The first step of a typical Oracle | Primavera Risk (Pertmaster) Monte Carlo analysis is to import the file. This training session will outline how to import a project schedule into Pertmaster by connecting directly with a Primavera P6 database.
Users can connect to the database by one of two methods:
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A significant difference between importing from a database connection and a .xer backup file is the available import mappings. All information in a .xer Primavera P6 backup file will be imported. When connecting directly to the Primavera P6 database, users will be able to select exactly which user-defined fields, activity codes, and resources will come in upon import. Users have two options for a direct Primavera P6 database connection:
When initiating the import from within Primavera P6, all open files will be imported into Pertmaster. If the import is initiated in Pertmaster, then a pop-up box containing the Enterprise Project Structure, or EPS, will launch and allow the risk analyst or project manager to import one or more projects by placing a check mark next to the project name. Cross-project links will be included when importing multiple files.
The import mapping options can be opened by following the menu path File | Primavera | Edit Default Import Mappings… Clicking OK will start the import process.
General Tab:
Tasks Tab:
Probabilistic Tab:
Resources and Costs Tab:
Activity Codes Tab:
User Defined Fields Tab:
For audit purposes the values may have been loaded in Primavera P6. Schedulers may have also chosen to load each activity with a manual minimum, most likely, and maximum value. Occasionally users may have these situations, however it is most common for no risk information will be loaded in the Priimavera P6 schedule. The templates in Pertmaster provide users with some powerful and time-saving features for risk loading. If the fields are not brought in upon import, then they can be synchronized after the import by following the menu path File | Primavera | Edit Default Import Mappings… After adding the desired fields, the project manager will click the “synchronize Primavera data” button and the fields will be available in Primavera Risk.
If the project planner would like to push data back to the Primavera P6 database, then they will follow the path File | Primavera | Update Primavera Project… (CTRL+Shift+F4). The analyst will select the Primavera Risk column in the left drop-down box and what column the data will be sent to in Primavera P6. The user will then click the “add” button. When the planner or risk analyst has added all desired fields, they will click “update now.” Data can only be pushed to user-defined fields (UDFs). If a user would like to make data active in Primavera P6, then they will push the data to a user-defined field in the Primavera database and then do a global change within Primavera P6.
Example: If a project manager wanted to make a probability 50 level schedule (P50 schedule), then they could push back the P50 durations to a user-defined field in Primavera P6. The Primavera P6 planner could then do a global edit, replacing the remaining durations with the P50 durations from the user-defined field. The Primavera P6 schedule will now have remaining durations equal to the the P50 remaining durations calculated in Pertmaster.
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