Documentation / Programmes
Programmes
Your P6 programmes, in the view you choose from the Views list at the top of the page. Several programmes can be open together. The planning tools have their own page: Planning tools.
The views
| View | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Gantt | See the programme as bars, grouped by WBS or by any fields, with links and the critical path |
| Table View | List the activities in columns; export to Excel; totals along the bottom |
| WBS | See the WBS as a tree with the load of each branch |
| Resources | Compare labour demand with capacity per trade (see below) |
| Calendar Heatmap | See how many activities fall on each day; click a day to filter |
| Calendars | Read each calendar's working pattern and exceptions |
| Activity Codes | Browse code types and values as a tree; pick values to filter |
| Quality Checks | Assess the programme against the DCMA 14 points and extra checks, each with editable thresholds |
| Reports and Analysis | Milestone and WBS variance, constraint, float, relationship and lag reports |
| Schedule Comparison | Compare a baseline with the current programme: delay events and critical-path drag |
| Concrete Comparison | Compare concrete and rebar quantities over time, several programmes side by side |
| Lookahead, Bulk edit, Renumber to new model | See Planning tools |
Some views are still being tried out and are hidden until you switch them on in Settings › Experimental features: Schedule Explorer, Network View, PPC, Risk (Monte Carlo), Anonymise and What-If Scenarios.
The side pane: Columns, Filters, Group, Sort, Colour
These shape the Table and the Gantt, and work the same way in the Models data table.
- Columns: choose, reorder and resize columns. Keep sets of columns as presets.
- Filters: quick filters, value lists with live counts, and ranges.
- Group: nest groups, like P6.
- Sort: sort by several columns.
- Colour: colour rows by a rule or by value.
Layouts
Layouts (on the Table and Gantt) saves how the view looks and returns to it later: the columns, group, sort and colour rules, filters, zoom and Gantt options. Apply a layout to switch to it. Update overwrites it with the view as it is now. You can file layouts in folders and drag them to reorder.
A layout holds only how the view looks. Applying one never changes your programme.
Activities
Select an activity to open its details on the right (the Activity pane): dates, float, relationships, notes, and Show driving path.
Resources
Labour demand against capacity for each trade, stacked per day, week or month. Choose people on the peak day, people per average weekday, or man-hours. A line shows capacity, and ▲ marks periods over capacity.
- Click a bar to see the activities behind it.
- A cumulative man-hours curve and key figures are shown too.
- Capacities are editable. Levelling moves work to stay within capacity.
- Materials such as concrete and rebar get their own graphs.
Float and the critical path
Float and the critical path come from the file when it has them. Otherwise the app calculates them, using the programme's calendars.