran Risk - It’s now possible to switch databases without restarting Safran Risk. The database connections can be saved.
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Probabilistic Branching has been added. This allows the model to turn on/off branches during the risk analysis. Functionality has also been added to the scripting to make this easier via a script.
on Friday, 10 December 2021.
Posted in News, Safran
PCM-Archiver version 6 allows you to save even more time when resuming previously-interrupted extractions.
Written by Dan MacMillan
PCM-Archiver version 6 allows you to save even more time when resuming previously-interrupted extractions.
Enhancements
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Document types are listed by name in the web interface instead of by acronym, which makes it easy to find the ones you are interested in.
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Improved naming rules and behaviour now ensure that each document will be written into a unique folder.
PCM-Archiver News Articles
PCM-Archiver Case Studies
on Tuesday, 30 November 2021.
Posted in News, PCM-Archiver
Our latest version of P6-QA brings specific highlights to the GOA and Naval Air Scheduling quality standard metrics.
The latest version of the P6-QA tool from the team here at Emerald Associates brings with it specific highlights to the Government of Accountability (GOA) and Naval Air Scheduling quality standard metrics.
New Features
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New quality metrics for GOA - Government of Accountability quality standards
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New quality metrics notebooks for GOA - Government of Accountability quality standards
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New quality metrics for Naval Air quality standards
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New quality metrics notebooks for Naval Air quality standards
on Monday, 25 October 2021.
Posted in News, P6-QA
In P6 we sometimes discover data anomalies that do not make sense and need to find out what happened. Emerald’s P6-Auditor tool provides an easy and quick way to investigate these anomalies. The P6-Auditor reads the data in the P6 audit tables in a spreadsheet format, making these tables much more legible and searchable.
Let’s take a look at how to go about finding what has happened to an activity code that is no longer in our project that once contained values for the activity code.
Written by Sue Fermelia - Implementation Specialist
on Tuesday, 24 August 2021.
Posted in All Articles, P6-Auditor
Our latest version of PCM-Archiver makes it easier than ever before to extract projects from PCM.
Emerald Associates' latest version of PCM-Archiver makes it easier than ever before to extract your projects from Primavera Contract Management (PCM).
New Features
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Progressive Extraction - Added the ability to progressively build the archive of the contents of a PCM database over time, by merging the extractions of different projects and modules into the same pre-configured target folder.
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Online license activation
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Extraction summary in Excel format with statistics and any failures
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Automatic refresh of tasks in the web interface
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The ability to extract the items into a hierarchy or a flat list
Enhancements
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It is now easier to see if an extraction has failed or not
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No more managing and moving zip files
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Better information is provided on status of extraction
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Better control over the extraction process by not having to start from scratch every time
PCM-Archiver News Articles
PCM-Archiver Case Studies
on Saturday, 24 July 2021.
Posted in News, PCM-Archiver
Our latest version of the P6-Loader brings a new user-interface with the ability to save extract definition and new version 20 support, as well as UDF merging.
Written by Ravi Wallau
Our latest version of the P6-Loader brings a new user-interface with the ability to save extract definition and new version 20 support, as well as UDF merging.
New Features
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New user-interface component with the ability to quickly search modules and projects
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Added the ability to save frequently used extractions
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Customizing columns to include in extraction files
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UDF merge utility - allows you to easily merge UDF values - useful when importing XER/ XML files from different sources
on Wednesday, 30 June 2021.
Posted in News, P6-Loader
Our latest version of the Turnaround Progressing System brings a fresh UI to mobile, activity searches and enhanced sorting and filtering capabilities.
Our latest version of the Turnaround Progressing System brings a fresh UI to mobile, activity searches and enhanced sorting and filtering capabilities.
New Features
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Mobile - New search function allows you to find your activities fast with sorting and filtering capabilities.
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Mobile - Allows you to configure the percentages (25%, 50%, 100% or any amount you like) that can be assigned to activities. Automatically saved with your other settings.
Enhancements
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Mobile - Completely redesigned look and feel for an even better user experience.
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Desktop - Improved controls to sort and filter your activities in the browser.
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New technology changes for better performance
on Monday, 10 May 2021.
Posted in News, TAPS
Version 10 of the P6-Loader now uses the Cloud API, a programming platform developed by Emerald to allow our apps to work with either the P6 API or the P6 Web Services. It also streamlines restoring and reassigning baselines and initiated support for the new P6 v20 objects.
Written by Ravi Wallau
Version 10 of the P6-Loader now uses the Cloud API, a programming platform developed by Emerald to allow our apps to work with either the P6 API or the P6 Web Services. It also streamlines restoring and reassigning baselines and initiated support for the new P6 v20 objects.
New Features
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Restoring and reassigning baselines streamlined
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The P6-Loader now uses the Cloud API, a programming platform developed by Emerald to allow our apps to work with either the P6 API or the P6 Web Services
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The resource spread periods can now be imported correctly - in some cases, the spread information would not be imported correctly
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Baseline projects can now be moved across projects more easily
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A baseline can be assigned as the current baseline of the project in the baseline sheet itself
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New Primavera v20 objects - financial period calendars, new role rates, resource assignment and role codes
on Monday, 03 May 2021.
Posted in News, P6-Loader
