Project Management

with
Primavera P6 Professional R16.2

Trainer: Asif Raza M. Engg.

Head of Department, Civil Engineering
Quaid e Azam College of Engineering and Technology, Sahiwal
 Group and Sort
To go to group and sort options click on this button in top tool bar
 Group and Sort
To display summaries of WBS elements check this option
 Group and Sort
To group activities based on different parameters chose different options from
this drop down menu
 Group and Sort
Formatting of WBS bands can be done from here
 Group and Sort
Activities can be sorted in ascending and descending order by clicking this arrow
 Group and Sort
Layouts can be saved by clicking here
 Filtering
• Filter are used to display required data out
of all available data.
• For example if you want to display
activities in progress
• Or the activities whose start date is two
weeks from now.
 Filtering
To filter, click on this button and then customize
 Filtering
To filter milestone activities click here and apply
 Filtering
To display all activities again, click on this button
 Filtering
Multiple filters can also be used like critical activities not started can be displayed
 Filtering
To create new filter click on New Button
 Filtering
To display activities to be executed in month of January create one month look
ahead schedule
 Filtering
• There are two methods to create this filter

• Either create a filter for activities starting

before 1st February
• Or create a filter for activities between range
of 1st January to 31 January
 Filtering
To create one month look ahead schedule, add these values in options using
first method
 Filtering
To create one month look ahead schedule, add these values in options using
first two
 Filtering
To create filter based on multiple criteria add one more filter and define equation
 Filtering
To create filter based on multiple criteria add one more filter and define equation

This option
will filter
based on one
of this criteria
defined
 Printing, Exporting and Importing

• During Planning and scheduling you need

to coordinate
• Printing, export and import is frequently
needed.
 Printing, Exporting and Importing
To print click on File in main menu and these are four options for printing
 Printing, Exporting and Importing
By clicking print preview then page setup, following options can be modified
 Printing, Exporting and Importing
To export primavera file click on File in main menu and export
 Printing, Exporting and Importing
To import primavera file click on File in main menu and import
 Reporting in Primavera P6
• Primavera has a very strong reporting
function.
• Different type of reports can be generated
like enterprise data, project, resources or
reports based on other parameters.
• Reports can be saved to keep record or
printed to share with other team members.
Reporting in Primavera P6

To open reports click on

this button, here are built
in reports divided on the
basis of different
categories
Reporting in Primavera P6

To view activity status report

click on this report under
schedule category and then run
report
 Reporting in Primavera P6
To create a new report click this button
 Reporting in Primavera P6
Select subject Area
 Reporting in Primavera P6
Add columns based on your required data
 Reporting in Primavera P6
Add these columns
 Reporting in Primavera P6
Group by WBS
 Reporting in Primavera P6
Rename report and click next
 Reporting in Primavera P6
Run report and click OK