P6 Professional User Guide

3)Select an activity box layout from the list of predefined activity box layouts. The example activity box uses the selected box layout.

4)To preview your changes, click Apply.

Tip

To copy the activity box layout from another activity layout, click Copy From, then select the layout whose activity box layout you want to copy, then click Open.

Save and Open an Activity Network Layout

To save the Activity Network layout, click the Layout Options bar, then choose Activity Network, Save Network Positions. Type a unique name to identify the layout and click Save.

To open a saved Activity Network layout, click the Layout Options bar, then choose Activity Network, Open Network Positions. Browse to the directory where the saved layout (ANP) file is located. Select this file and click Open.

Create a future period bucket planning layout

You can budget or plan future period resource/role assignments in any type of layout in the Resource Assignments and Activities windows. This topic contains some steps you might choose to follow when you create a layout to use for future period bucket planning. When you create a future period bucket planning layout, you should save the layout for future use.

1. Display editable future period bucket planning fields

You can enter future period budgeted or planned and remaining values in the Budgeted or Planned Units and Remaining (Early) Units fields in the Resource Usage Spreadsheet. To display these fields, click the Display Options bar and choose Spreadsheet Fields, Customize. Move the Budgeted or Planned Units and Remaining Early Units fields to the Selected Options list; you can also remove all other fields from the Selected Options list. Click Apply, OK.

Tips

You can display the Actual Units field as well to compare the work that was planned to be performed (Budgeted or Planned Units) for an assignment versus the work that has actually occurred (Actual Units). Once an assignment is in progress, if work is not being performed according to plan, you can adjust the Remaining (Early) Units as necessary; or, if you choose to re-estimate an assignment's remaining work, you can adjust the assignment's Budgeted or Planned Units instead.

To see costs related to the assignments you are manually planning, display the Budgeted or Planned Cost and Actual Cost fields.

2.Display the Curve, Budgeted or Planned Units, and Remaining (Early) Units columns

When you manually enter a value in a future period bucket for an assignment, the module automatically enters a value of Manual in the assignment’s associated Curve column. By displaying the Curve column, you can determine which assignments already have an assigned resource curve, or a defined manual curve.

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