The Primavera P6 Professional Planning and Project Controls tool gives us the possibility to configure different databases. In this post, we will show you two of the four types of database configuration that Primavera P6 Professional offers to work with. Are you ready? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL Why use the Primavera P6 Professional standalone […]
Having trouble connecting your Primavera P6 database with Power BI? Are you tired of connecting excel sheets with Power BI and wish you could save time? In this post, we are going to show you how to connect the Primavera P6 XER file to Power BI. To do this, you first need to understand what […]
Perhaps this is the biggest update in recent times that Oracle has made of this Planning & Project Controls software. Many of us have been the ones who were crying out for the Oracle tool to update some of its functions. In this post, we are going to tell you about the 8 features of […]
In our post about what is a Gantt Chart we show you a first approach to one of the most used tools in the Project Planning and Project Controls world. In this post, we are going to teach you how to make a Gantt Chart step by step so that you can become a true […]
We already showed you how to connect Primavera P6 to Power BI in three different ways. In that post, we focused on the option of exporting the data from Primavera P6 to an Excel spreadsheet and then linking that spreadsheet with Power BI. We obtained a dashboard that dynamically showed the quality assessment of a […]
We are in the era of reports and dashboards. Those moments where we want to have all the information available at our fingertips on one click. We have entered the era of interaction, dynamic reporting, database crossover. We have entered the Power BI era. That’s why at Project 2080 we want to show you how […]
The moment of truth arrives. It is time to progress our schedule. After creating a template that shows us the activities planned for the next 3 months, we will use the Primavera P6 Progress Spotlight function to focus on the activities that will start within a certain period of time from the date cutoff or […]
It’s time to share XER files (Primavera P6 file extension) with your client or other contractors and we are surprised that the version of Primavera P6 they work with does not accept this file. Then the panic begins. The phone calls requesting that the file be sent again in another previous version, the consultations with […]
When preparing a schedule of activities for a project, a key point to consider is to reflect what will be the start and finish date. These are two milestones that cannot be missed in any schedule. But there are other milestones that are very important because they are milestones agreed with our client. These are […]
When we use Primavera P6 to manage project schedules, we find ourselves wondering which activities are critical and if there is only one critical path. We will show you how to show in your monthly reports the critical path and subcritical paths with Primavera P6. Are you ready? Locate the critical path and subcritical paths […]